 Complete the following phrase:  After several losing seasons in the Dome, a nucleus of players acquired during the waning years of the Griffith regime Kent Hrbek, Tom Brusky, Gary Gaetti, Frank Viola combined with a few good trades Bert Blyleven, intelligent free agent acquisitions Al Newman, Roy Smalley, and a rising star in Kirby Puckett, combined to return the team to the World Series for the first time since 1965, defeating the Detroit Tigers who won the World Series three years earlier in the 