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No respect: Preview originally says Yankees vs. Minnesota Wild

Newsweek did a roundup Wednesday of how various experts see the MLB playoffs shaking out, but got something terribly wrong.

October 2, 2019 at 9:20PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

New York for the American League Division Series against the Yankees.

But they don't seem to have a lot of believers outside their own clubhouse. Vegas odds have the Twins, even after a 101-win season, a distant third in the American League behind the Astros and Yankees.

Most publications at least — AT LEAST — get the Twins' name correct on first try.

That was not, sadly, the case with Newsweek. The publication did a roundup Wednesday of how various experts see the MLB playoffs shaking out (spoiler alert: lots of talk about the Yankees, Astros and Dodgers), and in the initial swing Newsweek referred to the Yankees playing the "Minnesota Wild."

I will say this, though: If the Wild's goal total this season can somehow match the Twins' home run total (307), we could be talking about the Twins — sorry, Wild! — in the Stanley Cup finals.

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Michael Rand

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Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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