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Joe Mauer sparked a pair of rallies with leadoff hits to lead the United States past Canada Sunday in Arizona.

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Aaron Hicks blasted three home runs and the Twins topped Philadelphia 10-6 in a split squad Grapefruit League game.

Hicks has been impressive in his pursuit of the Twins' starting centerfield job, vacated by the trades of Denard Span and Ben Revere in the offseason

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After a decade of mediocrity in the 1990's the Twins experienced a resurgence in the 2000's when they rattled off six playoff appearances. Here we rank the top ten players from the year 2000 through 2009 (part one). Personal bias is involved.

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The Minnesota Twins have played a week's worth of games in spring training already. Here's a look at who is hot, and who is cold, so far in Ft. Myers. The Twins are 5-4 as a team.
Who's Hot (MIN 10 AB):
Batters:
Josh Willingham, OF: 9/17 (.529 AVG), 1 HR,

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Justin Morneau continued an early-spring tear with a pair of hits in the Twins' win on Tuesday.

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No sports franchise is safe from bad trades. Most general managers just hope to make more good trades than bad. And no general manager wants to be responsible for a trade that brings in bad talent or gives away too much

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The Minnesota Twins won for the first time in three spring games on Monday afternoon in Fort Myers.

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The Twins rallied in the ninth to tie their Grapefruit Leage game against Tampa Bay Sunday, but lost in extra innings.

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It didn't take long for Josh Willingham to pick up where he left off in 2012. The Twins slugger socked 35 home runs last season, his first with Minnesota.

Willingham hit a two run home run but the Twins gave up a late lead in a 5-3 loss to Baltimore Saturday afternoon in Sarasota

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The Twins have signed righthanded starting pitcher Kyle Davies to a minor league contract. The 29-year old has a 5.59 ERA in 7 major league seasons. He last pitched in the major leagues in 2011 with Kansas City and was 1-9 with a 6.75 ERA in 13 starts with the Royals.

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