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Radcliff, the Twins' vice president of player personnel, is in Rochester, Gardenhire said, checking out a Red Wings staff in which left-hander Sean Henn owns a 1.23 earned-run average in 22 innings, Juan Morillo has struck out 15 batters in 11 innings
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(Sports Network) - The New York Yankees will try to keep the good times rolling Sunday when they host the Minnesota Twins in the third matchup of a four-game stint at Yankee Stadium.
On Saturday, Alex Rodriguez's first home run at the new Yankee
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NEW YORK Alex Rodriguez's first hit at the new Yankee Stadium was a doozy.
Rodriguez belted a two-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning to give New York a 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins yesterday.
Rodriguez hit a long drive off Craig Breslow (1-2
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Alex Rodriguez smashed a winning two-run homer in the 11th inning to give the New York Yankees a 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins.
After Mark Teixeira led off with a walk, Rodriguez hit a long drive off Craig Breslow (1-2) for his second homer of the
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Alex Rodriguez's first hit at the new Yankee Stadium was a doozy.
Rodriguez belted a game-ending two-run homer in the 11th inning to give New York a 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins yesterday.
Rodriguez hit a drive off Craig Breslow (1-2) into the
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Boston Globe
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NEW YORK - Alex Rodriguez sank his batting average to .120 with a big strikeout against Twins righthander Nick Blackburn in the sixth inning Saturday, and Yankees fans let their controversial superstar have it, filling their new stadium with boos.
But
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
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NEW YORK — Whatever verdict you return on Alex Rodriguez’s home runs — full of grace or full of chemicals — there’s no ignoring the monstrous blast that he sent screaming over the left field wall in the 11th inning on Saturday. It was a pure A-Rod
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Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Alex Rodriguez's first home run at the new Yankee Stadium came at an opportune time, as he blasted a two-run homer in the bottom of the 11th to lift New York to a 6-4 win over Minnesota.
Facing Craig Breslow (1-2) to
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NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez lined a home run to right field off Craig Breslow in the 11th inning on Saturday, extending the New York Yankees' record of dominance in Yankee Stadium, new and old.
Rodriguez, 0 for 3 to that point, hit his second home run
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Rodriguez hit a long drive off Craig Breslow (1-2) into the seats in left after Mark Teixeira led off with a walk. A jubilant Rodriguez threw his arms up as he rounded first, then discarded his batting helmet as he made it to the plate and was mobbed
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For the second game in a row the Yankees won in dramatic walk-off fashion, this time when Alex Rodriguez sent a Craig Breslow slider deep into the seats in left for a walk-off two-run homer. It was his only hit of the day, but it obviously came at a
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...threw that day. I happened to work the fifth. Eighty-nine times Craig Breslow had walked to the mound as a major league pitcher. Eighty-nine times he walked away without a victory. There had been five losses mixed in among those appearances, which stretch...
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Everybody threw that day. I happened to work the fifth.
Eighty-nine times Craig Breslow had walked to the mound as a major league pitcher. Eighty-nine times he walked away without a victory.
There had been five losses mixed in among those appearances,
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Crede's blooper into shallow center against struggling reliever Zach Miner, who walked Michael Cuddyer to load the bases, put the Twins ahead about 14½ hours after his grand slam in the 13th ended Wednesday night's game.
After a five-run, two-out rally
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Players not happy, either
BALTIMORE - Asked for his thoughts on Manny Ramirez's 50-game suspension for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing drugs, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said it's unfortunate any time attention is taken away
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
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One month later, Gardenhire said, "It isn't any easier," even though he's whittled his four-into-three situation down to two-into-one. Cuddyer starts in right because his great arm makes base runners and third base coaches cautious. (More people would
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MinnPost.com
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Twenty-five games into the Twins season, this seems obvious: If the Twins continue to play mentally weak and the bullpen doesn’t improve, they will be increasingly difficult to watch. If the mental mistakes are remedied (two-strike cookies from the
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/sinker/2009/05/04/its-really-pretty-simple/
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(Sports Network) - Despite dealing with some back trouble during the week, Gil Meche will still take the hill this afternoon for the Kansas City Royals, who close out a three-game set against the Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome.
Meche is coming off
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Twins left-hander Craig Breslow walked three of the four batters he faced in the 11th inning and was charged with three runs, as the Twins suffered a 10-7 loss in extra innings to the Royals at the Metrodome on Saturday night.
Breslow's
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it with mental mistakes.
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On a night of mistakes, the Twins' worst one might have been trying too hard to stop making them.
"I've gotten myself in trouble for thinking too much," said reliever Craig Breslow,
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The San Jose Mercury News
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Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - Alberto Callaspo went 3-for-6 and drove in a run during Kansas City's three-run 11th inning, as the Royals topped Minnesota, 10-7, in the second of three games with the Twins.
Craig Breslow (0-1) started the 11th on
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Published April 20, 2009 12:17 am -
Deja vu all over again, as Yogi Berra supposedly said. Or maybe not.
Ed Thoma
Free Press Staff Writer
Deja vu all over again, as Yogi Berra supposedly said.
The
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The Mankato Free Press
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The Minnesota Twins have had serious struggles with their bullpen so far this season, just as they did at the start of last year. Last year, they cut bait on Juan Rincon, added Craig Breslow and saw almost immediate improvement...
The Minnesota Twins
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Bleacher Report
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Pitching has been a concern for the Twins during the first 11 games of the 2009 season, and on Thursday night it was bullpen woes that proved costly for Minnesota.
The Twins' relief corps gave up seven runs in the seventh inning en
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Twins manager Ron Gardenhire urged his players to crank the clubhouse stereo Thursday night, after the soft underbelly of their bullpen turned a tight pitcher's duel between Roy Halladay and Francisco Liriano into an embarrassment.
After the 9-2 loss
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Manager Ron Gardenhire will now go with a bullpen that includes one lefty in Craig Breslow. It’s not the best situation to be in.
We have to remember that Breslow, in a sense, is still the new kid on the block but there was no way the front office was
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
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DETROIT -- Although Chris Getz did not get to play in front of his hometown faithful this week in Detroit -- after getting hit near the right elbow by a Craig Breslow pitch on Sunday -- White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said Getz is healthy and ready to
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The Quote: ""Some disappointing pitches. Luis coming in, a first-pitch slider down the middle [to Rolen] -- that's not a good pitch. We can't continue to do that, and this ballclub knows it." - Ron Gardenhire
The Inning: When Ron Gardenhire walked
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NEW HAVEN — An organization founded by a pitcher for the Minnesota Twins has pledged $500,000 to Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital to help enhance its Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Program.
Strike 3 Foundation was established in 2008 by Craig
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New Haven Register
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2009/04/06/news/a3_mon_ynhhdonate_art_must.txt
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On a night when I couldn't have cared less whether the Twins won or lost, they played so poorly that it ruined the NFL's opening night for me. And that's hard to do, considering I have Brandon Jacobs (21 car., 116 yards) and Plaxico Burress (10 rec., 13
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you object to the book because you believe someone who's privileged to be in the clubhouse shouldn't share what goes on, that's perfectly legitimate. Everyone has said something at some point that, if someone was jotting down notes for a book, you
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Hope is supposed to spring eternal in March but I don't feel very optimistic about the Twins prospects this season. It's not just Joe Mauer's injury or Scott Baker's bloated spring ERA that have gotten me down (actually Baker is the least of my worries)
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- For the first time this past fall, Craig Breslow didn't immediately begin prepping for the upcoming season when the last one ended.
The Twins reliever didn't tire himself over the winter months to arrive at Spring Training
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The respective fields of medicine and professional baseball require precision in terms of timing.
For Craig Breslow, having a knack for timing in baseball has postponed his desire to become a doctor.
The Minnesota Twins left-handed relief pitcher
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Kevin Slowey allowed one run and three hits while striking out four over three innings against Pawtucket, the Red Sox's Class AAA team. Reliever Craig Breslow gave up one hit in a scoreless inning against Portland, the Red Sox's Class AA team.
Nick
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FORT MYERS, FLA. - A recent issue of People magazine's Crossword Puzzler led to a bunch of e-mails popping up on Craig Breslow's computer.
"The answer was 'no hit,' " Breslow said. "I got like 10 e-mails from wives of friends of mine."
It surprised
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First of all, let’s NOT continue with another day of discussion about how the Twins and Boof Bonser handled his sore shoulder. Playing doctor-from-a-distance is a silly exercise.
From what was reported, there was no structural damage that would have
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/sinker/2009/02/25/life-without-boof/
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Matt McCarthy, author of "Odd Man Out," when he was pitching for the Provo Angels in 2002.
Matt McCarthy, now a first-year resident at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, graduated from Yale in 2002 and instead of jumping directly to medical school,
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USA Today
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Matt McCarthy, now a first-year resident at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, graduated from Yale in 2002 and instead of jumping directly to medical school, spent a season with the Provo Angels after he was drafted in the 21st round. His book, out
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Denard Span's emergence has made for a crowded outfield, but manager Ron Gardenhire says, "When you have too many (outfielders), you have good problems."
Over the offseason, Sports Weekly will take an in-depth look at each team, bottom to top, in the
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Denard Span's emergence has made for a crowded outfield, but manager Ron Gardenhire says, "When you have too many (outfielders), you have good problems."
Over the offseason, Sports Weekly will take an in-depth look at each team, bottom to top, in the
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USA Today
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Bob Baratta of Baratta Partners discusses Obama Tax Plan on Fox Business. Among Baratta's Clients are Cameron Maybin (Florida Marlins) and Craig Breslow (Minnesota Twins) ... Maybin Agent
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Craig Breslow is barely into the off-season, but he's already hard at work.
The Minnesota Twins right-hander recently launched the Strike 3 Foundation, a charity that raises awareness, support and funding for pediatric cancer research. And on
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Ron Vaccaro sits down with current MLB pitcher and former Yale baseball player Craig Breslow, who currently pitches for the Minnesota Twins and has recently founded Strike 3, an organization for pediatric cancer research.
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Minnesota Twins pitcher Craig Breslow is staying busy in the offseason with a cause that is near and dear to his heart.
Taking a break from helping the Twins strike out opposing hitters, Breslow will be raising funds for pediatric cancer
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MINNEAPOLIS -- One day after the Twins used a quartet of relievers to pitch four scoreless innings against the White Sox, Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire said that each member of his bullpen was available to pitch in Thursday's game.
Reliever
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PREGAME
Hooray old-ass internet memes! Seriously though, the Twins have been leaving a lot of men on the bases, they could claim ownership of them. But they need to remember that they're merely supposed to spend a little time on them, and then go
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Jose Mijares was once again impressive Wednesday, pitching a scoreless eighth inning and retiring dangerous sluggers Jim Thome, Paul Konerko and Ken Griffey Jr.
Impressive watching Mijares getting Thome, Griffey, and, whoever, out. A couple of Hall of
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Published September 22, 2008 01:32 am -
Regardless of whether the Twins can overcome all those losses imposed by their imploding bullpen and make the 2008 playoffs, their 2009 relief staff ought to look a good deal different.
Ed Thoma
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