October 9, 2004 - The Minnesota Twins will be trying to keep their postseason hopes alive the next time they take the field in the Metrodome after an 8-4 loss to the New York Yankees in Game 3 of American League Divisional Series. The Twins trail their best-of-five-games playoff series, 2-1.
October 6, 2004 - MPR’s William Wilcoxen gives a brief summary on Game 1 of the American League Division Series, in which the Minnesota Twins beat the New York Yankees, 2-0.
October 4, 2004 - MPR’s William Wilcoxen reports on how despite half the team being new faces from last year’s winning roster, The Minnesota Twins were able to capture a third straight American League Central Division title. Wilcoxen finds Twins teammates praising each other on team’s accomplishment.
September 20, 2004 - MPR’s William Wilcoxen profiles Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Johan Santana as he ties a team record by winning his twelfth game in a row. With a 19-6 record and three different dominant pitches, Santana is a favorite to win the Cy Young Award in 2004.
March 22, 2004 - MPR’s William Wilcoxen reports on Victory Sports One, the Twins' new network. Nearly two-thirds of the Twins' games will be televised on the new network that is currently unavailable to most Minnesotans. Wilcoxen looks at the standoff between the Twins' new network and the region's leading cable and satellite providers.
January 15, 2004 - Today (Thurs) the city of Saint Paul will apply to become the new home of the Minnesota Twins. City officials are submitting a proposal to the Governor's Stadium Steering Committee, which plans to make recommendations to Governor Pawlenty and the Legislature early next month. Yesterday city council members who had considered putting limits on Saint Paul's bid backed off that idea -- at least for the time being -- and ballpark backers celebrated the capital city's unanimous decision to move forward with a plan. Minnesota Public Radio's William Wilcoxen reports...
January 1, 2004 - A last minute field goal and an interception allowed the University of Minnesota football team to pull out a thirty-one to thirty victory over Oregon in the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, yesterday. The Gophers now have back-to-back bowl wins, having claimed the 2002 Music City Bowl in Nashville. Today, college football serves up its main course of bowls with five games on the schedule, and the college bowl season will finally wrap up on Sunday night with the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. For some die-hard football fans, it's the best week of the year. But for others, the abundance of bowl games has just made the college game more confusing. Minnesota Public Radio's William Wilcoxen reports.
October 6, 2003 - MPR's William Wilcoxen reports that more than 55,000 fans crowded into the Metrodome only to see an 8-1 loss end the Minnesota Twins' baseball season. After winning the first game, the Twins scored only once in each of the next three games...allowing the Yankees to take the best-of-five playoff series three games to one.
October 3, 2003 - The Minnesota Twins' first round playoff series with the New York Yankees is even at one game apiece as the teams head to the Twin Cities for two games. New York evened the series by pulling out a 4-1 victory at Yankee Stadium.
October 1, 2003 - After two years worth of losses to the New York Yankees, the Minnesota Twins earned a victory when it mattered most. The Twins took the lead in their best-of-five-game playoff series by beating New York 3-1 in Yankee Stadium on the strength of strong Twins pitching and solid fielding.