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
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
Metrodome: Home sweet storm home
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
Carl Pavano’s shoveling accident was nearly fatal
Rod Carew’s Seven Steals of Home in 1969
Boswell was a character as well as a competitor
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
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
Billybrawl: The boxing career of Billy Martin
The Last of the Pure Baseball Men
Mike Marshall, The Best And The Brightest…
Alex Torres and the history of headgear in baseball
Rod Carew opens up about his private life and his near-death experience
Play Hard and Dream Big by Michael Cuddyer
The long history of baseball’s most glorious fashion accessory: The stirrup sock
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)
UP AGAIN DOWN AGAIN (1967 pennant race)
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
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 oldest players to make their debut in the major leagues: Satchel Paige and the rest (includes a couple of former Minnesota Twins)
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
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
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)
Mike Marshall used science to become first reliever to win Cy Young
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!
Thanks for stopping by Tim. I don’t know the answer to your question but I will see if I can look into it.