2020 Turkey of the Year

Another Twins season ends and another Turkey of the Year appears

What a year 2020 has been. The baseball season started like it does every year with spring training taking place in Florida and Arizona in mid February as normal even though there was chatter about something called the coronavirus taking place and that a world-wide pandemic was imminent.

Then it happened, on March 12th Major League Baseball announced it had cancelled the remainder of its Spring Training games, also announcing that the start of the 2020 regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks due to the national emergency created by the coronavirus pandemic. https://twitter.com/i/status/1238181980367466496

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

2020 has been a year that we will never forget and one that will go down in the history books for a variety of reasons. A lot of us have gone through various struggles this year and many of us have lost someone near and dear. In spite of all the trials and tribulations we have endured in 2020 we all still have much to be thankful for. We at Twinstrivia.com would like to thank you all for stopping by our site now and then and we would like to wish each and everyone of you a very special, safe, healthy and Happy Thanksgiving.

Julio Becquer a member of 1961 Minnesota Twins team passes away

Julio (Villegas) Becquer was born in Havana, Cuba on December 20, 1931. The 88 year-old Becquer passed away in Hopkins, Minnesota on November 1, 2020.

Becquer batted and threw left handed and was 5’11” and about 178 lbs. Julio attended the University of Havana and was signed to play for the Washington Senators as a free agent prior to the 1952 season by super scout Joe Cambria who was famous for signing numerous Cuban players. After spending 1952-1954 in the minors, Julio got his first call to the big leagues in late 1955 but in 1956 he was back in the minors.