16 Days Until Pitchers & Catchers Report....

[John Bonnes]

To countdown the days til pitchers and catchers report, we're going to list the Twins with those numbers (thanks to this awesome list) and let you pick your favorite. So who is the poster boy for 1/25 or Day #16....

 

16

Bert Cueto, 1961

Johnny Goryl, 1962

Joe Nossek, 1964

Jerry Kindall, 1964-65

Ted Uhlaender, 1966

Frank Kostro, 1967

Ron Perranoski, 1968-71

Bob Gebhard, 1971-72

Dan Fife, 1973-74

Tom Kelly, 1975

Eddie Bane, 1975

Butch Wynegar, 1979-82

Frank Viola, 1982-89

Bob Kipper, 1992

Derek Parks, 1992-94

Dan Masteller, 1995

Dan Serafini, 1996-98

Midre Cummings, 1999-2000

Doug Mientkiewicz, 2001-04

Glenn Williams, 2005

Jason Kubel, 2006-11

Josh Willingham, 2012

 

I'm going with Viola. Greatest nickname for a Twin of all time? I think so.

[ThePuck]

Mientkiewicz

 

Of the Twins jerseys I have, I only have one with a name on it. That's Doug's. LOVED his defense at 1B.

[silverslugger]

Definitely Butch Wynegar, Calvin Griffith's wunderboy. For those 30 and under on this site, if you think the Pohlad's and Ryan are miserly, bone up on your history concerning Calvin and his ownership of the Twins in the late 70's/early 80's.

[BrentMpls]

I associate TK with #10 (the number they retired last year) so definitely Frank "Sweet Music" Viola.

[IdahoPilgrim]

Definitely Butch Wynegar, Calvin Griffith's wunderboy. For those 30 and under on this site, if you think the Pohlad's and Ryan are miserly, bone up on your history concerning Calvin and his ownership of the Twins in the late 70's/early 80's.

 

I remember those days. I remember when Pohlad was hailed as a local hero because he bought the Twins from the miserly Griffith. Now, of course, Griffith is remembered more fondly. It's interesting how reputations change over time.