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First and only game at the Met

Originally posted at IowaTwinsFan.com.   It was 1977, Jimmy Carter had just become president. New York City celebrated the opening of the World Trade Center and suffered through a 25-hour black out in the middle of a hot summer. Two guys named Steve (Jobs and Wozniak) gave us the Apple II computer. The Vikings were beaten by the Raiders in the Super Bowl and Seattle Slew won the triple crown. In the movie theaters we were introduced to Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker and Rocky Balboa. We also lost t
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Carew to Puckett to Hunter to Perkins

Originally posted at IowaTwinsFan.com   Through my forty plus years following the Twins I have off and on had one player that stood out as my favorite. As I've grown older the reason for a player earning the designation of "favorite Twin" has evolved. The Carew Era - When I was a young baseball fan   When I first tuned the radio to the Twins in the 70's it was Rod Carew. Rodney made a big impression, he was fast, smooth and graceful. He even made bunting cool. When he stepped into the bo
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My Twins Mt. Rushmore

Originally posted at http://iowatwinsfan.com/my-twins-mt-rushmore/   Back in 2002 I traveled to Mt. Rushmore for the first time, since then I've always imagined what four faces I would put in a Twins Mt. Rushmore. So I'm going to give it a shot here. Unfortunately Minnesota does not have a suitable mountain to carve out four faces like we have in South Dakota so we'll have to use our imagination. To Twins fans I think we can refer to these four by their nicknames and you will know who I'm talkin
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IowaTwinsFan.com

Hello all   I've created a new Twins blog at www.iowatwinsfan.com. Let me know what you think, I'm new to this so I would appreciate any comments and advice.   Thanks and Go Twins
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