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Major League Baseball in North Carolina? At one time, the state eyed the Minnesota Twins
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe stars appeared to be aligning in 1998 to bring Major League Baseball to North Carolina. Carl...
As franchise values rise, would the Pohlad family sell the Twins?
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo Sports· 3 months agoIt's been decades since the family's patriarch bought the city's Major League Baseball team, a...
THOMA COLUMN | A new season, and a new owner (kinda)
The Free Press, Mankato, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 20—There is a well-established protocol for those "introductory press conferences" that accompany major signings. The player and the general manager (or equivalent) sit in the middle, flanked ...
Twins appoint Joe Pohlad executive chair to oversee club
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMinnesota Twins owner Jim Pohlad has handed day-to-day operations of the club to his nephew Joe Pohlad, the third generation of family leadership of the franchise. Jim Pohlad announced the transition ...
Reusse: Among many concerns over Twins’ offseason, Correa’s departure isn’t one
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Twins had an introductory news conference for baseball CEO Derek Falvey and GM Thad Levine on...
Souhan: New Twins boss Joe Pohlad talks expectations and thick skin
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor 15 years, Joe Pohlad has worked in a variety of departments for the Twins, from baseball operations to marketing. Now he's in charge of all of them. Jim Pohlad, who as Twins chairman had ...
Derek Falvey expecting Twins leadership transition between Pohlads to be smooth
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere’s a new Pohlad in charge, and only time will tell how Joe Pohlad, the Twins’ new executive chair, will differ from his uncle, Jim, atop the team’s leadership structure. But already, there ...
Reusse: In pantheon of sports characters, ‘Slick’ was as good as it gets
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo Sports· 4 months agoThe Kansas City Royals were in Clearwater, Fla., to play an exhibition game against the Philadelphia...
Local sports team values on an endless rise. Current total? Billions
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIt started with $1 million in January of 1960. After the Minneapolis Lakers moved to Los Angeles and left the Twin Cities without a professional sports franchise, a group of five investors clawed ...
How cooking saved my mom's mental health and fed her Chinese food restaurant empire
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn many Chinese American families and especially mine, love isn’t shown through physical gestures...