Its baseball team has won two straight American League Central titles and made it to the World Series last year.
Minnesota, with a firm grip on first place in the American League Central, has drawn 39, 757 fans per game to Target Field.
Kauffman, of course, is home to the current American League Central leaders, the Kansas City Royals, a team that hasn't made the playoffs since 1985.
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The count would change if the low-budget Minnesota Twins, two games out of first place, knock off the Detroit Tigers (fifth-highest payroll) in the American League Central.
The team is cruising to the American League Central crown with a 90-60 record, and may even wind up as the top seed in the AL playoff bracket.
The Orioles or the Blue Jays would be given the opportunity to compete in the American League Central for a season and end their decade plus postseason droughts.
As of today, the Indians had a 2.5 game lead in the American League Central yet ranked 30th among 30 MLB teams with an average attendance of 15, 872.
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After a brief stint in the American League West (1970-1971), the Brewers had called the American League East home for 22 years (1972-1993) before a temporary relocation to the American League Central (1994-1997).
Besides the brilliance of throwing his second career no-hitter in May, Verlander is the primary reason why the Detroit Tigers are on the verge of winning their first American League Central title since realignment in 1998.
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Can you imagine the Houston Astros deciding on their own to move from the National League Central to the American League West to join the Texas Rangers?
They're moving from the National League Central, a relatively weak division, to the American League West, one of baseball's toughest.
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