July 20, 201511 yr Hometown guy, and current Cedar Rapids DL member, Blake Schmit, who my sister had a crush on in elementary school.
July 21, 201511 yr My favorite Twin of the early 80's. Long-time (now former) Angels hitting coach. A genuine goofball - Mickey Hatcher
July 21, 201511 yr Best player from Manitoba to play MLB and one of my favourite Twins, Corey Koskie.
July 21, 201511 yr Since I'm late to the thread - I thought I'd add a 2nd - To quote Calvin Griffith - "Love that kid" - Butch Wynegar!
July 21, 201511 yr The guy with whom I had an odd infatuation with as a young Twins fan who also followed the Mets. Played with San Diego, the Mets and Kansas City in his career. Career slash of .265/.328.447 and a career OPS+ of 115. Not a particularly good defender, he still managed a career bWAR of 29.9 in 12 season, including 30 seasons of 4.2 or greater. Finished 3rd in NL MVP voting in '88, in a season where he slashed .288/.336/.496 with 27 HR, 21 SB and 99 RBI. Kevin McReynolds. Accomplished MLBer. Edited July 21, 201511 yr by BK432
July 21, 201511 yr The pride of Appleton Minnesota and former Twin: http://bioproj.sabr.org/bp_ftp/images4/KoosmanJerry.jpg Koooooooooos!
July 21, 201511 yr A forgotten Twin despite having a single season at the age of 39 that saw 37 SB vs only 7 CS and a .361 OBP, Otis Nixon. http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3283/1916/320/nixon1.jpg Oh good lord! That's why we forgot.
July 21, 201511 yr Former Twin from St. Paul--Tom Burgmeier. I remember him as a very versatile pitcher, who might go 5 innings one day and then be a LOOGy for a week, never facing more than a batter or two.
July 23, 201511 yr A forgotten Twin despite having a single season at the age of 39 that saw 37 SB vs only 7 CS and a .361 OBP, Otis Nixon. http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3283/1916/320/nixon1.jpg Oh good lord! That's why we forgot.I'll taken one-season Twins with drug problems for $200, Alex...Who was Steve Howe?
July 23, 201511 yr In high school I played against a catcher from Chaska, MN named Brad Gulden. Next thing I ever heard about him after high school was when I read that he was catching for the Yankees.
July 23, 201511 yr http://cdn.retrowaste.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/MelOtt.jpg I don't know why but he might be my all time favorite player. 'Master Melvin' Mel Ott.
July 23, 201511 yr Closest I can get to my age, my hometown (but not quite on either): 2200+ MLB PAs, six teams...Mike Kingery, Atwater Minnesota.I'm from Murdock! I was a Senior when Mike Kingery was a Junior, and he struck me out at least once. Very impressive player. I was glad he had a successful Major League career. I lived in San Francisco when he played there and was quite proud to say that I was from a tiny MN town and had played against him. Way to go, USAFCHIEF! Edited July 23, 201511 yr by ScrapTheNickname
July 23, 201511 yr Sticking with the hometown and ex Twin slant - David Mark Winfield - in my opinion the greatest athlete the City of Saint Paul ever produced (sorry Joe!)
July 23, 201511 yr From my hometown of Faribault, Minnesota. Current White Sox reliever, Jake Patricka.
July 24, 201511 yr Not an ex-Twin and not my hometown (I went to college there) Bill Gullickson born in Marshall, MN.
July 24, 201511 yr Another guy from my hometown and one time Twin (who never actually played) Rick Helling.
July 25, 201511 yr Local guy, inspiration for my screen name, the rocker, the collecter, the side-armerPat Neshek
July 25, 201511 yr This little known Twin had zero hits and two strike outs in his 12 plate apperances with the team, but did catch all 9 innings of a J. Santana 11 - strikeout win vs. the White Sox Corky Miller Edited July 25, 201511 yr by WxMan17
July 25, 201511 yr How many players have been named so far? Continuing the Aloha theme. Benny Agbayani
July 25, 201511 yr How many players have been named so far? This is post #117, so 117 now.. Another Hawaiian, an almost-Twin (Drafted in the 16th round in 2008), I got to see him play at the U. of Hawaii, now 2B for the CardinalsKolten Wong
July 25, 201511 yr This is post #117, so 117 now.. Another Hawaiian, an almost-Twin (Drafted in the 16th round in 2008), I got to see him play at the U. of Hawaii, now 2B for the CardinalsKolten Wong Duh. I was thinking not every post included a player. He made his major league debut this week. Aaron Nola
July 25, 201511 yr He had a career ERA of infinity Fred BruckbauerI named Fred a while back. I read his bio when he passed away. Born in New Ulm and a resident of Sleepy Eye, he made one appearance with the '61 Twins and failed to retire a batter.
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