https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/page/11/?d=1News: Minnesota Twins Historyenhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/tom-klawitter-was-a-1985-spring-training-flash-in-the-pan-r17811/Neil Young once proclaimed, “It’s better to burn out than fade away.” A statement so profound it was reiterated by Def Leppard, the movie Highlander, and sadly, Kurt Cobain, among others. Is it true? Or is it perhaps better to fade away from one vocation to thrive in another?  Thomas Carl K...17811Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:10:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/vic-power-was-the-first-in-a-long-line-of-excellent-defensive-first-basemen-for-the-twins-r17769/My Twins fandom/memory starts around 1980. Kent Hrbek would soon take the field and set a standard (at least for me) for what a solid defensive first basement should look like. Hrbek was followed by other excellent defenders at first, such as Gold Glove Award winners Doug Mientkiewicz and Carlos...17769Sun, 16 Feb 2025 14:16:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/ila-borders-makes-history-and-babe-ruth-plays-with-a-dog-the-twins-almanac-r17778/Feb. 15, 1994: Ila Borders became the first woman to pitch in a men's college baseball game on this date in 1994, giving up just five hits in a 12-1 Southern California College win over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.   She retired the first 10 batters she faced and took a shutout into the eigh...17778Sat, 15 Feb 2025 16:56:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-war-heroes-record-cold-and-the-say-hey-kid-r17751/Feb. 8, 1925: Milt Nielsen was born in Tyler, MN 100 years ago today. (That's down between Marshall, MN, and Brookings, SD.)  After graduating from Lake Benton High School, he enlisted and served with the 110th Naval Construction Battalion through the end of World War II. Immediately after...17751Sat, 08 Feb 2025 16:16:08 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-the-johan-santana-trade-r17712/Feb. 1; Happy 53rd birthday to former Twins outfielder Rich Becker. He had a heckuva game on July 13, 1996, going 4-for-6 with two home runs, a triple, and a double. Those four extra-base hits are tied for the most in Twins history, and the 13 total bases are tied for second-most. (Bet you know...17712Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:30:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/scott-leius-was-a-platoon-player-who-delivered-on-baseballs-biggest-stage-r17708/Scott Thomas Leius was born September 24, 1965, in Yonkers, New York. He graduated high school from nearby Mamaroneck, New York, before attending and playing baseball at Concordia College in Bronxville, New York. The Minnesota Twins drafted the right-handed hitting infielder in the 13th rou...17708Sat, 01 Feb 2025 16:16:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/mike-pagliarulo-david-ortiz-kerry-taylor-kyle-garlick/Jan. 25: Happy 54th birthday to Roseau High School graduate Kerry Taylor. The Twins signed him as a free agent out of high school in 1989 but the Padres swiped him in the Rule 5 Draft prior to the 1993 season. He made 36 appearances with the Padres that season (including seven starts), going 0-5...17680Sat, 25 Jan 2025 14:50:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/rich-reese-was-a-slick-fielder-famous-footnote-trivia-answer-record-holder-r17644/Richard Benjamin Reese was born September 29, 1941, in Leipsic, northwestern Ohio. He attended high school in nearby Deshler, Ohio. Reese was a star on the baseball team and credits the coach with getting him started: “He was quite an influence at a critical time in my boyhood, and I’ll never fo...17644Sat, 18 Jan 2025 13:54:38 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/tony-oliva-terry-ryan-fritz-polka/  Jan. 11, 1973: In an effort spearheaded by Oakland Athletics’ owner Charlie Finley, American League owners voted 8-4 in favor of adopting the designated hitter on this date in 1973. Coincidentally, the Twins' Tony Oliva would hit the first regular season home run by a DH off Oakland’s Cat...17607Sat, 11 Jan 2025 15:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/justin-morneaus-2010-season-the-twins-biggest-%E2%80%9Cwhat-if%E2%80%9D-r17591/  Throughout the Minnesota Twins’ long and storied history, countless “what if” moments have occurred. What if Tony Oliva hadn’t injured his knee? What if Kirby Puckett had remained healthy beyond 1995? What if Francisco Liriano's elbow had held up in 2006? Yet, no singular moment casts a l...17591Sat, 11 Jan 2025 12:33:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/why-willie-mays-almost-played-in-st-louis-park-r17580/If you look closely enough, while no beams, seats, or foul lines ever existed in this location, there are still ghosts of what could have been. There is a very small lake, technically a pond, in front of St. Louis Park’s DoubleTree Hotel. The walking trail that surrounds it, dotted with par...17580Sun, 05 Jan 2025 19:22:05 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/this-former-twins-pitcher-holds-a-few-dubious-major-league-records-r17579/In my judgment, baseball tracks more statistics cares more about numbers and reveres the game’s records more than any other sport. Baseball keeps track of everything: Most home runs, wins, hits, strikeouts, steals (RIP Rickey Henderson), longest-hitting streaks etc., etc. Did you know former Twi...17579Sun, 05 Jan 2025 19:22:03 +0000