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Milton hopes to repeat past success

By Jim Caple
ESPN.com

Thursday, October 10, 2002

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Minnesota's turnaround from official league punchline to division champion began with him. The freefall ended for Team Rimshot on a September 11 morning three years ago when Eric Milton took the mound for a last-place team and gave a small but loyal crowd not just a glimpse of the future, but hope for the future as well. In a season when his team would lose 97 games and on a Saturday morning when his sleep-eyed team had to play the game at 11 so the field could be set up aft ...

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