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9781600785542

100 Things Twins Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die

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    9781600785542

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    1600785549

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2011-03-01
  • Publisher: Triumph Books
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Summary

100 Things Twins Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die will help fans of the Twin Cities' favorite franchise get the most out of being a fan. It takes 50 years of Twins history and distills it to the absolute best and most compelling, identifying in an informative, lively, and illuminating way the personalities, events, and facts every Twins fan should know without hesitation. Numbers with huge impact, such as 34, .388, and 1987; nicknames such as Puck and Kitty and Tony-O.

Author Biography

Alex Halsted has written for publications including GameDay Magazine and Twins Magazine amongst others. Born in Mason City, Iowa, he first started writing at Twins-Territory.com. This is his first book.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. xi
No. 34p. 1
Welcome to Minnesota!p. 6
Celebrate Good Timesp. 9
1987 World Seriesp. 12
Tom Kellyp. 15
The Homer Hankyp. 19
Joe Mauerp. 22
1991 World Seriesp. 27
"And...We'll See You Tomorrow Night!"p. 30
Seventh Heavenp. 33
Homep. 36
1965: One Game Shortp. 38
"Just Don't Take It for Granted"p. 42
Kent Hrbekp. 44
Herb Carnealp. 47
Mentoring in Minnesotap. 51
The Comebackp. 53
Bob Caseyp. 55
Game 163: Take Ip. 58
Game 163: Take IIp. 60
Carl Pohladp. 64
Brad Radkep. 69
"We're Gonna Win, Twins"p. 71
Harmon Killebrewp. 73
Bringing Home the Hardwarep. 76
Metropolitan Stadiump. 79
Sit in the Glovep. 82
Bert Blylevenp. 84
The Gold Seatp. 88
Baseball and Healingp. 90
Visit Spring Trainingp. 92
The 1990s: The Downfallp. 94
Escaping Contractionp. 98
The 2000s: Rising to Contentionp. 101
The Great Racep. 104
The Metrodomep. 108
Metrodome Milestones and Quirksp. 110
Rod Carewp. 112
Twins Hall of Famep. 116
The Closersp. 119
Playing the Ninep. 121
Tony Olivap. 123
Ballpark Battlep. 126
Frank Viola: Sweet Musicp. 129
Silver Bat x 14p. 132
Target Fieldp. 134
Fireworks at Target Fieldp. 137
Torii Hunterp. 140
Playoffs? Playoffs!p. 143
Fighting for .400p. 145
Justin Morneaup. 147
No. No. No. No.p. 150
Attend TwinsFestp. 152
Secrets of the Tradep. 154
Enter Enemy Territoryp. 158
Minnie and Paulp. 160
Johan Santanap. 162
Out at First!p. 166
Visit the Minor Leaguesp. 168
Those Piranhas!p. 170
Enjoy Family Timep. 172
Calvin Griffithp. 174
Attend the Twins Caravanp. 177
Kitty Kaatp. 179
Back-to-Back-to-Back-to-Backp. 182
From Press Rowp. 184
Baseball at the Mallp. 186
Killebrew's No. 500p. 188
Zoilo Versallesp. 190
By the Numbersp. 192
Stealing Home in 1969p. 194
Attend Opening Dayp. 197
Ron Gardenhirep. 199
Living in Luxuryp. 202
5-4-3, Triple Play!p. 204
Roof Deck and Overhangp. 206
The Men in Chargep. 208
One Game, Six Hits x 2p. 211
Field of Dreamsp. 212
Clyde the Collectorp. 214
Small Marketp. 218
2010: Déjà Vup. 220
Bobbleheadsp. 224
17 Strikeoutsp. 226
Sacred Streetsp. 228
Gary Gaettip. 230
Hitting for the Cyclep. 233
The All-Star Gamesp. 235
5th Street Muralsp. 237
The Music Man (and Woman)p. 239
"The Sky Is Falling!"p. 242
Dan Gladdenp. 244
Get to Know 'Emp. 246
Twins Territoryp. 249
Live the Fantasyp. 251
Visit Cretin-Derham Hallp. 253
Wally the Beer Manp. 255
Venturing Onlinep. 257
Good-bye, Metrodomep. 259
Hello, Target Field!p. 261
Acknowledgmentsp. 267
Sourcesp. 271
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