11 years ago today

[notoriousgod71]

Morneau turned around a high Zumaya fastball and essentially turned the tide of the division race. The Twins were still 10 games behind Detroit at this time but to me is the defining moment of that memorable season.

[drjim]

By far my most favorite year as a Twins fan (slightly too young to fully appreciate 87 and 91). And I remember that moment so well, drunk and high fiving with fellow hipsters in an Uptown bar.

[drjim]

Here's the boxscore:

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET200608090.shtml

 

Man, that bomb put Morneau at 30-101.

 

I remember the HR from Inge off Santana to put the Tigers up, then Castillo picking Santana up in the dugout during the celebration after Morneau's bomb. Just an awesome game in an awesome season.

[notoriousgod71]

Which means 11 years and 2 days ago Liriano got hurt for the first time.

[Puckett34]

What's even more crazy is the Twins ended the day 67-46 and were still 8.5 games back.  Those Tigers really slid being 76-38 as the Twins surged.

 

One of my favorite seasons.  September of 2009 was pretty sweet too.

[USAFChief]

Morneau turned around a high Zumaya fastball and essentially turned the tide of the division race. The Twins were still 10 games behind Detroit at this time but to me is the defining moment of that memorable season.

Thanks for that.

 

Awesome nugget from awesome season, and

 

A reminder that no baseball season is over a week into August.

 

The Dodgers haven't won **** yet.

[snepp]

 

By far my most favorite year as a Twins fan (slightly too young to fully appreciate 87 and 91). And I remember that moment so well, drunk and high fiving with fellow hipsters in an Uptown bar.

 

Word wrapping in paragraphs can occasionally lead to an interesting read, this is how I saw your post when I read it...

 

 

 

 

[SwainZag]

Man that was a fun team.

[iastfan112]

Still bums me out how pitching injuries killed the best team I can remember. Liriano going down and Radke pitching through both a torn labrum and a fractured shoulder.

[Oldgoat_MN]

2006 Twins were indeed a great team.

AL MVP

AL Batting Champ

AL Cy Young Award winner

Perennial Gold Glove CF who hit 31 home runs

a left fielder who hit 24 home runs

a backup catcher who hit .341

 

2007 is when Terry Ryan lost me. He replaced Radke with Ramon Ortiz and Sidney Ponson instead of getting a real pitcher. I suspect any other GM in MLB would have thought to get the pitching help this talented group needed to put them in the World Series. Not TR. 

That was very sad.

[drjim]

Word wrapping in paragraphs can occasionally lead to an interesting read, this is how I saw your post when I read it...

 

I would guess that was most other nights that year.