Article: Don't expect any quick fixes in 1999; The Twins don't have the payroll to pursue this year's crop of free agents. So a return to respectability falls into the hands of the team's current players and its farm system.(SPORTS)

Article: Twins' Meares is feeling more relaxed this spring; ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 10, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Pat Meares is batting .200 this ... comparisons with former Twin Greg Gagne) jangled Meares' nerves. This spring ... been thrust into the Twins' starting shortstop ... spring. Hocking outplayed Meares, but Twins manager Tom Kelly decided ...

Article: Timing of release still has some sting; As Pat Meares took ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 6, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... the team's payroll, the Twins decided not to tender Meares a contract, meaning he was ... 2 for six years with the Twins. (Meares' double-play partner ... credit for developing. The Twins took Meares in the 12th round of the 1990 ...

Article: Surprise power surge lifts Twins; Meares' two home ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 13, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... than offense. Pat Meares knows who and what he is. So while the Twins beat Kansas City ... games that way." Meares scored three runs as the Twins won for the fifth ... legs at second.The Twins were pulling away when Meares came to bat in the ...

Article: Meares powers Twins; Shortstop hits key homer in ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  June 24, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... diligence that has turned Meares into perhaps the Twins' most valuable player this ... Monday night's game for the Twins. Meares' timely hitting gave Radke ... not sure I deserved it." Meares has rewarded the Twins' patience with good range ...

Article: Twins' Meares, Puckett made big impression on Big ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  June 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... inning, and the Twins already had scored ... remember was Pat Meares going deep on ... next time up, Meares tried to lay down ... Ullger, another Twins' coach. Johnson ... be found in the Twins clubhouse agreed that shortstop Meares owned Johnson ...

Article: Win at hallowed Wrigley not one for the ages; Meares ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 2, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Tuesday when the Twins beat Detroit 8 ... On Sunday, the Twins stranded six runners ... the fifth when Meares hit Trachsel ... out, and former Twin Dave Stevens was on the mound. Meares hit a shot back ... the best." The Twins spent the early ...

Article: FORMER TWINS MEARES TO PIRATES
United Press International;  February 20, 1999 ;     266 words ... ... 02-20-1999 Former Twins Meares to Pirates BRADENTON ... Free agent shortstop Pat Meares finally recovered from ... release from the Minnesota Twins Saturday when he signed ... around $1 million. The Twins cut Meares, 30, shortly after ...