https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/history/page/22/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/history/the-twins-almanac-the-first-twins-home-opener-torii-hunters-steal-streak-wally-backmans-hot-start-r16036/The Twins Almanac for Sunday, April 21st features John Butcher, Wally Backman, Alexi Casilla, Josh Willingham, Kirby Puckett, Lenny Green, and the first home opener in Minnesota Twins history. And it's the birthday of the man who pitched in more MLB games than anyone.  April 21 Happy Birth...16036Sun, 21 Apr 2024 13:16:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/history/the-twins-almanac-tough-luck-bert-blyleven-kirby-puckett-starts-a-streak-r16032/The wide-ranging Twins Almanac for 4/20 features quite a cast of characters, including Hall of Famers Charles Albert Bender, Dave Bancroft, Bert Blyleven, Kirby Puckett, and Cy Young, and Minnesotan major leaguers Dan Smith, Jack Crooks, and Sam Hentges. We also revisit an 11-home run doublehead...16032Sat, 20 Apr 2024 21:14:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/history/this-week-in-the-players-project-rod-carew-tyler-jay-shane-mack-r15996/The Minnesota Players Project continues to grow, as we're now well over 50 players in the database. Let's look at some of the newest additions. What is the Players Project? It's a community-driven, wiki-style project that focuses on Twins players of all stripes. It's open to all Twins Daily...15996Sun, 14 Apr 2024 15:04:13 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/history/twins-almanac-a-collapsing-metrodome-gary-gaettis-revenge-the-2016-horrid-start-r15988/The wide-ranging Twins Almanac: Sunday Edition features some slow starts—both individually and as a team—as well as an outright collapse. We'll also look back at a heckuva pro debut by a Twins prospect back in 1978, and we'll remember a couple Minnesotan ballplayers from the 1930s and 40s. ...15988Sun, 14 Apr 2024 12:06:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/history/les-straker-peaked-at-the-perfect-time-to-help-the-twins-to-their-first-championship-r15987/Les Straker literally came out of nowhere in 1987. He pitched fine during the season but unexpectedly worked his way into becoming the third starter in the playoffs, helping the Twins win the 1987 World Series. Then, just as quickly, he was gone. Les Straker was born on October 10, 1959, in...15987Sat, 13 Apr 2024 15:10:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/history/twins-almanac-snowstorms-home-run-milestones-wwii-veterans-r15982/April 13 is an eventful date in Minnesota baseball history. Jim Perry, Kirby Puckett, and Dave Winfield had great games, and Ron Davis had a Ron Davis game. The first major leaguer born in Minnesota was born in Shakopee on this date in 1858. A staple of the Minneapolis sports scene showed incred...15982Sat, 13 Apr 2024 13:14:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/history/catch-up-with-the-players-project-royce-lewis-bobby-darwin-jason-kubel-r15949/The Minnesota Twins Players Project is wrapping up its second week of existence. Here are the most popular players pages of the past week. Two weeks ago we launched the Minnesota Twins Players Project. We're nearing 50 players added to the project, let's look at some of the most popular of t...15949Sun, 07 Apr 2024 13:22:31 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/history/jimmie-hall-helped-the-twins-to-a-world-series-then-faded-to-obscurity-r15942/Jimmie Hall was a left-handed hitting outfielder who burst on the scene in 1963 and helped the Twins reach the World Series in 1965, but faded quickly and was traded for a future ace starting pitcher. Jimmie Hall was born March 7, 1938, in Mount Holly, NC, a small farm town northwest of Char...15942Sat, 06 Apr 2024 13:16:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/history/things-could-be-worse-reviewing-the-2016-twins-terrible-start-r15946/The Twins haven’t gotten off to a perfect start in 2024, with some frustrating losses to begin the year. But it's a lot better than the 2016 season, which got off to one of the worst starts in franchise history. Expectations were high for the Twins entering the 2024 season, with most project...15946Sat, 06 Apr 2024 13:16:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/history/twins-all-decade-team-the-3910s-the-pitchers-r9332/We come to the end of our review of the history of the Minnesota Twins by looking at All-Decade teams today by posting the Pitchers of the 2010s. It was a tough decade for the Twins overall, but there were still really strong pitching performances as well. The 2010s were a rough decade for the Mi...9332Thu, 14 May 2020 00:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/history/twins-all-decade-team-the-3910s-the-hitters-r9330/We're approaching the end of our series looking back at all decade teams. Today, we look at the top Minnesota Twins hitters, by position, of the past decade. This group is recent, so the names are familiar to you all. There are a lot of talented players, several of which will continue adding to th...9330Wed, 13 May 2020 01:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/history/twins-all-decade-team-the-3900s-the-pitchers-r9315/The 2000s Twins were again quite successful, winning six AL Central division titles. As has been the case in other decades, it was largely due to the hitters. But there were some really strong pitching performances as well from some very recognizable names. While the player names from the 1960s h...9315Thu, 07 May 2020 03:32:00 +0000