<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva konyaka lapho amaTwin ayedlala khona i-baseball.500 iningi lesikhathi sonyaka, leli qembu lanqoba imidlalo engu-17 kwengu-21 edlule ukuze lilingane ne-Detroit Tigers ekuholeni e-Central Division. Ama-Twins akwazi ukusebenzisa umthetho womdlalo wokudlala ngenzuzo yabo lapho bewina i-AL Central ekupheleni kwesizini ejwayelekile ngomdlalo we-tiebreaker we-6 × 5 ophele ngokushaya kuka-Alexi Casilla emdlalweni we-12th ukuya enkundleni yangakwesokudla, okufaka uCarlos Gómez. Kodwa-ke, behlulekile ukuqhubekela phambili ku-American League Championship Series  <response>: njengoba belahlekelwa yi-American League Divisional Series emidlalweni emithathu elandelanayo yi-New York Yankees eyaba yiqhawe le-World Series. Ngalowo nyaka, uJoe Mauer waba ngumgadli wesibili eminyakeni engama-33 ukuwina umklomelo we-AL MVP. U-Iván Rodríguez wanqoba i-Texas Rangers ngo-1999, ngaphambi kwalokho, umgadli wokugcina owawina i-AL MVP kwakunguNew York Yankees Thurman Munson ngo-1976. 