https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/page/4/?d=1News: Minnesota Twins Historyenhttps://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 +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 +0000