Story Time

Now and then I run across stories, blogs, video’s and articles about the Minnesota Twins and their history that I enjoyed watching or reading but don’t fit into anything that I am currently doing on this site so I bookmark them on my computer so I can reference them again some time in the future. The list has gotten long and no one else is getting to enjoy them so I think that I would build a page on this site that will make these links available to everyone. These articles are a link to the Minnesota Twins great history and it is important that we don’t forget the link to the past. The list here is just a beginning, we will continue to add items as we go along so don’t forget to keep checking back. If you come across something that you think we should link to and share with the rest of Twins Territory, let us know and we will see what we can do.

Some of the links here might not be all about the Twins but in some way in my twisted little mind it ties back to baseball and thus the Minnesota Twins. Let me know what you think and feel free to leave your comments about any link you wish. Part of the fun of reading is sharing your memories or thoughts about the piece you just finished reading.

Baseballs Earl Battey, A Player and Classroom Educator

Catcher Dave Engle’s ‘stardom’ with Twins was short-lived

The Gentle Killer

Glory Days A Bitter Reminder To Zoilo

Former Twins PR man Tom Mee rolled with punches — literally

Killebrew’s Road to Cooperstown Was Anything But Smooth

Baseball’s Lenny Green

The Master (Joe Mauer)

Metrodome: Home sweet storm home

Metropolitan Stadium

Minneapolis Millers – 1959 Junior World Series vs. Havana (by Stew Thornley)

Financial Failures Leave Killebrew With Fame And Not Much Else

Mauer still accepting his move to first base for Twins

Metrodome 1982-2013

Carl Pavano’s shoveling accident was nearly fatal

 ‘Curse of the Spruce’ 

Rod Carew’s Seven Steals of Home in 1969

Boswell was a character as well as a competitor

Steve Cannon by Tom Mischke 

The Fight Between Juan Marichal and John Roseboro

Lyman Bostock – A very good ball player but an even better man

The Ten Worst Promotional Ideas in Baseball History

Colabello has quite a story to tell

Twins, Peace Groups “Duke” it out

When the March on Washington canceled two Senators vs. Twins games

Kirby Puckett Hall of Fame Speech, August 2001

For one summer, Billy Martin was all the rage

Everybody Pick Up A Drum

Twins’ first Fourth a golden moment for Becquer, fans

Joe Niekro, Cliff Johnson and 5 Ks in an inning

Twins happy to be alive and well

Watkins hopes to make successful family an empire

A nice ring to it

Billybrawl: The boxing career of Billy Martin

True baseball injuries

The Last of the Pure Baseball Men

Mike Marshall, The Best And The Brightest…

Sweet Sound of Santana

Gunfire in the Ballpark

Alex Torres and the history of headgear in baseball

Rod Carew opens up about his private life and his near-death experience

Rod Carew recovering from massive heart attack with a life-saving device pumping blood through his body

Play Hard and Dream Big by Michael Cuddyer

The long history of baseball’s most glorious fashion accessory: The stirrup sock

Inside The Park

Racial justice for the Minnesota Twins: The forgotten battle (has a real interesting attachment)

Louisville Slugger Factory, 1932

MLB closes Orioles game to fans, shifts weekend series

Going, Going, Gone! (A teammate recalls that for Roswell Rockets great Joe Bauman, the Babe Ruth of minor league baseball, hitting was always a blast)

Minnesota Twin Killing Greedy owners may disband the Twins, but memories of growing up at the Met will never fade 

The Gospel and GAETTI

UP AGAIN DOWN AGAIN (1967 pennant race)

1967 Minnesota Twins

The history of black baseball in Minnesota

Andy MacPhail On The 25-Year Anniversary Of The Twins’ 1991 World Series Championship

Luis Tiant took advantage of opportunity his father never had

A Surprising Disappointment: The Minnesota Twins of the Late 1960s

How David Ortiz became David Ortiz

Sports Logo Case Study #7—Minnesota Twins

The pine tar games

Kelly`s One Former Seattle Pilot Who Made It Big

He also serves who sits and waits

Sports of The Times; The Twins and the Expos Belong to All of Us

The inside story: How the Twins found Miguel Sano

The last replacement player

The oldest players to make their debut in the major leagues: Satchel Paige and the rest (includes a couple of former Minnesota Twins)

The Fall of the Ryan Empire

Top 10 Draft Holdout of all time by Will Lingo for Baseball America, two Minnesota Twins selections make the list.

‘AT TIMES YOU FLAT CRY’

The Glory Days of Baseball and Beer Marketing

 Cash in the Cradle: The Bonus Babies

Reliever Dan Naulty from 1999 World Series team spills ugly truth on steroids

The African-American talent pool remains a troubling problem for baseball

Baseball Demographics, 1947-2016

The dirt on baseball

Baseball needs to do more about sexual violence 

Moneyball at 20: Inside Billy Beane’s legacy after 2 decades running the A’s

MLB vs. Florida: When the league protested segregated living quarters during spring training

Love, Hate And Billy Martin by Frank DeFord in 1975

Remembering Rod Carew, The Magician With A Bat

How 2 strangers saved N.J. pitching legend, ex-Yankee Willie Banks from self-destruction

2018 Opening Day rosters feature 254 players born outside the U.S.

Clowning around with Nick Altrock and Al Schacht. Altrock was a Twins coach in 1961.

Vic Power: Artful Storyteller and First Baseman

El Profe: An afternoon with Vic Power

La Vida Voices: Tony Oliva’s journey

Carlos Paula: Baseball’s First Black Senator

No Baseball Owner Would Be This Candid Today

Scout Listens to His Instincts, Not to His Boss, and Uncovers a Star

From the Land of Sky Blue Waters (The first Twins Topps cards)

Stange paced bowling ballplayers in ’63 tourney

“Beat Mudcat” pins origin found

Mudcat rebelled against baseball bigotry

On Joe Mauer – #7

Twins Clubhouse Reacts to Escobar’s Homer off Dozier on Saturday Night

The Twins (Likely) Aren’t Cursed. But They May Have Hit Their Ceiling

A short and fun video from 1996 about David Ortiz

The Twins Way? Laugh now, but it wasn’t a punch line until this decade

A History of the MLBPA’s Collective Bargaining Agreement: Part 1 (The Hardball Times)

A History of the MLBPA’s Collective Bargaining Agreement: Part 2 (The Hardball Times)

Phil Hughes and the Sobering History of Thoracic Outlet Injuries

The Curious Case Of Sidd Finch

The Greatest Game Ever Pitched

Cornbread, Bombo, Loooo have to get in line behind Astudillo as Twins folk hero

Four pro drafts in three sports ‘no big deal’ for St. Paul’s Dave Winfield

The story of Al Worthington, who once quit baseball over sign-stealing

Chuck Stobbs and the lucky charms

Gardy shaped careers, lives over 16 seasons

Here’s the story behind the Twins’ ‘TC’ logo

MLB needs to take away control of ‘rainouts’ from home teams

The Moonlight Graham show interviews Twins pitcher Dwight Siebler

‘You gotta come see me’: Why the Twins bet $100 million on Byron Buxton, who is off to a hot start

Garland Shifflett — The Pitcher From Elkton

The Curious Case Of Sidd Finch

“End of an era”: Wayne Hattaway, Twins clubhouse mainstay. has died

‘This Should Be the Biggest Scandal in Sports’ (MLB’s Sticky Situation – The New Steroids)

The first televised World Series spurred America’s television boom, 75 years ago (an interesting read)

Why Did Scouts Whiff on Luis Arraez?

A former MLB player who once struggled with Tourette syndrome finds peace helping others (Jim Eisenreich)

Al Williams: Pitcher, Fighter, Survivor

Mientkiewicz: Twins developed Buxton in worst fashion possible

Who is Dan Serafini? Ex-MLB pitcher is arrested in 2021 Lake Tahoe-area murder case

Carlos Paula, The man who integrated the Washington Senator/Minnesota Twins

Mike Trombley interview on Ballnine.com

Living HBCU Baseball History with the Legends – Lenny Webster of Grambling University

Meet the only player drafted #1 twice – (Danny Goodwin played for Twins 1979-1981)

A bunch of BS from MLB

2 comments

  1. Hello, I just came across your excellent review of the 1967 AL pennant race, and was wondering if you might have the answer to a question I have been trying to find out regarding that pennant race – if any of the Red Sox/Twins/Tigers had finished tied at the end of the season, in what cities would the tiebreaker playoff games have been played?
    Thanks!

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