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Twins partnership will lead to 18,000 saplings

Published Oct. 7, 2010 11:18 a.m. ET

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All those broken bats this season in Minnesota Twins games have a silver lining.

The Twins and the state Department of Natural Resources agreed on a ''Break a Bat, Plant a Tree'' promotion at the beginning of the season. Every time a Twins' pitcher broke the bat of an opposing player, 100 trees will be planted in a state park or similar outdoors area.

When the regular season ended Sunday, Twins pitchers had broken 180 bats. That means 18,000 trees will be planted, mostly next spring.

A number of professional sports teams have made an effort to ''go green.'' The Twins plan to continue the tree promotion next season.

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