Game 5 of 2002 ALDS was intense, especially the ninth

I think Game 4 of the 91 WS was the extra inning game (they lost)

Solid list.   "Carlos Gomez scores on a Luis Castillo hit"   It was Alexi Casilla with the game winning hit.   This one makes my list.

This was awesome!

Mike, your memory is scary good! How do you do it?

I have to vote game 7 of the '87 series just because. I mean, our beloved Twins actually won the darn thing!! Finally!!

Game 7 and Jack's performance is #2 only because of my vote for #1. And yes, he is absolutely a HOFer!!

Not on your list, deservedly, but the entire series against the Tigers in '87 is special because we weren't supposed to win, but did, with defense and pitching and hustle. (I still remember Randy Bush making a difference and stealing 2nd at a crucial point). And while I didn't get to watch the WS with my dad, we did get to watch most of the Detroit series together and had real hope.

Full confession, I shed real tears when we won in '87. So that remains #1 on my list.

The Rod Carew Game — June 26, 1977.

With a first-person account here, including Stew Thornley’s climbing of the flag pole:

http://twinsdaily.com/topic/26496-game-thread-twins-indians-62517-1210-cdt/

The game we played against Cleveland in PR last year was a great game. I’d say both game 163’s were amazing, even though we lost one of them. Greatest comeback game has to be the game against Detroit a couple years ago, right before the ASG where we scored what ... 7 runs in the bottom of the 9th? What game was it ... was it against Detroit in 1987 where they picked off the runner at 3rd? Was that the game

That clinched the AL championship, or am I blurring everything?

Getting too old to remember, but what constitutes ‘greatest’?

But, like you, game 7 in 1991 ... one of the greatest games ever, of any team. And, yeah, okay, I’m biased.

Last game at the Dome of the 1987 regular season. Bert Blyleven put runners at the corners with no outs in the first. George Brett hits a hot-shot to Gaetti; to Newman at second for one; Newman ignores all baseball logic and throws home for the atypical 5-4-2 double-play. Then Puckett, Gaetti, and Hrbek all go yard in the bottom of the first, and the Twins clinch a tie for first in the AL West. (Maybe that's just the greatest inning in Twins' baseball?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaFsAboGwfM

Last game at the Dome of the 1987 regular season. Bert Blyleven put runners at the corners with no outs in the first. George Brett hits a hot-shot to Gaetti; to Newman at second for one; Newman ignores all baseball logic and throws home for the atypical 5-4-2 double-play. Then Puckett, Gaetti, and Hrbek all go yard in the bottom of the first, and the Twins clinch a tie for first in the AL West. (Maybe that's just the greatest inning in Twins' baseball?)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaFsAboGwfM

I would agree with one of the greatest innings, but 8 - 1 would not make the whole game rank here.  Thanks for the memory and the video.

The game we played against Cleveland in PR last year was a great game. I’d say both game 163’s were amazing, even though we lost one of them. Greatest comeback game has to be the game against Detroit a couple years ago, right before the ASG where we scored what ... 7 runs in the bottom of the 9th? What game was it ... was it against Detroit in 1987 where they picked off the runner at 3rd? Was that the game
That clinched the AL championship, or am I blurring everything?

Getting too old to remember, but what constitutes ‘greatest’?

But, like you, game 7 in 1991 ... one of the greatest games ever, of any team. And, yeah, okay, I’m biased.

Heh... I was watching that playoff game in '87 with the gang at Stub and Herb's in Dinkytown.  That pickoff play between Laudner and Gaetti was a dagger!  I have never found any video of that game, anywhere, as much as I'd love to see that again.

Great list, Mikey! 

I can't even rank all those games myself, they're all a great jog down memory lane! I went down the youtube rabbit hole for a while after that...

My first Twins memory was that 65 season. I remember crying like a 6 year old when they lost that game 7. Cuz... I was a 6 yr-old, I guess...

What a sweet list! Thanks for posting this!

1) Game 7 1991 WS

2) Game 6 1991 WS

3) Game 163 2009

4) Johan 17K's game

5) Dozier Walkoff vs Detroit 2015

6) Scott Baker 1 hitter 8/31/2007 (3 outs from perfection, probably ranked too high, but remember watching live in college)

Thanks for all the comments and inspirations. I'm currently in the gulf of Maine working on a boat with very limited internet. But when I get some is fun to get on and read these comments.

Thanks for all the comments and inspirations. I'm currently in the gulf of Maine working on a boat with very limited internet. But when I get some is fun to get on and read these comments.