https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/page/21/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/hrbek-gladden-bruno-and-more-twins-almanac-for-may-11-r16169/The Twins Almanac for May 11 features Kent Hrbek, Tom Brunansky, Frank Quilici, Dean Chance, Kerry Ligtenberg, and Dan Gladden. On this date...   1939 Former Twins player, player-coach, manager, and broadcaster Frank Quilici was born in Chicago on this date in 1939.  As a r...16169Sat, 11 May 2024 13:21:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-latroy-breaks-a-streak-harpers-grand-slam-larry-hisles-birthday-r16122/The Twins Almanac for May 5th features a lot of familiar names, including Charles Bender, Larry Hisle, Mike Kingery, Jack Morris, Brian Harper, LaTroy Hawkins, David McCarty, Stan "Krusher" Kowalski, and Joe Mauer. And maybe one less familiar name: Ever heard of North Branch, MN native Lee Quill...16122Sun, 05 May 2024 12:44:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-twins-legends-harmon-killebrew-and-mike-lincoln-r16120/The Twins Almanac for May 4th features Minnesota natives Jim Burnos, Charles Bender, and Paul Castner, and Twins legends Harmon Killebrew and . . . Mike Lincoln? I also manage to work Julio Franco into today's installment.  Happy 62nd birthday to former Twins minor leaguer Jim Burnos. Whil...16120Sat, 04 May 2024 15:10:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/who-here-even-remembers-twins-third-baseman-eric-soderholm-r16125/The Minnesota Twins have had more than 1,000 players in their history. Here at Remembering Random Twins, we try to learn more about some of the lesser-known Twins players. Today, let's look at the career of Twins third baseman Eric Soderholm. @mikelink45 had a blog post here on Twin Daily in...16125Sat, 04 May 2024 13:12:08 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-jack-morriss-200th-win-buxtons-five-hit-day-r16076/The Twins Almanac for Sunday, April 28th features Pedro Ramos, Ron Washington, John Gaub, Mickey Hatcher, Kent Hrbek, Jack Morris, Luke Hughes, and Byron Buxton, with special guest appearances by Tony Oliva, Todd Walker, Rick Renick, Dave McKay, Gary Gaetti, Andre David, Eddie Rosario, Boileryar...16076Sun, 28 Apr 2024 13:16:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-beating-cy-young-harmon-hits-400-scott-ericksons-no-hitter-r16074/The Twins Almanac for April 27th spans 120 seasons, featuring Charles Albert Bender, Showboat Fisher, Camilo Pascual, Harmon Killebrew, Scott Erickson, David Ortiz, and Joe Ryan.  1903 18-year-old Minnesota native Charles Albert Bender pitched a four-hit shutout in his first major league s...16074Sat, 27 Apr 2024 15:11:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/don-cooper-achieved-fame-as-white-sox-pitching-coach-but-did-you-know-he-was-once-a-twin-r16075/Mr. Don Cooper played parts of two seasons for the Twins in the early 1980s. While he had an ordinary pitching career with the Twins, he made a bigger mark later as a coach for one of the Twins’ most fierce rivals. Don Cooper was born in New York City on January 15, 1956. From an early age,...16075Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:14:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/pat-meares-the-forgotten-twins-shortstop-of-the-1990s-r16027/Pat Meares was a decent major league player cursed to play for two bad 1990s franchises. What did he do to deserve that? Pat Meares seemed like a capable player in the post-1991 World Series era. He came up and performed admirably with the Twins for six seasons, and when he became too expen...16027Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:14:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-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/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-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/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-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/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-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 +0000