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After sweeping the Twins once again in the ALCS, the Orioles won the 1970 World Series by defeating the Cincinnati Reds ' Big Red Machine in five games.
Molitor was relishing the opportunity to play with Twins superstar Kirby Puckett, but Puckett developed career-ending glaucoma during spring training in 1996 and never played again.
Hung appeared alongside Wu Jing again in 2007's Twins Mission with stars, the Twins.
Another major crater, the " Northern Basin ", about half and again as big as one of the Twins, was sited 11 kilometers further to the northeast.
* This film marks the first on-screen battle between Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen, who both have had success in Hong Kong but never fought each other on screen until again later in the Hong Kong film The Twins Effect II, which starred Chan and his son in semi-major roles.
Schilling was once again runner-up in Cy Young voting in 2004, this time to Minnesota Twins hurler Johan Santana, who was a unanimous selection, receiving all 28 first-place votes.
He was traded to the Minnesota Twins, where he was yet again ineffective.
The Twins were again swept, though Killebrew's performance improved as he hit two home runs in three games.
The pitchers for those games were Ferguson Jenkins ( 1 for 2, a single ) on October 2, 1974 for the Texas Rangers at Minnesota, Ken Holtzman ( 0 for 2 ) for the Oakland A's against the California Angels on September 27, 1975, Ken Brett for the Chicago White Sox on July 6, 1976 at the Boston Red Sox, and again on September 23, 1976 for Chicago against the Twins.
The Tigers headed to the postseason again in 1987, but this time Morris ' performance was below expectations as Detroit lost the ALCS to the eventual World Champion Minnesota Twins.
He tried out for the Twins again in the spring of, but did not make the squad, making his retirement official.
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.
Thome duplicated this feat again on September 30, 2008 in a one game playoff against AL Central rival Minnesota Twins.
Once again, the Orioles swept the American League Championship Series in 1970 over the Minnesota Twins, three games to none.
After failing to reach a contract agreement with the Twins after the 2004 season, Blanco opted for free agency again and, in December 2004 he signed a two year, $ 2. 7 million contract to play for the Chicago Cubs.
Gaetti was drafted three times before finally signing with the Twins: first by the St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth round of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft ( then held annually in January ) and again in 1978 by the Chicago White Sox in the third round of the June secondary draft before he was drafted by the Twins in the first round of the June secondary portion of the 1979 draft.
The Twins would again finish with 91 wins but, this time it would put them no better than third place, 15½ games behind the World Series runner-up Yankees.
Following a mid-September three game sweep over the White Sox at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome that gave the Twins a 3. 5 game lead in the American League Central, Mientkiewicz again got himself in the crosshairs by commenting in a postgame television interview, " They're done ," about his division rivals.
This happened again in ( also a Twins championship ) over Atlanta and ( Arizona defeated New York ( AL )).
While improving on their game one performance, the Cards were unable to hold the Twins offense again and fell behind 7 – 0 before beginning to rally.
A few years later, in 1987, the Twins won their first World Series and would win the World Series again in 1991.
He was drafted again by the Minnesota Twins in the third round of the 1995 Major League Baseball Draft, but he opted to remain at Stanford for his senior season.

Twins and faced
Owner Calvin Griffith faced financial difficulty with the start of free agency, costing the Twins the services of Lyman Bostock and Larry Hisle, who left as free agents after the 1977 season, and Carew, who was traded after the 1978 season.
The Red Sox and Twins faced each other in the season's final series and entered the final day ( October 1 ) tied for first place ; the Tigers were 1 / 2 game out of first and needed to sweep a doubleheader from the California Angels to force a playoff between the winner of the Red Sox-Twins game.
In his next appearance, he faced the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium in the opening game of a doubleheader.
After a shaky first outing in Game 2 of the 2009 American League Division Series, in which he surrendered two consecutive singles to the Minnesota Twins before being relieved, Marté retired all twelve of the remaining batters he faced during the postseason.
The Twins won the AL Central division and faced the New York Yankees in the ALDS.
As a member of the Minnesota Twins, Bedrosian faced his former team in the 1991 World Series.

Twins and Orioles
These 1969 Twins won the very first American League Western Division Championship, but they lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the first American League Championship Series.
This same situation was also repeated during their 1970 season, with the Twins winning the Western Division behind the star pitching of Jim Perry ( 24-12 ) and the Orioles winning the Eastern Division Championship behind the star pitching of Jim Palmer.
On July 16, the Twins defeated the Baltimore Orioles 19-7, the most runs scored in the short history of Target Field.
* Sidney Ponson, former starting pitcher for the Orioles, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins Texas Rangers, and Kansas City Royals ; knighted by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
During a game against the Orioles, Twins third baseman Rich Rollins made a poor throw to first and while trying to save the play, Killebrew collided with the runner and dislocated his elbow, putting him out of action until mid-September.
In his honor, the Twins held a Harmon Killebrew Day in August, where it was announced that they would retire his number ; Killebrew responded by leading the Twins to a 5 – 4 victory over the Orioles.
The Red Wings were an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals for 32 years ( 1929 – 1960 ), then spent 42 years ( 1961 – 2002 ) as a farm club of the Baltimore Orioles before changing to the Twins in 2003.
The Red Wings ' affiliation with the Orioles came to an end when it signed a working agreement with the Minnesota Twins on September 17, 2002.
This was Cuellar's only appearance in this series while the Orioles were sweeping the Twins three games to none.
* Mark Brown 1977 – Major League Baseball pitcher, Baltimore Orioles ( 1984 ) and Minnesota Twins ( 1985 )
Greggory Olson ( born October 11, 1966 in Scribner, Nebraska ) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played with the Baltimore Orioles ( 1988 – 93 ), Atlanta Braves ( 1994 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1995 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1995, 1997 ), Detroit Tigers ( 1996 ), Houston Astros ( 1996 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1997 ), Arizona Diamondbacks ( 1998 – 99 ) and Los Angeles Dodgers ( 2000 – 01 ).
Lee MacPhail's son Andy was general manager of the Minnesota Twins from 1986 – 1994 and president / CEO of the Chicago Cubs from 1994 – 2006, and served as the president / baseball operations for the Baltimore Orioles from 2007 – 2011.
He played for the Minnesota Twins ( 1995 – 1999 ), Toronto Blue Jays ( 2000 ), Cleveland Indians ( 2001 ) and Baltimore Orioles ( 2002 – 2003 ).
In 2007, Surhoff was elected to the Orioles Hall of Fame, with the official induction ceremony occurring before the start of the OriolesTwins game on August 25, 2007, at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
He retired in 2003 after having been with the Mets, Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, and Minnesota Twins.
Former Nova High School players to see game time with a Major League Baseball team include Doug Johns ( Baltimore Orioles ) ( Oakland Athletics ), Harry Chappas ( Chicago White Sox ), Michael Morse ( Washington Nationals ), Jeff Fiorentino ( Baltimore Orioles ), and Anthony Swarzak ( Minnesota Twins ).
It featured the Baltimore Orioles vs. the Minnesota Twins, with the Orioles winning the series 3 – 0 and advancing to the 1969 World Series, where they would lose to the New York Mets in five games.
The Orioles and Twins would meet again the following year, with similar results.

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