Twins Bury the A’s with Consecutive Home Runs
This Week in 1960s Baseball … (June 9, 1966) Trailing 4-3, the Minnesota Twins swept past the Kansas City Athletics with an avalanche of seventh-inning home runs to beat the A’s 9-4. The A’s started...
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Glancing Back, and Remembering Russ Snyder Russ Snyder could find many ways to help his team, starting with his ability to play any outfield position with equal skill. But he was more than just a...
View ArticleSolid All Around the Plate
The Glove Club – Earl Battey Throughout the 1950s, playing in Washington D.C. as the Senators, they were perennial doormats in the American League. Gradually, the franchise that became the Minnesota...
View ArticleHall-ing in a Bunch of Runs
Career Year: Jimmie Hall – 1963 After seven years in the minor leagues, a 25-year-old outfielder named Jimmie Hall was pleasantly surprised to find himself accompanying the Minnesota Twins north...
View ArticleTwin Grand Slams … in the Same Inning
This Week in 1960s Baseball (July 18, 1962) At Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis, the Minnesota Twins today pulled into a virtual tie for third place with the Cleveland Indians by blasting the...
View ArticleHarmon’s Fastball Insurance
Homer Happy: Bob Allison For the better part of his career, it was Bob Alison’s misfortune to find himself batting after Harmon Killebrew, the most prolific home run hitter of the 1960s. Allison’s...
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Base Sweeper
Homer Happy: Don Mincher When the Minnesota Twins of the early 1960s were loaded with slugging bats, the unsung slugger in the Twins lineup belonged to a left-handed-hitting outfielder and first...
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A Wealth of Hitting
Glancing Back, and Remembering Rich Rollins Seemingly coming out of nowhere in 1962, Rich Rollins claimed the Minnesota Twins’ third base job and established himself as one of the American League’s...
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