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The Minnesota Twins know colorful center fielder Carlos Gomez well after spending two seasons with his raw talent, energetic presence and lack of discipline. That’s why, though peeved about his accidental bat flip that hit former teammate Joe Mauer, the Twins were willing to give Gomez, right, a break for his breach of baseball etiquette. Gomez was celebrating a home run Friday night that came with his Milwaukee team trailing 15-0 when he got a little too exuberant, as the Twins saw many times. “I didn’t even know the bat was going to hit him,” Gomez said of Mauer, the AL’s reigning MVP. “I didn’t try to do this.” The AP
