1984 was actually a fun season until the final week. The Twins were neck and neck in the old AL West with KC. I believe we were 81-75 and the teams were tied. The Twins however were swept by lowly Cleveland, including a game that we led 9-0 as I recall and ended up losing 10-9. Then with all wind out of our sails we got swept by KC in the last series. But 1984, they year that Hrbek, Brunansky, Gaetti and Viola matured into legit ML ball players. It was also the rookie year of a guy from Chicago named Kirby Puckett. Cal Griffith. I will always remember him fondly for the most part. He could no longer afford an ML team and had to rid players as they progressed in the game to to lack of funds. But had he not sold the likes of Smalley, Wynegar, Ward, Landreaux, Erickson off we may well have never had 87 and 91 as WS champs. It was the return he got for the players in his firesale that made up the core that will forever be in Twins lore. Calvin and those he hired did have an astute eye for young talent.