Early success puts Twins on the spot

The baseball schedule stretches so long that most teams, in time, reveal their true selves. The Chicago White Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies reached Memorial Day last season with winning records, only to sink to fourth place in their divisions. They looked like pretenders, and that is what they were

"It's go time"—watch Bryce Harper and Hunter Strickland's bench-clearing brawl

Washington Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper stands six feet two inches tall and weighs 230 pounds. San Francisco Giants pitcher Hunter Strickland is six feet four and only ten pounds lighter. On Monday, we found out what a fight between them looks like. In the eighth inning of the Nationals'

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  Brawl involving Bryce Harper interrupts Washington Nationals' win over San Francisco Giants

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  LEADING OFF: Discipline on deck for Harper-Strickland brawl

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