bizofbaseball.com - 10/12/2009
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With the Yankees sweeping the Minnesota Twins in Game 3, 4-1, the final MLB game was played at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Twins will begin play next season at the new open-air Target Field.
With the final out, two events were caught on camera by TBS, framing the swan song for what ...
voicefromtwinsterritory.mlblogs.com - 10/12/2009
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voicefromtwinsterritory.mlblogs.com —
After an improbable comeback and an appearance in
the playoffs, the season for the Minnesota Twins has...
come to an end. There will be no long playoff run, no more Metrodome magic, and no World Series title. The off-season begins immediately, and what had been a great run has come to a sudden ...
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It's Over
nydailynews.com - 10/12/2009
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nydailynews.com —
If there is any doubt who the best
closer in baseball is, the debate was settled yesterday....
Sunday night, Mariano Rivera calmly put the Twins' season to rest and capped the Yankees' three-game sweep with a four-out save at the Metrodome. ...
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Mo is still the best closer in baseball
blogs2.startribune.com - 10/12/2009
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blogs2.startribune.com —
Several baseball writers ended up at Maxwell’s on
Sunday night after bidding goodbye to Major League Baseball...
at the Metrodome. The Phillies and Rockies were tangled in a close late-inning ballgame on TV, and it was heartening to hear the ...
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The morning after: MLB turns out the Metrodome lights
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