Minnesota Twins.

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GREENSBORO -- A new book by a Minneapolis sportswriter says the 1997 threat to move the Minnesota Twins baseball team to the Triad was a hoax. In Stadium Games: 50 Years of Big League Greed and Bush League Boondoggles, Jay Weiner claims owner Carl Pohlad simply wanted to scare the Minnesota legislature into building a new stadium for the team. Hickory...