https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/page/6/?d=1News: Minnesota Twins Historyenhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-june-21-twins-ambush-madison-bumgarner-r18566/In Today's Almanac: Twins ambush Madison Bumgarner Twins tie record for runs in an extra inning Pitcher raises batting average to .368 Eight-Straight Hits to Start Game Twins hitters tied a major-league record by reeling off eight consecutive hits to start...18566Sat, 21 Jun 2025 16:01:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/remembering-random-twins-exclusive-interview-with-bob-tewksbury-r18539/Bob Tewksbury was a crafty control pitcher who had his best years in the early 1990s with the St. Louis Cardinals, finishing third in NL Cy Young voting in 1992. He closed out his career with the Twins, reliably holding down a rotation spot for bad teams in 1997 and '98 before retiring. Though h...18539Sat, 21 Jun 2025 13:00:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-june-20-2025-julio-becquer-hits-a-pinch-hit-walkoff-homer-r18547/In Today's Almanac: The first pinch-hit homer in Twins history is also the first walkoff homer Front office executive pitches game of a lifetime Minnesota native has 21-game hitting streak MLB pitcher born in Le Roy, MN Becquer Hits Pinch-Hit Walk-Off Hom...18547Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:12:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-june-19-2025-senators-sign-killebrew-blyleven-wins-250th-r18540/In Today's Almanac: Senators sign "Bonus Baby" out of Idaho Hall of Fame pitcher hits first home run Twins career RBI leader drives in 1,000th Curveball artist notches 250th career win 17-Year-Old Killebrew Signs with Senators It was on this day in 1...18540Thu, 19 Jun 2025 15:09:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-june-18-2025-happy-birthday-tommy-watkins-r18529/In Today's Almanac: Happy birthday to a career .357 hitter Team-record extra-base hit streak 5-for-5 with a HR and stolen base Rookie gets rare national recognition Minor leaguer has four-HR game Happy Birthday, Tommy Watkins Happy 45th birthday to c...18529Wed, 18 Jun 2025 14:08:43 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-for-june-17-2025-curveball-artist-pitches-eighth-straight-complete-game-r18518/In today's Twins Almanac: Team record complete-game streak Team record triples streak Happy birthday, Tom Drees 18-year-old Minnesota native faces major leaguers in exhibition Biggest opponent inning in Twins history   Pascual Pitches Eighth St...18518Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:32:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-june-16-2025-twins-win-15-in-a-row-r18515/Twins Win 15th Straight Game The Twins won their team-record 15th straight game on this date in 1991, beating Cleveland 4-2 in 10 innings. The streak began in Kansas City back on Jun. 1, 1991. At that time, the Twins were in fifth place in the AL West—5.5 games behind Oakland. With the win in...18515Mon, 16 Jun 2025 14:11:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-615-ullger-has-career-day-r18510/  In today's Almanac, a longtime Twins base coach has a career day at the plate, an underrated pitcher K's four-straight in one inning, an old friend sets a new MLB record, a forgotten power hitter has five RBI-hits in a game, a Minnesota native is sent away as part of one of the mo...18510Sun, 15 Jun 2025 15:16:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/willie-mayss-number-24-was-once-given-to-this-ex-twin-r18513/Kelvin Curtis Torve was born January 10, 1960, in our neighboring state to the west, South Dakota, specifically Rapid City. The Rapid City area has a long and storied tradition with American Legion Baseball. Kelvin Torve served as a bat boy for the local collegiate summer league and American Leg...18513Sun, 15 Jun 2025 13:12:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-614-kent-hrbek-goes-streaking-r18504/  Today's Almanac features a heckuva hot start by rookie Kent Hrbek, and noteworthy home runs by Jim Kaat, Jim Thome, Justin Morneau, and a Kansas City slugger in 1935. Hrbek Hitting Streak Rookie Kent Hrbek went 2-for-4 on this date in 1982, giving him a hit in 17-straight gam...18504Sat, 14 Jun 2025 14:19:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-june-13-2025-jason-kubel-hits-walkoff-grand-slam-r18494/Today's Almanac features an epic pitchers' duel between Johan Santana and Curt Schilling, culminating in a memorable walk-off grand slam; a team-record 28-hit game during which the No. 9 batter hit three home runs; the first interleague game in Twins history; a power outburst by a St. Paul Saint...18494Fri, 13 Jun 2025 23:23:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-june-12-2025-aj-pierzynski-knocks-in-seven-francisco-liriano-flirts-with-second-no-hitter-r18485/In today's Almanac, Francisco Liriano flirts with his second no-hitter of the season; A.J. Pierzynski has the 13th seven-RBI game in team history; Carlos Correa has a five-hit game; and it's the birthday of the man who came within three out of pitching the second no-hitter in team history....18485Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:14:02 +0000