Word: minnesota
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...corked bats and cut balls, and even a minor league potato thrown into one game, baseball has been caught up in equipment this year. But when everything was finally sanded off and boiled away, after the New York Mets were ground into powder and Reggie Jackson evaporated entirely, the Minnesota Twins, the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals awaited either Toronto or Detroit and this week's play-offs...
...this game did not turn on home runs, although three were hit. It turned on defense and speed--with Randy Bush stealing two bases in the pivotal Minnesota fourth to tie the playoff record--and that made a loser for the first time in postseason of Morris, the free agent the Twins didn't want...
...Minnesota had a 56-25 home record this year, best in the majors. Add two more...
...best curveball in the league, was the winner of this one, allowing seven hits, walking one and striking out six in his first postseason outing since 1979 when he won one game each in the playoffs and World Series for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Detroit 020 000 010--3 Minnesota...
...Trammell. DP--Detroit 1, Minnesota 1. LOB--Detroit 4, Minnesota 3. 2B--Gaetti, Brunansky, Laudner. HR--Lemon (1), Hrbek (1), Whitaker (1). SB--Whitaker (1), Sheridan (1), Bush 2 (2). S--Brookens...