September 30, 2003 - It's been more than thirty years since the Minnesota Twins last made back-to-back appearances in the post season, but the Central Division champion Twins begin playoff action for the second time in as many years when they take the field in New York against the Eastern Division champion Yankees. It caps a season that saw the Twins go from high hopes to utter disappointment and back again.
September 19, 2003 - MPR's William Wilcoxen reports on Minnesota Twins completion of a three game sweep of the Chicago White Sox with a 5-3 victory at the Metrodome. The win gives the Twins a three-and-a-half game lead over the White Sox in their race for the division title and a spot in the playoffs.
September 18, 2003 - The Twins will be trying to sweep their three game series with the Chicago White Sox when the teams take the field in the Metrodome. With a 4-2 victory the previous night, the Twins fattened their Central Division lead over the White Sox to two-and-a-half games.
October 14, 2002 - MPR's William Wilcoxen presents report on Minnesota Twins and their disappointing finish to a remarkable season. A magical season came to a crashing halt for the Twins as they gave up a playoff-record 10 runs in one inning to the Anaheim Angels, whose 13-5 victory brought baseball's American League pennant to southern California for the first time.
October 8, 2002 - Only one team stands between the Minnesota Twins and a spot in baseball's World Series. At the Metrodome, the Twins will take on the Anaheim Angels in the opening game of the American League Championship Series. The winner of the best of seven series will face either the Saint Louis Cardinals or (Braves/Giants) in baseball's Fall Classic.
October 7, 2002 - What do MLB Commissioner Bud Selig and the Oakland A's have in common? Both failed to eliminate the Minnesota Twins in 2002. Behind a dominating performance from starting pitcher Brad Radke, the Twins beat A’s 5-4 in the fifth and deciding game of the divisional playoffs. The Twins now advance to the American League Championship Series.
October 3, 2002 - MPR's William Wilcoxen previews playoff baseball’s return to Minnesota as the Minnesota Twins host the Oakland Athletics in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series. The last post-season baseball game at the Metrodome was the Twins' Game 7 victory in the 1991 World Series. This year's team hopes to recapture some of the Twins' postseason Metrodome magic.
October 3, 2002 - MPR’s Jon Gordon provides a summary of Game 2 of the ALDS, in which the Oakland Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 9-1.
October 2, 2002 - MPR’s Jon Gordon breaks down Game 1 of American League Division Series game, matching the Minnesota Twins against Oakland A’s. Twins' post-season inexperience was on garish display early in the game, but the team is savoring innings four through nine, during which it battered the vaunted Oakland pitching staff and silenced the A's bats for a 7-5 victory.
September 30, 2002 - For the first time in eleven years, the Minnesota Twins head into Major League Baseball's playoffs. The Twins will be underdogs when they open their best-of-five game series with the Western Division champion Oakland A's on the West Coast. Whether they win or lose in the playoffs, 2002 will go down as a landmark season for the Twins.