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Kyle Gibson was given the assignment to take the mound for the first home game for the Minnesota Twins, an afternoon that was quite the cold opener to the team's ninth season at Target Field. He didn't mind the 38-degree first-pitch temperature. That's good, because the Twins have a 10-game homestand. Gibson will probably get another turn or two in the frigid air of this early April in the north that just won't thaw . "I'm the warmest guy out there. I'm the only one who's moving every pitch and who's that active, so I enjoy it," said Gibson, who grew up outside of Indianapolis and played at Missouri before being drafted by the Twins. Though the 30-year-old right-hander was removed in the fifth Continue to Article

April 06, 2018 2:33:pm EST

Kyle Gibson was given the assignment to take the mound for the first home game for the Minnesota Twins, an afternoon that was quite the cold opener to the team's ninth season at Target Field. Gibson will probably get another turn or two in the frigid air of this early April in the north that just won't thaw . Twins employees brought shovels to work on Wednesday to contribute to the cause, with President Dave St. Peter and general manager Thad Levine among the participants. Continue to Article

April 06, 2018 2:32:pm EST

The ceremony, however, went a step further ahead of the Minnesota Twins’ first home game of the season when an eagle landed on Seattle Mariners’ James Paxton. Having taken a break from his warm-up throws, the left-hander was standing alone in left field at Target Field on Thursday night when a bald eagle brought it for the pre-game ceremony made for him. The Canadian saw an eagle land on him on April 5 ahead of the match against the Minnesota Twins. Continue to Article

April 06, 2018 6:06:am EST

Former first lady Michelle Obama admitted that the female candidate in the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton, had her flaws but was more qualified for the job than the victor, Donald Trump. “The best qualified candidate in this last race was a woman,” Obama said Thursday at the longest-running women's leadership conference in the nation. Obama at the 39th annual Simmons Leadership Conference in Boston reiterated that she isn’t looking to follow in the footsteps of her husband Barack, and that people who want to see a woman president need to develop and support women with such ambitions. Continue to Article

April 05, 2018 8:10:pm EST

James Paxton had to deal with more than the Minnesota Twins on Thursday afternoon. In fact, the Seattle Mariners left-hander had his hands full even before he threw his first pitch. While Paxton was standing in left field at Target Field during the national anthem, a bald eagle appeared to mistake him for his handler and landed briefly on the pitcher. The 6-foot-4 Paxton seemed unfazed by the whole episode, holding his hat in his left hand as he looked straight ahead. And it didn't seem to affect his pitching, either: He had allowed no runs and just two hits through the first three innings in Minneapolis. Continue to Article

April 05, 2018 6:54:pm EST