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Article: Cuddyer faces `wasted year'.(SPORTS)(Patrick Reusse)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- August 19, 2003
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Byline: Patrick Reusse; Staff Writer
Rochester, N.Y. -- The Rochester Red Wings ended a long affiliation with Baltimore and signed a working agreement with the Twins that started this season.
The Orioles had been providing losing clubs that contained a minimum of prospects. Naomi Silver, the Red Wings' CEO, tired of this and looked for an organization that would provide more entertaining baseball.
There was considerable optimism last spring that the Twins would be sending an International League championship contender to Rochester.
So much for optimism. There are two weeks left in the season, and the Red Wings are battling Syracuse to avoid last place in the ...