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-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 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-76-al-newman-and-johan-santana-hit-their-only-home-runs-r18666/In Today's Almanac: Newman hits only career home run Santana homers while pitching 3-hit shutout Twins trade closer to visiting team mid-game Twins score 32 runs in doubleheader Lawton has fourth-straight game with multiple extra-base hits Miranda has h...18666Sun, 06 Jul 2025 13:15:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-75-kent-hrbeks-sports-illustrated-cover-mauer-flirts-with-400-r18662/In Today's Almanac: Minnesota native has 3-HR game Minnesota native on the cover of Sports Illustrated Rookie hits fifth home run in four days Twins move into first place to stay Minnesota native hits grand slam vs. Twins at the Metrodome Mauer flirts w...18662Sat, 05 Jul 2025 15:15:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/one-of-us-minnesota-native-hits-three-home-runs-on-the-fourth-of-july-for-the-cubs-r18665/CHICAGO - Inver Grove Heights native Michael Busch had a heckuva Fourth of July this year, hitting three home runs for the home team at Wrigley Field. The 2016 Simley graduate also had an RBI-single, going 4-for-4 with five RBI and three runs scored altogether in the 11-3 win over the Cardinals....18665Sat, 05 Jul 2025 13:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-july-4-2025-fireworks-from-julie-wera-and-julio-becquer-r18655/In Today's Almanac: Winona native hits only career HR in front of record crowd Twin hits Fourth of July pinch-hit walk-off grand slam Killebrew hits first inside-the-park home run in Twins history Twin makes first professional start in front of largest regular-season...18655Fri, 04 Jul 2025 14:07:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-july-3-2025-tony-oliva-hits-three-homers-ken-landreaux-triples-up-r18647/In Today's Almanac: St. Paul native pitches three-hit shutout for his hometown Saints Twins DH hits three home runs Centerfielder ties modern single-game triples record Twins go on a 19-1 run Allison sets single-season grand slam standard Ortiz has thre...18647Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:04:02 +0000