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Recently, I had the privilege to sit down with three outstanding wives of Minnesota Twins players. After the meeting was over, I sat back in my chair and took a deep breath because as impressive as the players are, their wives are the real MVPs, and these are their stories.

The offseason is upon us again! With the ratification of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), free agency is back, and teams can start making trades again. The Twins made some moves before the lockout, but they are still in need of pitching. There are several pitchers that might be available via trade. 

While Target Field sits idly by without baseball, US Bank Stadium will host the Cambria College Classic beginning Friday, March 4 through Sunday, March 6. The Gophers will host five other teams, including two Big Ten teams and the #11 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Baseball transcends beyond the field. It speaks a language felt by players and fans alike. It brings people together, sometimes from very different walks of life. Baseball can bring fans together, in a community like Twins Daily. The players  have a special bond, a Baseball Brotherhood, that no one but them will ever understand. For Patrick Mahomes and Latroy Hawkins, baseball gave them a life-long friendship. 

Baseball is in her blood. From a young gal who grew up watching the White Sox with her dad who is a 41-year-season-ticket-holder,  Betsy Helfand got the baseball bug at a young age.

From the suburbs of Minneapolis, Heather Rule grew up knowing that her heart was in journalism and that her favorite baseball team was the Minnesota Twins. Read about how she went from a Twins fan to a Twins Media Content Creator.

On February 19th, Twins Daily will be celebrating its 10-year anniversary. To honor this upcoming milestone, we're looking back at the most-read articles from each year since our site launched. 

Today, we dive into 2013, TD's second year and another non-competitive season for the Twins. 

During the Covid-shortened 2020 season, MLB implemented the DH in the National League to see how it would work. It was also done for health reasons and to protect pitchers. Were the changes made in 2020 masked as a "benefit" for the players but lining the owners' pockets.

Tracy Perlman grew up in Minnesota cheering for the Twins, and now she covers the team behind-the-scenes for WCCO-TV. Get to know her and how her love for sports shows through in her job.

News broke last month that the Cleveland Guardians are close to selling 35% of their ownership to David Blitzer.The potential for a corporate investor could shake things up, making the newly-minted Guardians a force to be reckoned with in the near future.

The Twins had beaten Cleveland 6-4 in 10 innings earlier in the day, in the first game of a double header. It was a beautiful August night. The weather was perfect all day in Cleveland, sitting at 76 degrees with clear skies. If there was a day for a doubleheader, this was it. Dean Chance had been pitching very well over the the previous weeks, and the Twins were finishing up a long road series. 

There have been plenty of great players in the history of the Minnesota Twins. From Killebrew to Buxton and many in-between, it is tough to narrow it down to the top twelve players in the history of the Twins. The second best player in Twins history is one of the best pure hitters in baseball history and is one of the best Panamanian players in MLB history.