The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Twins are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Twins have played in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
The "Twins" name originates from Minnesota's Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They are sometimes called "the Twinkies" by fans and media (though not by the club), a two-syllable play on "Twins" inspired by the snack cake of the same name.id=157639&vkey=cs2002news&fext=.jsp&c_id=null" target="_blank">http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20021014&content_id=157639&vkey=cs2002news&fext=.jsp&c_id=null Many fans despise this name, and consider it to be disparaging to the team. http://twinsnottwinkies.wordpress.com/
One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in _Washington, D.C. in . Then the Washington Senators (not to be confused with the Washington Senators that were enfranchised in as a replacement and eventually became the Texas Rangers), the team moved to Minneapolis in , then based in Metropolitan Stadium.
