The Minnesota Twins of the Major League Baseball (MLB) will be sold for the first time in 40 years.
MLB.COM reported on the 11th that Minnesota owner Joe Pollard publicly announced the sale of the team. “We decided to sell the team early this year through a family meeting,” Pollard said. “We decided that now is the right time to disclose this fact.”
Minnesota was founded in 1919 as the Washington Senators, but the team was renamed the Minnesota Twins when it relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1961.
Carl Pollard, the grandfather of the current owner Joe Pollard, took over the team in 1984 for 44 million dollars. Minnesota won the World Series twice in 1987 and 1991. It ranked fourth in the American League Central this season, failing to advance to the post season. Park Byung-ho (38, Samsung Lions), a home run hitter who represents the KBO League, also wore the Minnesota Twins uniform in the 2016 season when he entered the Major League.
Ahead of this year’s opening game, Minnesota’s club value estimated by Forbes, a U.S. economic media outlet, was $1.46 billion (about 1.97 trillion won), the 21st of the 30 major league teams. 스포츠토토
