John Donovan: Twins once again find ways to win

cnn.com     Jul 23, 2008            

The Twins are 1 1/2 games behind the Chicago White Sox in the AL Central Minnesota lost several key players from a season ago, including Johan Santana Joe Nathan was one of three Twins to make the American League All-Star team this season. There comes a time in every baseball season when surprises are no longer surprises. If something caught you off guard in April or in May, and what was going on way back then is still going on now ... well, you need to drop the whole wide-eyed-in-shock spiel. It's not very becoming. The Twins are hanging around the lead in the American League Central, just where they've been for most of the season, and by now that shouldn't be a stunner to anyone. Never more than 1 1/2 games ahead and only briefly 6 1/2 games behind, the young, largely untested but always entertaining Twins have 100 games of... [read full story]                    

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