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...owner, Calvin Griffith: a powerful first baseman, Kent Hrbek; a complete third baseman, Gary Gaetti; a reliable left-handed pitcher, Frank Viola; and a little, round outfielder, Kirby Puckett. Through the ingenuity of young General Manager Andy MacPhail, 34 -- two storied baseball names, Griffith and MacPhail -- scrappy Outfielder Dan Gladden was added, along with a pair of heavy-duty relievers, Juan Berenguer from San Francisco and Jeff Reardon from Montreal. Greg Gagne has been a joyous shortstop, and Rightfielder Tom Brunansky a force at the plate. Still and all, Homerdome or away, the critical ingredient may have been the calm...
Morris, a Minnesota native and 11-0 in his career against the Twins in the Twin Cities, allowed a two-run double to Laudner in a three-run second inning and a two-run single to Gladden in the fourth. The runs all were scored with...
MINNEAPOLIS--Tim Laudner and Dan Gladden drove in two runs each, and the Twins dealt Jack Morris his first major-league loss in the state of Minnesota, beating the Detroit Tigers, 6-3, in the second game of the American League playoffs last night...
...Japan's alleged failure to comply with a 1986 semiconductor agreement, may not be rescinded soon. Said a senior Administration official: "We would like to see the sanctions lifted. But we cannot phony up data." Translation: Japan's proposals are not yet good enough. That answer is unlikely to gladden Nakasone, who has other problems. Faced with strong opposition, the Prime Minister last week withdrew from parliamentary consideration a plan for a 5% sales...
...celestial gem shop. Among the glories here are a lyrical alabaster-and-pearl paten, which may have come from St. Sophia, and an opulent, dappled sardonyx chalice decorated with enamel figures that resemble mini-mosaics. There are treasuries or reliquaries in important churches all over Europe, but very few gladden the worldly connoisseur's eye like this...