https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/page/4/?d=1News: Minnesota Twins Historyenhttps://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 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-july-12-2025-steinbach-named-all-star-game-mvp-puckett-retires-r18719/  Puckett Officially Retires 36-year-old Kirby Puckett held a press conference at the Metrodome, officially announcing his retirement on this date in 1996. Cleveland happened to be in town, and Dennis Martinez attended the press conference. Puckett had been hit in the face by a Martinez f...18719Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:00:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-july-11-2025-twins-take-commanding-lead-into-1965-all-star-break-r18709/Killebrew Hits Legendary Homer Heading into the Break Trailing the Yankees by a run with two out in the bottom of the ninth, Harmon Killebrew hit a walk-off home run to give the Twins a five-game lead heading into the All-Star break on this date in 1965. They never looked back. (This is a big...18709Fri, 11 Jul 2025 15:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-july-10-2025-rod-carew-carries-400-average-into-july-r18691/Let's begin today by wishing a happy 56th birthday to 1995 AL Rookie of the Year Marty Cordova. The left fielder went 20/20 and batted .277/.352/.486 as a 25-year-old that year, and had a strong follow-up season with 46 doubles in 1996. Thereafter, though, he was a below-average hitter and a rep...18691Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:08:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-july-9-2025-twins-pinch-hitter-ties-grand-slam-record-r18686/Killebrew Tears Hamstring Harmon Killebrew tore his hamstring stretching for a throw at first in the All-Star Game on this date in 1968. He was out of commission until September. (Guess he recovered okay, though, because he was the American League MVP the following year.)  Reese...18686Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:15:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-july-8-2025-local-kids-made-good-r18682/Thielbar Gives Up First Run In his 18th major league appearance, 26-year-old Randolph High School graduate Caleb Thielbar finally gave up his first run on this date in 2013—a home run to Ben Zobrist in a 7-4 Twins loss at Tampa Bay. He finished his rookie season 3-2 with a 1.76 ERA and 0....18682Tue, 08 Jul 2025 13:12:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-july-7-2025-happy-birthday-to-john-gordon-dan-gladden-and-cory-provus-r18671/In Today's Almanac: Happy birthday to three Twins radio fan favorites Former MVP suffers career-altering injury St. Paul Saints slugger knocked unconscious  Twins staff authors three-straight complete-game shutouts  Aguilera earns save versus Twins day after b...18671Mon, 07 Jul 2025 13:06:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/minnesota-twins-all-time-best-draft-pick-from-each-round-r18634/While free agency and trades dominate the headlines, the MLB Draft remains a crucial pillar for sustained success. The Minnesota Twins have built their best rosters by hitting on players in every round from first overall to deep Day 2 gems. Here's a look at the best Twins draft pick from each of...18634Sun, 06 Jul 2025 14:12:01 +0000