Remembering the Twins first season from 1961 – Week 20

I have been working on a very long term project whereas I do a brief recap of Twins games on my “In This Day in Twins History Pages.” So my plan is to give you a brief recap of the Twins first season as it plays out on a weekly basis. For more info on a particular game you can also click on the date and go to the appropriate “In This Day in Twins History Page” as there you will often get to see some player pictures and supporting documentation. We will see how long I can keep up with it, no promises. So let’s see what we have for week twenty.

1961 Twins coin schedule put out by Minnesota Savings and Loan (A good tree to come to for shelter)

The Minnesota Twins begin this week in seventh place with a 54-70 mark and they trail the first place Yankees by 28.5 games as they near the end of August.

Former Twin Carroll Hardy passes away at 87

Carroll Hardy with his baseball memorabilia in 1986. Credit Jerry Cleveland/The Denver Post, via Getty Images

Carroll Hardy passed away on August 9, 2020 in Highland Ranch, Colorado from complications of dementia. Hardy was born in Sturgis, South Dakota and after graduating from high school attended the University of Colorado.

Carroll Hardy as Colorado Buffalo

As a Colorado Buffalo Hardy was a star in football, baseball and track. In football he scored a touchdown in his first carry as a freshman in 1951 and scored three touchdowns in his final game in 1954. When his collegiate football career ended he had rushed for 1,999 yards averaging 6.87 yards a carry which is a record that still stands. In baseball his .392 average tops the leaderboard to this day and in track he excelled in the 100-yard dash and high jump. Hardy was an incredible athlete earning 10 letters at Colorado.

Remembering the Twins first season from 1961 – Week 19

I have been working on a very long term project whereas I do a brief recap of Twins games on my “In This Day in Twins History Pages.” So my plan is to give you a brief recap of the Twins first season as it plays out on a weekly basis. For more info on a particular game you can also click on the date and go to the appropriate “In This Day in Twins History Page” as there you will often get to see some player pictures and supporting documentation. We will see how long I can keep up with it, no promises. So let’s see what we have for week nineteen.

1961-1969 Twins primary logo

Coming off a 4-3 week the eighth place Minnesota Twins begin this week with a 51-68 record and they trail the first place Yankees by 27.5 games in the dog-days of August.

Remembering the Twins first season from 1961 – Week 18

I have been working on a very long term project whereas I do a brief recap of Twins games on my “In This Day in Twins History Pages.” So my plan is to give you a brief recap of the Twins first season as it plays out on a weekly basis. For more info on a particular game you can also click on the date and go to the appropriate “In This Day in Twins History Page” as there you will often get to see some player pictures and supporting documentation. We will see how long I can keep up with it, no promises. So let’s see what we have for week eighteen.

1961-1969 Twins primary logo

The Minnesota Twins start their week with a 47-65 record and they trail the first place Yankees by 27.5 games in the dog-days of August.

Remembering the Twins first season from 1961 – Week 17

I have been working on a very long term project whereas I do a brief recap of Twins games on my “In This Day in Twins History Pages.” So my plan is to give you a brief recap of the Twins first season as it plays out on a weekly basis. For more info on a particular game you can also click on the date and go to the appropriate “In This Day in Twins History Page” as there you will often get to see some player pictures and supporting documentation. We will see how long I can keep up with it, no promises. So let’s see what we have for week seventeen.

The 46-57 Twins start the week on a long East coast road-trip tied for seven place with the Washington Senators The Twins have to look up a long ways, 21 games as a matter of fact to spot the league leading New York Yankees who now have a 2.5 game lead on the Detroit Tigers.

Remembering the Twins first season from 1961 – Week 16

I have been working on a very long term project whereas I do a brief recap of Twins games on my “In This Day in Twins History Pages.” So my plan is to give you a brief recap of the Twins first season as it plays out on a weekly basis. For more info on a particular game you can also click on the date and go to the appropriate “In This Day in Twins History Page” as there you will often get to see some player pictures and supporting documentation. We will see how long I can keep up with it, no promises. So let’s see what we have for week sixteen.

The Twins start the week in ninth place with a 41-56 record but are now 22.5 games behind the league leading Yankees who are just a 1/2 game up on the Tigers.