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MINNEAPOLIS -- The Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins waged one of the most memorable World Series in history 25 years ago. The stakes will be a little different this week when the teams play a two-game series beginning on Tuesday at Target Field.The Twins will celebrate the silver anniversary of their second world championship this week with festivities scheduled prior to both games against the Braves.Both clubs more closely resemble the 1990 versions of themselves. The Braves and Twins each finished in last place that season before rebounding to meet in the 1991 World Series.Atlanta enters the week having started its nine-game road trip against Cincinnati, Colorado and Minnesota with just a 1-6 mark. After winning three of their final four games heading into the All-Star break, the Braves have emerged with a 2-8 record, including a four-game sweep at the hands of the Rockies at Coors Field over the weekend.We didnt play good in any facet of the game, Braves left fielder Jeff Francoeur told the Atlanta Journal Constitution. We didnt hit, we didnt pitch great. Just a disappointing series, especially with the way we ended the first half, when we went out playing really well. We just havent been able to pick it up in the second half, and thats the frustrating part, when you come in here and they just ... beat us bad. They beat us bad.The Braves will try to salvage their road trip on Tuesday when they send Lucas Harrell to the mound. The right-hander has been solid since joining Atlantas rotation earlier this month, compiling a 1-2 record with 4.24 ERA in four starts.The Twins return home following a seven-game road trip that saw them go 4-3 against Detroit and Boston.Minnesota split a four-game series against the Red Sox at Fenway Park over the weekend. An error by Miguel Sano with two outs in the fifth on Sunday allowed three unearned runs to score later in the inning and spoiled a chance for the Twins to finish the trip on a three-game winning streak. Boston hung on for an 8-7 victory.(We went) home with a winning record on the trip, but youd like to get greedy and finish it with a win, Twins manager Paul Molitor told MLB.com. But we werent able to do it.Sano has committed 10 errors in his last 15 games played at third base, including a miscue in each of the last three games. The second-year slugger has hit .308 with three homers and eight RBI over that same stretch, however.Minnesota has played better of late, having already won more games in July (12) than it has in any other month this season. A win on Tuesday would ensure at least a .500 record since July 1.The Twins will send former Brave Ervin Santana to the mound on Tuesday in what could be his final start with Minnesota. The right-hander is 3-8 with a 3.93 ERA in 18 starts this season but has been outstanding of late, posting a 2.03 ERA over his last six starts.The solid stretch of games has helped bolster his trade value and with the market for starting pitchers considered shallow, Santana could be on the move ahead of the Aug. 1 trade deadline. NMD XR1 Canada .com) - The Montreal Canadiens will try to halt their longest losing streak of the season when they host the struggling New York Islanders in tonights clash at the Bell Centre. NMD CS2 Canada . The phone hearing is scheduled for 4:30pm et/1:30pm pt. Winchester, who was not penalized for the hit, appeared to make contact with Kellys head early in the first period of Thursdays game in Boston. http://www.nmdshoescanada.com/nmd-r2-cheap-canada.html . -- San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks was fined $15,570 by the NFL on Wednesday for his hit on Saints quarterback Drew Brees last Sunday. Adidas Neo Lite Racer Canada . -- If this was Aaron Gordons final home game at Arizona, and it almost certainly was, then he went out in style. Ultra Boost 4.0 Canada . Blackwood, 28, has played the last three seasons in the San Diego Padres system, including the past two summers with Class AA San Antonio of the Texas League. James Cummings has trained his second consecutive Bong Bong Cup winner with Alfred The Great taking out the iconic picnic race.Cummings won his first Bong Bong Cup last year with Colour Of Money, who, like Alfred The Great, is a son of Pendragon, the foundation sire at Think Big Stud.Both horses race in the colours of Dato Tan Chin Nam, the owner of Think Big Stud and also the dual Melbourne Cup winner for whom the farm is named.Ridden by Alan Barton who rides work for Cummings, Alfred The Grreat beat the Robert Price-trained Tradtri with both horses carrying equal top weight of 68kg in Fridays 1560m-event.ddddddddddddDato Tan won four Melbourne Cups with Cummings grandfather Bart who trained 12, but never won a Bong Bong Cup.Think Big Stud in the NSW Southern Highlands, is eight kilometres from the Bong Bong racecourse which holds one meeting a year. ' ' '