https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/page/21/?d=1News: Minnesota Twins Historyenhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/jimmie-hall-helped-the-twins-to-a-world-series-then-faded-to-obscurity-r15942/Jimmie Hall was born March 7, 1938, in Mount Holly, NC, a small farm town northwest of Charlotte.  In high school, Jimmie excelled on the baseball field but planned to work in a cotton mill or become a service station attendant. In what some would call an unusual twist, Jimmie’s father enco...15942Sat, 06 Apr 2024 13:16:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/things-could-be-worse-reviewing-the-2016-twins-terrible-start-r15946/Expectations were high for the Twins entering the 2024 season, with most projections making them the clear favorite in the AL Central. Minnesota’s bats have gotten off to a slow start, which makes it challenging to evaluate the team’s overall performance. But they are in a much better place than...15946Sat, 06 Apr 2024 13:16:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-all-decade-team-the-3910s-the-pitchers-r9332/The 2010s were a rough decade for the Minnesota Twins overall, though they have some fair seasons and a couple of playoff appearances. The final season of the decade was a 102-win season that gives fans hope for the coming decade of baseball. Pitching continued to be a huge question mark for the T...9332Thu, 14 May 2020 00:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-all-decade-team-the-3910s-the-hitters-r9330/As we look at the decade of the 2010s, it was pretty disappointing. The Twins opened Target Field in 2010, and they had a great stretch run to get back to the playoffs. And then there were a lot of struggles the rest of the decade. The team almost got to the playoffs again in 2015. They got to the...9330Wed, 13 May 2020 01:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-all-decade-team-the-3900s-the-pitchers-r9315/While the player names from the 1960s have a certain lore about them, the pitchers from the decade of 2000 were really good too. The staff was led by Brad Radke, a Twins Hall of Famer who was part of the Twins 1990s staff. Johan Santana came to the organization and immediately was good. Very soon...9315Thu, 07 May 2020 03:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-all-decade-team-the-3900s-the-hitters-r9309/Tom Kelly suffered through some rough Twins seasons but when he retired after the 2001 season, he left the team in a good spot. Ron Gardenhire took over and the team won six division titles in a decade. As we have seen in other decades, much of that credit for this decade belongs to the offense. T...9309Wed, 06 May 2020 05:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-all-decade-team-the-3990s-the-pitchers-r9293/The 1990 Twins finished in last place in the American League, but some young pitchers, both starters and in the bullpen, were working some valuable innings and then took off in that magical 1991 season. And even during the years that the Twins were really struggling, some pitchers were getting som...9293Thu, 30 Apr 2020 04:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-all-decade-team-the-3990s-the-hitters-r9289/First year of the decade (1990) - Worst team in the American League. Second year of the decade (1991) - Second World Series championship in five years. Third year of the decade (1992) - Won more games than that championship team. After that, well, it wasn't always pretty. However, there were still...9289Wed, 29 Apr 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-all-decade-team-the-3980s-the-pitchers-r9268/Some of the Twins teams in the early '80s were really bad. However, it was a time for some development, and one of the players developed turned into one of the bettter pitchers in team history. There is no question that Frank Viola was the team's top pitcher of the 1980s, and he helped lead the 1...9268Thu, 23 Apr 2020 03:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-all-decade-team-the-3980s-the-hitters-r9264/The 1960s presented Minnesota baseball fans with a new team, the Twins, and those teams provided some really good baseball for most of the decade. There were so many great players. The 1970s presented Minnesota Twins fans with a lot of mediocrity. Rod Carew and Bert Blyleven put up Hall of Fame ca...9264Wed, 22 Apr 2020 04:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-all-decade-team-the-70s-the-pitchers-r9246/Rod Carew was clearly the hitter of the 1970s for the Twins. On the pitching side, there is no doubt that the top arm was Bert Blyleven. The Hall of Famer debuted in 1970 at 19 and performed well through the first half of the decade. He returned a decade later and had a big impact. But Blyl...9246Wed, 15 Apr 2020 22:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-all-decade-team-the-70s-the-hitters-r9239/Twins fans fans may have been spoiled by the team in their first decade. The second decade started out strong with 98 wins and a playoff berth in 1970. That was their lone playoff appearance of the decade. In 1971, they finished in fifth place in the division. Each other season, they finished ei...9239Wed, 15 Apr 2020 02:03:00 +0000