AND WE'LL HEAR HOW HURRICANES HAVE IMPACTED MINNESOTA HOSPITALS.

>> ERIC: WE START TONIGHT WITH BIG SPORTS NEWS.

WHEN WE BOOKED LARRY FITZGERALD FOR TONIGHT'S SHOW, WE THOUGHT THE LYNX RETURNING TO THE WNBA FINALS AND THE WILD SEASON OPENER WOULD BE OUR BIG TOPICS.

THEN THE POHLADS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT THEY ARE PUTTING THE MINNESOTA TWINS UP FOR SALE.

SO MUCH SPORTS NEWS, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE WILD WINNING THEIR OPENING GAME LAST NIGHT OR THE VIKINGS HEADING INTO THEIR BYE WEEK 5-0.

WHEN LARRY FITZGERALD ISN'T VISITING US HERE IN STUDIO "B," HE DOES RADIO WORK FOR THE NATIONAL PROGRAMMING NETWORK.

>> THE LYNX OVERTIME WIN, IT'S GOT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST BASKETBALL GAMES REGARDLESS OF GENDER IN RECENT MEMORY.

>> NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

THE COUNTRY IS JUST ECSTATIC ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU DON'T EXPECT A TEAM THAT GETS BEHIND BY 18 AT THE BEGINNING, I MEAN, THEY WERE GETTING CLOBBERED IN ALL AREAS.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF CHERYL'S BIG CONCERNS.

SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR HEIGHT.

AND THEY'RE BIGGER, BUT THEY BEAT THEM BEFORE THE IN-SEASON TOURNAMENT AND THEY BEAT THEM AGAIN LAST NIGHT.

AND BOY, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE COMMITMENT TO DETAILS.

THEY SHOT 50%.

THEY DON'T TAKE BAD SHOTS.

THEY ONLY HAD 10 TURNOVERS AND THEY BLOCKED SHOTS, SIX OF THEM ABOUT NAPHEESA COLLIER.

SHE REALLY GOT AFTER BRIANA STEWART LAST NIGHT.

BUT SHE KNOWS HER EVERY MOVE AND BOY, DID SHE MAKE HER PAY LAST NIGHT.

>> Cathy: IT WAS A HECK OF A COMEBACK, BUT HOW DID HE LYNX BIG THEMSELVES INTO SUCH A HOLE TO BEGIN WITH?

AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR AGAIN ON SUNDAY FOR GAME 2?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THEY WERE IN THE FINALS LAST YEAR, LOST TO VEGAS.

WHO THEY REVENGED THAT LOSS BY BEATING THEM IN THE SEMIS.

SO THEY'RE ON THE DOOR STEP OF WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS A CHAMPIONSHIP AND REVEFNL OF LAST SEASON.

BUT THEY CAN'T WIN GAME ONE.

I THINK THEY'VE LOST SIX STRAIGHT GAME ONES IN THE NBA FINALS AND THAT'S NOT GOOD, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU HAVE A HOME COURT ADVANTAGE AND IT'S A SHORT SEIZE, THREE OUT OF TWO.

SO THE YNX ARE RIDING HIGH.

NOW THEY CAN EALLY GET GREEDY AND SAY, HEY, LET'S GO GET GAME NUMBER TWO.

BUT NEW YORK WAS ABLE TO GET THE BALL INSIDE EARLY.

AND GOT THE LYNX IN A LITTLE FOUL TROUBLE.

AND THE LYNX DON'T HAVE A DEEP BENCH, UT THEY WERE ABLE TO MASSAGE IT BECAUSE CHERYL IS JUST A WITNESSED YARD.

THAT'S A RARE DOUBLE-DOUBLE.

BUT SHE IS AN AMAZING ERSON.

AND JUST WATCHING HER WORK HER MAGIC WAS JUST AMAZING.

>> Eric: WE BETTER TALK ABOUT THE TWINS A LITTLE BIT.

WAS THE $30 MILLION PAY CUT OVER THE WINTER, WAS THAT IN RETROSPECT THAT SOMETHING WAS UP?

>> YOU'RE A WISE MAN.

THAT TO ME WAS THE SIGN THAT SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.

YOU MADE THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR.

YOU ENDED THAT 19, 20-YEAR STREAK OF LOSING IN THE PLAYOFFS, THAT TYPE OF THING.

AND THEN YOU GO INTO THIS SEASON AND YOU PEND 35 MILLION LESS?

I SAY WHAT ARE THESE GUYS DOING.

IT KILLED THEM DOWN HE STRETCH BECAUSE THEY HAD ALL THOSE INJURIES AND MAX KEPLER OUT.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY WHO HAD BEEN THERE.

AND SO THEY DIDN'T GET IT DONE.

AND THE OWNERSHIP HAD APPARENTLY HAD BEEN LOOKING AT THIS OVER A PERIOD OF A YEAR THAT THEY'VE STADIUM DECIDED THAT THEY'VE HAD THE TEAM LONG ENOUGH.

THEY'VE DONE ENOUGH WITH IT.

AND THEY'RE ONE OF THE ICHEST OWNERSHIPS IN BASEBALL, BUT THEY APPARENTLY WANT TO GET OUT.

>> Cathy: BUT IT'S A FOREGONE CONCLUSION?

WHEN'S THE LAST TIME A MAJOR BASEBALL TEAM WAS PUT UP FOR SALE?

>> IT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, PARTICULARLY IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL BECAUSE THE FAMILIES THAT ET AHOLD OF BASEBALL FRANCHISES, THEY'RE INTO IT FOR MORE THAN JUST THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE A TEAM.

IT'S THE PRESTIGE OF HAVING A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM.

ALL THOSE ATERS, 162 GAMES, YOU GOT A TREMENDOUS REINHARDT STREAM.

I MEAN, LUKE AT THE PADRES, THEY HAD 3,314,000 FANS THIS YEAR.

OR MILLION.

AND THEN THE DODGERS F COURSE THEY HAVE MORE THAN ANYBODY AND YOU GOT THE YANKEES AND THE METS.

SO ORGANIZATIONS MAKE A LOT OF MONEY IN BASEBALL AND YOU RARELY SEE THEM TRY AND SELL OUT.

>> Eric: I'VE GOT THE SOLUTION.

A-ROD'S GROUP FORGETS THE LEGAL ACTION WITH TAYLOR AND THEY GO AND BUY THE TWINS.

A-ROD'S GROUP.

>> THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD ANALYSIS, ECAUSE OBVIOUSLY A-ROD WANTS OWNERSHIP OF A PROFESSIONAL SPORTS -- >> HE'S A BASEBALL PLAYER.

>> AND HE'S A BASEBALL GUY.

SOMEBODY SAID HE HAD 696 HOME RUNS AND WHY HE DIDN'T STAY AROUND TO GET TO 700, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT THAT COULD BE THE CASE.

HE COULD -- HE AND HIS PARTICIPATE COULD BE WORKING ON TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO GET THEMSELVES A MEETING WITH THE POHLADS.

>> Eric: HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE FOR THIS TO COME TOGETHER.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT COULD HAPPEN BEFORE THE NEXT SEASON?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK THAT WITH THE URGENCY THAT THE POHLADS SEEM TO HAVE IN ANY SITUATION THAT THEY'VE BEEN SITTING ON THIS FOR BETTER THAN A YEAR, THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON IT AND THEY'RE PUTTING THE FEELERS OUT THERE AND THEY GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE REPRESENTING THEM THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE MEETINGS.

>> Eric: YOU NEED