With Gillian deciding to duck out of the public eye, Twins announced its " temporary dissolution " in July 2008.

On 6 October 2008 the Cocteau Twins were awarded, and accepted in a rare collective live appearance, the Q Awards Inspiration Award.

The stadium was also the home of the Minnesota Twins from 1982 to 2009, the Minnesota Timberwolves in their 1989-1990 inaugural season and the Golden Gophers football team from 1982 to 2008.

Eighteen teams have all hosted an all-star game at least twice since the Mets last did: Atlanta Braves ( 1972 and 2000 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1983 and 2003 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1970 and 1988 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1981 and 1997 ), Detroit Tigers ( 1971 and 2005 ), Houston Astros ( 1968, 1986, and 2004 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1973 and 2012 ), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ( 1967, 1989, and 2010 ), Milwaukee Brewers ( 1975 and 2002 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1965, 1985, and 2014 ), New York Yankees ( 1977 and 2008 ), Philadelphia Phillies ( 1976 and 1996 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1974, 1994, and 2006 ), San Diego Padres ( 1978 and 1992 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1984 and 2007 ), Seattle Mariners ( 1979 and 2001 ), and St. Louis Cardinals ( 1966 and 2009 ), and Washington Senators / Texas Rangers ( 1969 and 1995 ).

* On May 19, 2008, the Minnesota Twins surrendered their DH position in a game vs. the Texas Rangers in Minneapolis.

A meeting among all four umpires during a Detroit Tigers / Minnesota Twins game in 2008.

He duplicated the tape-measure feat on September 30, 2008 as the White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins, 1-0, in a one-game playoff to win the American League Central Division championship.

Thome duplicated this feat again on September 30, 2008 in a one game playoff against AL Central rival Minnesota Twins.

Previously, he played for the Philadelphia Phillies ( 2002 – 2003 ), Minnesota Twins ( 2004 – 2007 ), Seattle Mariners ( 2008 – 2009 ) and the Chicago Cubs ( 2010 ).

The Gutter Twins at The Bowery Ballroom in 2008.

On September 2, 2008, The Gutter Twins released an EP called " Adorata " exclusively on iTunes.

The team has seen several of their players selected in the MLB first year player draft, including Bobby Lanigan who was selected in the 3rd round ( 92nd overall ) by the Minnesota Twins in 2008 and Keith Couch who was selected 413th overall by the Boston Red Sox in 2010.

On June 12, 2008 the Twins cut ties with him and after rejecting a minor league assignment, he became a free agent .< ref >

In February 2008, Santana was traded from the Twins to the New York Mets for Carlos Gomez, Phil Humber, Deolis Guerra, and Kevin Mulvey.

He played for the Minnesota Twins from 2000 to 2005, Cleveland Indians in 2007, and Pittsburgh Pirates in 2008.

On June 21, 2008, Rick Aguilera was inducted into the Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame.

Hernández has played for the Florida Marlins ( 1996 – 1999 ), the San Francisco Giants ( 1999 – 2002 ), the Montreal Expos ( 2003 – 2004 ), the Washington Nationals ( 2005 – 2006, 2009 – 2011 ), the Arizona Diamondbacks ( 2006 – 2007 ), the Minnesota Twins ( 2008 ), the Colorado Rockies ( 2008 ), and the New York Mets ( 2009 ).

On February 12, 2008, Hernández signed a one-year deal with the Minnesota Twins worth $ 5 million, with an additional $ 2 million for performance bonuses.

Through July 20, 2008, Hernández led Minnesota Twins starting pitchers with 10 wins and 127. 2 IP.

In 2008, the girls released a keep fit DVD entitled, Samanda-The Twins: Dance Workout.

In 2008, Lewis released a second solo album, this time without the Watson Twins, titled Acid Tongue.

Dalley performs frequently with Sean Tillman, playing guitar in Sean Na Na and bass for Har Mar Superstar ; he toured as an instrumentalist with The Watson Twins in early 2009, and The Pink Spiders in the fall of 2008.

Kielty re-entered the Twins system when he signed a minor league contract on August 11, 2008.

The Falcons finished the 2008 regular season with a record of 11 – 5, and the # 5 seed in the playoffs.

(€ 19 million as a group ) However, in 2008 – 09 season saw the decrease of gate and TV income, co-currently with finished 6th in Serie A, which saw Roma made a net loss of € 1, 894, 330.

As of 2008, the ICS is nearly finished a task begun in 1974, subdividing the Phanerozoic eonothem into internationally accepted stages using two types of benchmark.

In November 2008, Polgár had a terrible result in The World Chess Blitz Championship in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, finished last of the 16 players with only 2½ points.

During the 2008 – 09 season Liverpool achieved 86 points, its highest Premier League points total, and finished as runners up to Manchester United.

The Sparrow Tower was finished January 2008 and includes but is not limited to: a dedicated pediatric emergency room ( the only one in the region ), the largest adult emergency room in the region, state-of-the-art operating rooms, a rooftop helipad, oncology center, heart and vascular center and orthopedic department.

The Brewers finished the 2008 season one game ahead of the New York Mets in the wild card race with a final record of 90 – 72, and faced the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS.

Filming of the movie began on May 12, 2008, in New York City and finished in late June.

Cricket is a rapidly growing sport in Tanzania after hosting the ICC Cricket League division 4 in 2008, Tanzania finished with one win for the tournament, and Tanzania also has its own national team.

Filming began in December 2007 in Vancouver under the direction of Carter, and shooting finished on March 11, 2008.

Then in the mid-2000s, Christie Van Hees and Rhonda Rajsich were the dominant players, but Paola Longoria finished # 1 at the end of the 2008 – 2009 and 2009 – 2010 seasons.

The Tigers finished 2nd to the Kansas Jayhawks in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.

Currently the Saint Petersburg Flood Prevention Facility Complex is to be finished by 2008, in Russia, to protect Saint Petersburg from storm surges.

In February 2008, the band announced that once they were finished touring, they would break up again.

In the 2008 race, Villeneuve and his Nº 7 Peugeot team finished 2nd.

The Magic finished the regular season with a 59 – 23 record, matching their record from the 2008 – 09 season, and finishing with not only the second-best record in the Eastern Conference, but the second-best record in the entire league.

The Hornets finished the 2008 – 09 season with a 49 – 33 record.

In the 2008 – 09 season, the Lakers finished 65 – 17 ; the best record in the Western Conference.

Kane finished the 2007 – 2008 season with 21 goals and 51 assists in 82 games.

The 2007 – 2008 season marked the first time in six years that the team finished above. 500.

The Blackhawks finished the 2008 – 2009 regular season in second place in their division, with a record of 46-24-12, putting them in fourth place in the Western Conference with 104 points.

In the 2008 – 09 season, Athletic again achieved unspectacular results and finished in mid-table, though they ensured safety from relegation earlier than in the previous campaigns.

The stadium was rebuilt to hold a capacity of between 13, 000 and 14, 000, and was finished in 2008.

Collingwood finished 8th in 2008 and were assigned an away final against at AAMI Stadium.