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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Twins nearly lose Byron Buxton to Milwaukee sausage collision  Yahoo Sports Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Germán leads Yankees over Twins 6-1 after sticky stuff flap  Yahoo Sports Source link

The language of baseball has a long history of infiltrating the English language at large. Habitually spinning off phrases that stood in for much bigger ideas — home run, three strikes, curveball — the game embedded itself in the American lexicon during its midcentury cultural heyday. But even the contemporary numbers-obsessed version of the sport has made major contributions to the world of letters. When Michael Lewis documented the data-guided rise of Billy Beane and the early 2000s… Source link

Bad plays in baseball happen every day. But bad plays like this one absolutely do not happen every day. On Tuesday night, the Detroit Tigers handed the Minnesota Twins a walk-off win in the ugliest and most spectacular way possible: a thoroughly botched play. Let’s set the stage. It’s the bottom of the ninth at Target Field and the Tigers are up 4-3, but the Twins are threatening with runners on first and second and only one out. Miguel Sano, who was hitting .083 coming into Tuesday night’s… Source link

The Minnesota Twins have added a significant piece to their rotation. The Twins acquired veteran right-handed pitcher Sonny Gray on Sunday from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for pitcher Chase Petty, Minnesota’s first-round pick (No. 26 overall) in 2021. The Twins also added minor-league right-hander Francis Peguero in the deal. Gray, a two-time All-Star, had been with the Reds since 2019 and also had previous stints with the Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees. In 2021, Gray made 26… Source link

Usain Bolt will not be competing in the Tokyo Olympics this summer, but he does have another life milestone to celebrate.  Bolt, an eight-time Olympic gold medalist, and his partner Kasi Bennett announced the arrival of twins recently with posts on Instagram for Father’s Day. And as with their oldest daughter, Olympia Lightning, the two carry fitting names.  Welcome Saint Leo Bolt and Thunder Bolt.  The couple announced the arrival of Olympia Lightning in July 2020, again in a slightly… Source link

Turns out Yermín Mercedes won’t be the only person punished in the aftermath of this season’s biggest unwritten rules controversy. Minnesota Twins reliever Tyler Duffey was suspended three games and fined an undisclosed amount for intentionally throwing behind the White Sox rookie in Tuesday’s game, the league announced Thursday. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli was also suspended one game and fined for the pitch. Duffey is appealing the discipline, so he won’t serve the suspension now, but… Source link

An Argentine father has allegedly abandoned his two recently-adopted African twin sons at a police station because he lost interest in his parental duties, police said. The six-year-old boys, whose names have not been disclosed, were reportedly left at a police station for women in Bahia Blanca in the province of Buenos Aires in eastern Argentina. Police stations for women are dedicated to cases regarding gender violence, children and family issues. The twins’ adoptive parents have been… Source link