The first film was called The Sandwich Twins and was released on September 16, 2009.

* Kyle Gibson, 22nd Overall Pick in 2009 Major League Baseball Draft to Minnesota Twins

During the 31st RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards hosted in January 2009, Choi said Twins would return.

In 2009, the Cocteau Twins ' song " Alice " was used in Peter Jackson's film The Lovely Bones.

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.

The Twins played their final scheduled regular season game at the Metrodome on October 4, 2009, beating the Kansas City Royals, 13-4.

Because they ended the day tied with the Detroit Tigers for first place in the American League Central, a one-game playoff between the teams was played there on October 6, 2009, with the Twins beating the Tigers 6-5 in 12 innings.

The final Twins game at the Metrodome was on October 11, 2009, when they lost to the New York Yankees 4-1, resulting in three-game sweep in the 2009 American League Division Series.

From 2003 through 2009, the Twins had year-to-year leases, and could have moved to another city at any time.

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 28, 2009, Minnesota Twins catcher Mike Redmond was ejected from a game in Minneapolis against the Boston Red Sox after disputing umpire Todd Tichenor's call on a close play at home plate.

* The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls, 2009

* Sporting News All-Decade Team ( 2009 ): C – Joe Mauer, Twins ; 1B – Albert Pujols, Cardinals ; 2B – Jeff Kent, Giants – Astros – Dodgers ; 3B – Alex Rodriguez, Mariners – Rangers – Yankees ; SS – Derek Jeter, Yankees ; OF – Barry Bonds, Giants ; OF – Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners ; OF – Manny Ramirez, Indians – Red Sox – Dodgers ; DH – David Ortiz, Twins – Red Sox ; SP – Randy Johnson, Diamondbacks – Yankees – Giants ; RP – Mariano Rivera, Yankees

Pitcher Mike Giovenco was drafted in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft by the Minnesota Twins, and was drafted again in 2010 by the Kansas City Royals in the 14th round.

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

In November 2009, she appeared on the BBC charity telethon Children in Need, where she acted as the assistant to illusion act The Twins in their Clearly Impossible sawing in half illusion.

On September 21, 2009, the Minnesota Twins announced that they would not renew manager Stan Cliburn's contract for the 2010 season.

* 2009: Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins

On July 31, 2009, Cabrera was traded to the Minnesota Twins with cash considerations for SS Tyler Ladendorf.

His seventh-inning, two-run home run in the American League Central Division's tiebreaker game on October 6, 2009, kept the Twins in the game, which they later won, 6 – 5, in the 12th inning, to advance to post-season play.

In December 2009, Sports Illustrated magazine included Mauer in its article on ten " signature " moments in U. S. high-school sports in the 2000 – 2009 decade, referring to his selection by the Minnesota Twins as the first pick in the 2001 amateur draft.

Justin Morneau, drafted in 1999 by the Twins, won the AL MVP award in 2006.

The Twins also had the AL MVP in Justin Morneau, the AL batting champion in Joe Mauer, and the AL Cy Young Award winner in Johan Santana.

In 2008, the Twins finished the regular season tied with the White Sox on top of the AL Central, forcing a one-game playoff in Chicago to determine the division champion.

The Twins were able to use the play-in game rule to their advantage when they won the AL Central at the end of the regular season and winning a 12-inning tiebreaker on a walk-off hit by Alexi Casilla.

In their inaugural season played at Target Field, the Twins finished the regular season with a record of 94 wins and 68 losses, clinching the AL Central Division title for the 6th time in 9 years under manager Ron Gardenhire.

After repeating as AL Central champions in 2010, the Twins entered 2011 with no players on the disabled list, and the team seemed poised for another strong season.

Some of the constellations can be traced even further back, to Bronze Age ( Old Babylonian ) sources, including Gemini " The Twins ", from MAŠ. TAB. BA. GAL. GAL " The Great Twins ", and Cancer " The Crab ", from AL. LUL " The Crayfish ", among others.

For the season, Puckett batted. 332 with 28 home runs and 99 RBI Although he hit only. 208 in the Twins ' five game AL Championship Series win over the Detroit Tigers, Puckett would produce in the seven-game World Series upset over the St. Louis Cardinals, where he batted. 357.

He continued to play well in 1990, but had a down season, finishing with a. 298 batting average, and the Twins mirrored his performance as the team slipped all the way to last place in the AL West.

* AL Rookie of the Year-Tony Oliva OF, Minnesota Twins

Though the AL placed one of its expansion teams ( the Washington Senators ) in a previously existing Major League Baseball city ( Washington, D. C .), this was done to replace the original Senators team, which had relocated to Minneapolis-St. Paul and become the Minnesota Twins.

On July 11, the day before the All-Star break, defending AL champion Yankees had a one-run lead over the Twins going into the bottom of the 9th inning, but Killebrew hit a two-run home run for the win.

His totals of 939 putouts and 1, 008 total chances broke the AL records of 872 and 963 set by Earl Battey with the 1962 Minnesota Twins ; Bill Freehan would top Howard's marks with the 1967 Detroit Tigers.

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

On September 30, he hit a solo shot in the AL Central Tiebreaker game which proved to be the difference as the White Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins 1 – 0.

With the Twins well on their way to finishing 44 games behind the AL Central division winning Cleveland Indians, Aguilera was traded to the Red Sox on July 6, in exchange for minor league outfielder J. J. Johnson and pitcher Frank Rodriguez.

As a result, Adair finished 17th in the AL MVP vote that was won by Zoilo Versalles of the Minnesota Twins.

It was first introduced during the 1987 Pennant race, when the Twins won the American League Western division ( AL West ), by the Minneapolis Star Tribune as a promotional item for the newspaper during the pennant race.

** Twins finished 2nd in AL West behind the Oakland A's

** Twins finished 2nd in AL West behind the Oakland A's

** Twins won AL Central and AL Division Series ( def.