https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/page/22/?d=1enhttps://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 literally came out of nowhere in 1987. He pitched fine during the season but unexpectedly worked his way into becoming the third starter in the playoffs, helping the Twins win the 1987 World Series. Then, just as quickly, he was gone. Les Straker was born on October 10, 1959, in...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 is an eventful date in Minnesota baseball history. Jim Perry, Kirby Puckett, and Dave Winfield had great games, and Ron Davis had a Ron Davis game. The first major leaguer born in Minnesota was born in Shakopee on this date in 1858. A staple of the Minneapolis sports scene showed incred...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/The Minnesota Twins Players Project is wrapping up its second week of existence. Here are the most popular players pages of the past week. 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 t...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 a left-handed hitting outfielder who burst on the scene in 1963 and helped the Twins reach the World Series in 1965, but faded quickly and was traded for a future ace starting pitcher. Jimmie Hall was born March 7, 1938, in Mount Holly, NC, a small farm town northwest of Char...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/The Twins haven’t gotten off to a perfect start in 2024, with some frustrating losses to begin the year. But it's a lot better than the 2016 season, which got off to one of the worst starts in franchise history. Expectations were high for the Twins entering the 2024 season, with most project...15946Sat, 06 Apr 2024 13:16:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-all-decade-team-the-3910s-the-pitchers-r9332/We come to the end of our review of the history of the Minnesota Twins by looking at All-Decade teams today by posting the Pitchers of the 2010s. It was a tough decade for the Twins overall, but there were still really strong pitching performances as well. The 2010s were a rough decade for the Mi...9332Thu, 14 May 2020 00:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-all-decade-team-the-3910s-the-hitters-r9330/We're approaching the end of our series looking back at all decade teams. Today, we look at the top Minnesota Twins hitters, by position, of the past decade. This group is recent, so the names are familiar to you all. There are a lot of talented players, several of which will continue adding to th...9330Wed, 13 May 2020 01:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-all-decade-team-the-3900s-the-pitchers-r9315/The 2000s Twins were again quite successful, winning six AL Central division titles. As has been the case in other decades, it was largely due to the hitters. But there were some really strong pitching performances as well from some very recognizable names. While the player names from the 1960s h...9315Thu, 07 May 2020 03:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-all-decade-team-the-3900s-the-hitters-r9309/The last month, we have been highlighting some of the best players in the Twins 60-season history. Today, we enter the 21st century. Who makes the team of the '00s? These should all be familiar names for Twins fans. Tom Kelly suffered through some rough Twins seasons but when he retired after the...9309Wed, 06 May 2020 05:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-all-decade-team-the-3990s-the-pitchers-r9293/Today we continue our stroll down Twins memory lane by looking at the pitchers in the All-Decade Team for the Twins. There are a couple of Twins Hall of Famers on this list. The decade began in last place, then jumped to a title, and after that, there were some lean years, but even those teams had...9293Thu, 30 Apr 2020 04:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-all-decade-team-the-3990s-the-hitters-r9289/It's hard to believe that the Twins won their second World Series championship 29 years ago! That was near the beginning of the 1990s. It was a very interesting decade for the organization in many ways, on and off the field. Today, we discuss an All-Decade Twins team, starting with the hitters. To...9289Wed, 29 Apr 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-all-decade-team-the-3980s-the-pitchers-r9268/Yesterday, we reviewed the top Minnesota Twins hitters from the decade of the 1980s. That group was impressive. Today, we will discuss the top Twins pitchers during the 1980s. Some of the Twins teams in the early '80s were really bad. However, it was a time for some development, and one of the pl...9268Thu, 23 Apr 2020 03:54:00 +0000