https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/page/21/?d=1News: Minnesota Twins Historyenhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/this-week-in-the-players-project-rod-carew-tyler-jay-shane-mack-r15996/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...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/April 14 Happy Birthday, Mike Trombley Happy 57th birthday to Mike Trombley.  His 77 appearances in 1998 are tied for seventh-most in Twins history. He led the team in ERA that season, and won the Joseph W. Haynes Award for the team's most outstanding pitcher.  April 14, 19...15988Sun, 14 Apr 2024 12:06:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/les-straker-peaked-at-the-perfect-time-to-help-the-twins-to-their-first-championship-r15987/Les Straker was born on October 10, 1959, in Venezuela. The Cincinnati Reds signed him in 1977.  Straker pitched seven years in the Reds minor league system but struggled in 1981 and 1983 in AA. He was granted free agency after the 1983 season, signed shortly after that with the Oakland A’s...15987Sat, 13 Apr 2024 15:10:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-snowstorms-home-run-milestones-wwii-veterans-r15982/April 13, 1858 Birthdate of Bill Barnes Centerfielder Bill Barnes was born in Shakopee on this date in 1858. He and teammates Joe Werrick and Lou Galvin became the first Minnesota natives to play Major League Baseball when St. Paul joined the Union Association as a replacement team for th...15982Sat, 13 Apr 2024 13:14:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/catch-up-with-the-players-project-royce-lewis-bobby-darwin-jason-kubel-r15949/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 the past week. What is the Players Project? It's a community-driven, wiki-style project that focuses on Twins players of all stripes. It's...15949Sun, 07 Apr 2024 13:22:31 +0000https://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 +0000