Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Mgbe otu afọ gachara ebe Twins gbara bọọlụ baseball.500 n'ihe ka ukwuu n'oge oge ahụ, ndị otu ahụ meriri 17 n'ime egwuregwu 21 ikpeazụ ha iji jikọta Detroit Tigers maka idu ndú na Central Division. The Twins nwere ike iji iwu egwuregwu na-egwu egwu na uru ha mgbe ha meriri AL Central na njedebe nke oge oge site na egwuregwu 6×5 tiebreaker nke kwubiri na 12th-inning walk-off hit site na Alexi Casilla na aka nri, nke gburu Carlos Gómez. Agbanyeghị, ha enweghị ike ịga n'ihu na American League Championship Series
ka ha meriri ndị American League Divisional Series na atọ n'usoro egwuregwu na-emecha World Series onye mmeri New York Yankees. N'afọ ahụ, Joe Mauer ghọrọ onye nke abụọ na-ejide ihe n'ime afọ iri atọ na atọ iji merie ihe nrite AL MVP. Iván Rodríguez meriri maka Texas Rangers na 1999, tupu nke ahụ, onye na-ejide ikpeazụ iji merie AL MVP bụ New York Yankees Thurman Munson na 1976.