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2011 – Roberto Alomar, a 12-time All-Star and 10-time Gold Glove winning second baseman, and Bert Blyleven, a 287-game winning pitcher who ranks fifth on the all-time strikeout list, were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Blyleven, who garnered 79.7% of the votes, pitched in 22 seasons with the Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians and California Angels and compiled a 287-250 record with a 3.31 ERA, 242 complete games, 60 shutouts and 3,701 strikeouts in 4,969 1/3 innings. The right-hander pitched a no-hitter on Sept. 22, 1977 for the Rangers against the Angels and shares the AL single-game record for the longest one-hit complete game of 10 innings June 21, 1976. He, too, was a key part of two World Series champions, the 1979 Pirates and the 1987 Twins.
2009 – Minnesota Twins owner Carl Pohlad passed away at his Edina, Minnesota home at the age of 93. Pohlad bought the Twins from Calvin Griffith the teams original owner in 1984 for about $38 million. Carl Pohlad obituary.
Hello. I just want to say that today asaturday january 5th the site to vote for next Twins Hall of Fame is still open or at least appears to be open. I made one vote and passed as it was open. I am Enrique Abreu, from Venezuela and Cesar have got a lot of support down here. I would say more than 60.000 votes. But if the votation it is still open, things could change, since nobody knows that could be still open. Thanks.
Thank you Enrique, I sent you an e-mail.
John