Opening Day : 1968 Twins v Senators

1968-Apr-10 DC Stadium Washington DC

Minnesota Twins 2-0 Washington Senators

MIN RBI: Harmon Killebrew (HR), Bob Allison (HR)

Pitching: MIN Dean Chance (W 9-innings) WAS Camilo Pascual (L 8-innings)

 

Jeff Reardon - Saves Record : 1988

1988-Sep-30 Minneapolis, Minn - Metrodome

Minnesota Twins  8-5  California Angels

Reardon earned his 41st save of the season, duplicating the feat he earned 41 saves for the Montreal Expos in 1985

Jeff Reardon "The Terminator" - Right-hand relief pitcher for the New York Mets, Montreal Expos, Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees (1979-1994)

Reardon became the All-time saves leader in 1992 with his 342nd save, breaking the record head by Rollie Fingers. Lee Smith would break the record the following year.

Career Saves : 367

Won-Loss record : 73-77

Career ERA : 3.16

Career Strikeouts : 877

NL Saves Leader : 1985

NL Rolaids Relief Man Award : 1985

4-time All-Star

Bert Blyleven

1986-Aug-01 HHH Metrodome, Minneapolis, Mn

Twins 10 - 1 Oakland Athletics

Blyleven pitched a 2-hit complete game for his 10th victory of the season, striking out 15. He allowed one home run to Alfredo Griffith. Tim Laudner caught the game for the Twins

Twins RBI: Tim Laudner (3), Steve Lombardozzi (2), Gary Gaetti (2-HR), Kirby Puckett (2-HR),, Tom Brunansky (HR)

Bert Blyleven is a Dutch American playing in the Major Leagues from 1970-1992:

Minnesota Twins (1970-1976, 1985-1988) Texas Rangers (1976-1977) Pittsburgh Pirates (1978-1980) Cleveland indians (1981-1985) California Angels (1989-1990, 1992)

Blyleven earned a career 287-250 won-loss record, with a 3.31 ERA and 3,701 Strikeouts

• 2-time All-Star (1973, 1985)
• American League Strikeout Leader (1985)
• No-hit game - September 22, 1977
• Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame (2002)
• Minnesota Twins Jersey #28 retirement (2011)
• National Baseball Hall of Fame (2011)

Minnesota Twins

The Minnesota Twins based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The team is named after the Twin Cities area which includes the two adjoining cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul

The franchise was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1901 as the Washington Senators. The team relocated to Minnesota and was renamed the "Minnesota Twins" at the start of the 1961 season. The Twins played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome from 1982 to 2009. The team played its inaugural game at Target Field on April 12, 2010. The franchise won the World Series in 1924 as the Senators, and in 1987 and 1991 as the Twins - Wikipedia

Take Me Out to the Ballgame - 1962 meter cancel

1968

1981

1988

Baseball Card Show : New York

Don Mueller - New York Giants

Zoilo Versailles - Los Angeles Dodgers

Jim Perry - Minnesota Twins

Billy Pierce - San Francisco Giants

Walt Dropo - Boston Red Sox

Feb 9, 1985 Manhattan Center I, New York

Jan 26, 1985 Madison Ave I, New York

Rollie Fingers - Milwaukee Brewers

All-Star Game - 1985 Minnesota

 sticker cachet with Harmon Killebrew autograph

 Lou Whitaker

Rickey Henderson

Dave Winfield

July 16, 1985 Minneapolis, Mn

HHHumphrey Metrodome

National League defeats American League 6-1

Winning pitcher: LaMarr Hoyt (San Diego Padres) -- Losing pitcher: Jack Morris (Detroit Tigers)

LaMarr Hoyt was named Most Valuable Player

Honorary captains: Harmon Killebrew (AL) Sandy Koufax (NL)

1991 World Series - Minnesota Twins v Atlanta Braves

Colorano Silk cachet

Gateway cachet - signed by Ron Gant

1991 World Series

Atlanta Braves v Minnesota Twins

October 19-27, 1991

Twins defeat the Braves in the 7-game series

The series deciding 7th game was a scoreless tie (0-0) through nine innings. The Twins won in the 10th by a score of 1-0, with starting pitcher Jack Morris going all 10 innings. Morris was also the winning pitcher in game 1

MVP - Jack Morris - Minnesota Twins

1991 Championship Series

 

1991 American League Championship Series

October 8-13

Minnesota Twins defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 4 games to 1

Kirby Puckett, Twins - Series MVP

First postseason series played entirely indoors

1991 National League Championship Series

October 9-17

Atlanta Braves defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4 games to 3

Steve Avery, Braves - Series MVP

World Series - 1987 Minnesota Twins v St louis Cardinals

October 14 National Playoffs

St Louis Cardinals defeat the San Francisco Giants

USPS

1987 World Series

Minnesota Twins defeat the St Louis Cardinals 4 games to 3.

October 17-25, 1987

MVP Frank Viola - Minnesota Twins

The Minneapolis Division of the US Postal Series wanted to commemorate the Twins playing in the World Series, and came up with a special postmark to commemorate the event. The postal workers called the public relations department of the Minnesota Twins, who gave permission to use the team logo. With this approval the USPS printed envelopes and cards, stamped and postmarked and sold at 50c.

The postmark was used for the first two days of the series when they were informed by the Major League Baseball Commission that the USPS was violating trademark infringement and an 8.5% fee would be required to continue using the pictorial postmark.

Rather then give in to the demands, the postal workers quickly revised their design, removing the Twins logo and replacing it with a baseball flying out of the Merodome