Jim Pohlad doesn't have a formal title in the Twins' organization, doesn't sport a gilded nameplate on his Metrodome office trumpeting his position of power. 

Carl Pohlad, a savvy rags-to-riches financier who bought theMinnesotaTwins in 1984, steered them to two World Series championships and paved the way for a new Minneapolis ballpark, died Monday at his Edina home. 

He's a catcher, so Joe Mauer has learned to live with lingering aches and pains. 

--1B Justin Morneau became only the third baseball player to be selected Canadian Athlete of the Year when the nation's sports writers and broadcasters' voting was announced Dec. 

A year after doing a near-total overhaul of their roster, and obsessing for four months over a Johan Santana trade, the Twins enter the offseason with far less work to do on a team that nearly won the AL Central. 

Carl Pohlad, a savvy rags-to-riches financier who bought theMinnesotaTwins in 1984, steered them to two World Series championships and paved the way for a new Minneapolis ballpark, died Monday at his Edina home. 

Here is former Twins pitcher and current Twins broadcaster Bert Blyleven . 

Here is former Twins pitcher Frank Viola. 

1915: Born Aug. 

Over the last 22 years, the Minnesota Twins have had two different managers in their dugout. 

--1B Justin Morneau became only the third baseball player to be selected Canadian Athlete of the Year when the nation's sports writers and broadcasters' voting was announced Dec. 

A year after doing a near-total overhaul of their roster, and obsessing for four months over a Johan Santana trade, the Twins enter the offseason with far less work to do on a team that nearly won the AL Central. 

He's a catcher, so Joe Mauer has learned to live with lingering aches and pains. 

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--1B Justin Morneau became only the third baseball player to be selected Canadian Athlete of the Year when the nation's sports writers and broadcasters' voting was announced Dec.