https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/page/13/?d=1News: Minnesota Twins Historyenhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-weekend-edition-joe-mauer-named-mvp-tom-kelly-gene-mauch-hired-r17415/Nov. 23, 2009: After leading the majors with a .365 average, Twins catcher Joe Mauer is named American League Most Valuable Player, receiving 27 of 28 first-place votes (Keizo Konishi of Kyodo News voted for Miguel Cabrera, who finished fourth). Nov. 23: Happy 77th birthday to Tom "The Blad...17415Sat, 23 Nov 2024 17:17:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/a-look-back-at-brian-dozier-the-no-power-middle-infielder-who-grew-into-big-power-r17413/In the series Remembering Random Twins, I have actually used a randomizer to select a player from a list, but I have overruled the resulting random player in a few circumstances.  If the player played very briefly and I just can’t find anything interesting, I might skip that player. For...17413Sat, 23 Nov 2024 16:18:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/this-week-in-the-twins-players-project-max-kepler-brian-harper-don-cooper-r17402/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 users and we've had contributions for current players, past players, and players who never even made the major leagues but played in the Twins farm...17402Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:19:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/larry-hisle-a-very-good-twins-hitter-who-stood-in-the-shadow-of-rod-carew-r17380/Of course, the Minnesota Twins had some excellent batting teams and good offenses in the mid-1970s, led by Rod Carew. Some of these years also included the last couple of healthy and productive seasons from Tony Oliva. They scored a ton of runs in that era. But there were other contributors...17380Sun, 17 Nov 2024 14:15:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-rod-carew-johan-santana-and-ron-gardenhire-earn-prestigious-awards-r17379/Nov. 16, 1977: After leading the majors with 239 hits and a .388 average, Rod Carew is named American League Most Valuable Player. He was the third of five players in Twins history to receive the award, succeeding Zoilo Versalles in 1965 and Harmon Killebrew in 1969, and preceding Justin Morneau...17379Sat, 16 Nov 2024 13:33:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-daily-exclusive-interview-with-hall-of-fame-pitcher-jim-kaat-r17381/We want to thank Jim Kaat and Winter State Entertainment for allowing us to watch their new documentary film, Kitty to Cooperstown, and coordinating this interview with the legendary Twins pitcher. You can find the documentary on Amazon Prime by clicking here. Kitty to Cooperstown is a...17381Sat, 16 Nov 2024 12:54:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-merilas-resilience-violas-dominance-and-killebrews-legacy-r17342/  Nov. 9: Happy 53rd birthday to Robbinsdale Armstrong graduate and 1994 Big Ten Player of the Year Mark Merila. Card collectors may remember Merila as one of three Minnesotans in the 1993 Topps Traded Team USA subset along with Perham graduate Charlie Nelson and Hill-Murray graduate Darren...17342Sat, 09 Nov 2024 17:21:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/this-random-twin-was-the-winning-pitcher-in-highest-scoring-game-in-franchise-history-r17334/Erik Hans Bennett was born on September 13, 1968, in Yreka, California, which is in the extreme northern part of the state 20 miles from Oregon. He attended Yreka High School and then Cal State Sacramento. In 1988, he went across the country to play in the Cape Cod League. Shortly after, the Cal...17334Sat, 09 Nov 2024 14:16:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-a-sports-illustrated-cover-bert-blyleven-is-traded-away-r17311/Saturday (11/2) Our World Series Champion Minnesota Twins were on the cover of Sports Illustrated on this date in 1987. Can you name all the guys in this picture? Flex your Twins knowledge in the comments section at the bottom of the page. Happy 50th birthday to one of my favor...17311Sun, 03 Nov 2024 14:06:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/steve-braun-was-moneyballing-before-it-was-cool-r17309/Stephen Russell Braun was born May 8, 1948, in Trenton, New Jersey. He was the oldest of nine children. The family loved all sports. Steve’s first love was basketball, but it was baseball at which he would excel. The Minnesota Twins chose Steve Braun in the tenth round of the 1966 Major Lea...17309Sat, 02 Nov 2024 15:17:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/al-worthington-the-first-great-twins-reliever-r17282/In my judgment, the Minnesota Twins have a tradition of good relief pitchers/closers. The Twins have had notable All-Stars closers such as Jeff Reardon, Rick Aguilera, Eddie Guardado, Joe Nathan, and Glen Perkins, plus perhaps less memorable All-Star relievers such as Doug Corbett, Brandon Kintz...17282Sun, 27 Oct 2024 17:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/fernando-valenzuela-only-faced-the-twins-twice%E2%80%94but-he-made-it-count-r17266/Twelve years after Fernando Valenzuela dazzled the NL as a 20-year-old, he found himself in a different league, donning a different uniform, giving off the aura of a different man. “Fernandomania” may as well have occurred a century before. Like many pitchers who come up young and rack up huge i...17266Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:22:01 +0000