https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/page/3/?d=1News: Minnesota Twins Historyenhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-july-23-2025-aaron-hickss-signature-target-field-moment-minneapolis-miller-has-four-homer-game-r18797/The Aaron Hicks Game Former Twin Aaron Hicks put his stamp on an incredible regular-season game between the Twins and Yankees on this date in 2019, hitting a dramatic two-run, go-ahead home run in the top of the ninth and making a remarkable diving catch to end the game with the bases loaded i...18797Wed, 23 Jul 2025 13:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-july-22-2025-kent-hrbek-rocco-baldelli-hit-dome-slams-1991-twins-play-at-cooperstown-r18795/Hrbek Hits Second Grand Slam in Five Days Bloomington native Kent Hrbek hit his second grand slam in five days on this date in 1985. He hit a third grand slam less than a month later, on August 15, tying the Twins' single-season record. Royce Lewis set a new record by hitting four grand slams...18795Tue, 22 Jul 2025 15:35:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-july-21-2025-tony-oliva-has-5-hit-game-steve-lombardozzi-goes-to-dan-gladdens-house-r18787/First Baseman Has Back-to-Back Multi-HR Games Don Mincher hit two home runs each in consecutive home games on July 20 and 21, 1963. He was the first of just four players in Twins history to have back-to-back multi-homer games. Mincher was an underrated player who would fit better in this era t...18787Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:19:39 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-july-20-happy-birthday-to-tony-oliva-and-alexi-casilla-r18777/  Happy 87th birthday to Hall of Famer Tony Oliva, born in Pinar del Río, Cuba in 1938. He is one of six players in major league history to lead their league in hits five times, along with Ty Cobb, Stan Musial, Pete Rose, Tony Gwynn, and Ichiro. He and Kirby Puckett are two of only e...18777Sun, 20 Jul 2025 12:00:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/knuckleballer-joe-niekros-long-career-had-a-short-memorable-stop-in-minnesota%C2%A0-r18775/Everybody loves a knuckleball, right? The slow, floating pitch is unpredictable, erratic, and just plain different. It’s a challenge to hit and even a challenge to catch. There have been very few knuckleball pitchers (estimates say around 70) of the more than 11,000 pitchers in Major League Base...18775Sat, 19 Jul 2025 13:13:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-july-19-camilo-pascuals-longstanding-record-brunos-inside-the-park-grand-slam-r18770/Pascual Establishes Longstanding Strikeout Record Camilo Pascual struck out 15, pitching a five-hit (one-walk) shutout for a 6-0 Twins win in the first game of a doubleheader at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles on this date in 1961. Those 15 strikeouts are still in a five-way tie for second-m...18770Sat, 19 Jul 2025 13:03:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-july-18-2025-twins-hit-two-grand-slams-in-first-inning-manager-punches-umpire-r18755/Twins Hit Two Grand Slams in First Inning Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew both hit grand slams in the first inning on this date in 1962 (with Killebrew's coming off Cleveland pitcher Jim Perry). The Twins were the first team in American League history to hit two grand slams in an inning. Earl...18755Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:17:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-july-17-2025-twins-turn-two-triple-plays-jim-thome-scares-delmon-young-r18752/Gary Gaetti, Al Newman, and Kent Hrbek turned an unprecedented two triple plays at Fenway Park on this date in 1990, with Tom Brunansky hitting into the first one. (The Twins still lost the game 1-0.) The next night, the Twins tied an American League record by turning six double plays, and the t...18752Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:21:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-july-16-2025-minnesotan-fatally-hit-by-pitch-luis-arraez-works-famous-walk-and-more-r18739/Minnesota Native Fatally Beaned A 23-year-old Albany, Minnesota native named Linus "Skeets" Ebnet was beaned playing for the Northern League Winnipeg Maroons on this date in 1938. He died five days later. A 21-year-old Scott Young (Neil's dad) was covering the game for the local paper. Eb...18739Wed, 16 Jul 2025 14:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-july-15-2025-morneau-scores-all-star-game-winning-run-mudcat-grant-pitches-13-hit-shutout-r18736/Justin Morneau scored the winning run in the 15th inning of the All-Star Game on this date in 2008, extending the American League's unbeaten streak to 12 years. Coming the day after he won the Home Run Derby, the game (in which Morneau went 2-for-4 with a double and a walk) was the best he playe...18736Tue, 15 Jul 2025 14:14:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-july-14-2025-olivas-number-retired-morneau-outlasts-hamilton-more-r18733/The Twins retired Tony Oliva's number 6 on this date in 1991. Coincidentally, they retired Rod Carew's number in 1987. What else do those two seasons have in common? Justin Morneau won the Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium on this date in 2008, beating Josh Hamilton, who just didn'...18733Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:32:20 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/remembering-random-twins-george-tsamis-talks-debut-jitters-dome-noise-and-the-saints-goodbye-r18706/George Tsamis and his Campbell, California teammates reached the 1979 Little League World Series championship game, losing in extra innings to a heavily favored Taiwan team. Taiwan produced the tournament champion ten times between 1969 and 1981. Back in 1979, I was 12 years old. Those were...18706Sat, 12 Jul 2025 18:12:01 +0000