<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemva konyaka amaTwin adlala ngawo i-baseball engu-.500 iningi lesikhathi sonyaka, leli qembu lanqoba imidlalo engu-17 kwengu-21 edlule ukuze lilingane ne-Detroit Tigers ekuholeni iCentral 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. Nokho, behluleka ukuqhubekela phambili  <response>: I-American League Championship Series njengoba balahlekelwa yi-American League Divisional Series emidlalweni emithathu elandelanayo kumpetha we-World Series eNew York Yankees. 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. 