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2010 – The Twins have been flexing their financial muscles since they moved into Target Field and today by submitting a high bid believed to be about $5 million to Tsuyoshi Nishioka’s team in Japan, the Chiba Lotte Marines, the Twins have acquired exclusive negotiating rights to the 26-year-old middle infielder. The Twins have 30 days to agree on a contract with Nishioka, if that does not get done, the Twins then get their money back. The Twins do sign Nishioka to a three-year deal.
2002 – C.R.P. Sports, the parent company of the Minnesota Twins Baseball Club and Victory Sports One, today announced plans to re-organize the company’s senior management structure effective immediately. C.R.P. Sports founder Carl Pohlad has named long-time Minnesota Twins President Jerry Bell the new president of C.R.P. Sports. Meanwhile, Twins Chief Operating Officer Kevin Cattoor has been named executive vice president for C.R.P. Sports while retaining his role as president of Victory Sports. Mr. Pohlad also announced that Dave St. Peter, currently the Twins Senior Vice President of Business Affairs, has been named the Twins new president. Dave St. Peter becomes the fourth president in the 42-year history of the Minnesota Twins. St. Peter, 35, joined the Twins organization in 1990 and has held a variety of positions with the ball club including vice president of corporate communications. He was named senior vice president of business affairs in February 1999 and assembled a sales and marketing staff credited with developing the popular “Get to Know ‘Em” advertising campaign and helping create the Bobblehead Doll craze across the country.
1979 – Twins third baseman John Castino who batted .285 and shortstop Alfredo Griffin, who hit .287 for the Blue Jays, tie for the American League Rookie of the Year Award, each receiving seven of the 28 votes. The deadlock will precipitate a change in the voting system, effective in 1980. Castino is the third Twins rookie to receive this honor.
1960 – Less than a month after being granted permission to move to Minneapolis/St. Paul, the former Washington, D.C. team changes its team’s name to the Minnesota Twins. The Twins become the first team in baseball to be named after a state versus a city. The new American League expansion team now in the nation’s capital will continue to use the name Senators, but will be a totally different franchise. The uniform color scheme and design are almost identical to the 1960 Washington Senators.
