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Twins' lucky summer sausage goes international with road trip to Toronto for series vs. Blue Jays

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The Minnesota Twins' home run sausage is pictured in the dugout during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Friday, May 3, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)

TORONTO, ONT ā€“ The Minnesota Twins and their lucky sausage have gone international.

The bagged summer sausage that the red-hot Twins have been carrying for good luck made it across the Canadian border for Fridayā€™s series-opening game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

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The Twins posted a photo on social media depicting the sausage on the observation deck of Torontoā€™s CN Tower.

Hitting coach David Popkins cooked up the sausage superstition last month, grabbing an unopened summer sausage from a table in the clubhouse and encouraging his players to tap it before at-bats.

The sausage has already been on one Twins road trip, double-sealed in a plastic bag and stuffed into a shoe.

Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said the sausage made the trip with the team, but wouldnā€™t spill the beans on how the well-traveled piece of meat made it over the border into Canada.

ā€œI wasnā€™t in charge of the sausage; I will not be in charge of the sausage,ā€ Baldelli said before Fridayā€™s game.

The Twins have won 15 of 17, taking their past five series. Minnesota is 22-15 overall, 1 1/2 games behind first-place Cleveland in the AL Central.

Baldelli had previously said the Twins would ditch the meat after their winning streak ended at 12 games with a loss to Boston on Sunday. But, the sausage stuck around through a home series against the Seattle Mariners in which the Twins won three of four.

The Twins are no stranger to unique home-run celebrations. Last season, they brought a fishing vest and toy fishing pole to the dugout, a nod to the stateā€™s 10,000 lakes.

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