July 17, 201511 yr One of my favorite baseball cards: http://www.jonfinkel.com/wp-content/uploads/razor.jpg
July 17, 201511 yr SP David Wells - who famously claimed to be "half-drunk" pitching a perfect game against our favorite club... http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.420566.1314527772!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_970/amd-wells-reacts-jpg.jpg
July 17, 201511 yr One of the only ball players from my hometown, 2nd overall pick in the 1965 draft, SP Les Rohr.
July 17, 201511 yr The guy that would have the longest hitting streak if only he hadn't gotten hurt.....Glenn Williams all he did as a Twin was hit, hit, hit.......
July 17, 201511 yr The Man with an ox... Jim Thome http://mit.zenfs.com/121/2011/04/thome_ox_behind.jpg
July 17, 201511 yr How about the guy with an all-time great name, and an all-time great quote? When a game was fogged out in Cleveland, he stated "that's what they get for building a stadium on the ocean". The immortal Oil Can Boyd
July 17, 201511 yr He's a career .215 hitter with a .236 career SLG. He posted a -78 OPS+ in 2012. He is Tsuyoshi Nishioka.
July 17, 201511 yr A guy who punched the cement wall in the dugout, breaking his pitching hand in the process. SP Kevin Brown
July 17, 201511 yr The only player to throw a no hitter while on LSD... that we know of. Dock Ellis Edited July 17, 201511 yr by James
July 17, 201511 yr Another favorite: http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad109/monkeypox/front.jpg THAT is an athlete!
July 17, 201511 yr Skeeter Barnes. My grad school roommate read about a trade for him, and said about the other guy: "You know your career isn't going too well when you are traded straight up for a guy named Skeeter."
July 17, 201511 yr Oops. Sorry everyone for knocking probably the 5th most notable player of all time for Twins fans off the board (Knoblauch). I missed the idea on that one. So to make up for it here's someone that nobody remembers (besides Chief). Cy Young
July 17, 201511 yr One of the most interesting Twins in their history, a former Sandinista National Liberation Front guerrilla who was once the Twins opening day starter, Al Williams. Here is his fascinating story from The New York Times.
July 17, 201511 yr My sister works for the Marlins and invited me to Kirby Puckett's HOF induction. That's not the name I'm choosing though. She introduced me to Pete Rose and we ended up having breakfast together. Pete Rose - Not the brightest bulb...
July 17, 201511 yr The only player to throw a no hitter while on LSD... that we know of. Dock Ellis They didn't call him Dock Ellis-D for nothing. Fred Merkle
July 17, 201511 yr Got struck out in a college game by Kerry Ligtenberg.The only other UM-Morris Cougar, who returned to start a chain of events that contributed to my lack of a college degree, Jerry Koosman.
July 18, 201511 yr I'll Play! Disappointing Twins Second Baseman for $200 Alex. Chuck Schilling, traded for but never played for the Twins.
July 18, 201511 yr Since there has been a little name dropping going on. I remember my dad telling me we were 2nd cousins or something of that nature to the late, great Johnny Blanchard a few decades ago.http://caimages.collectors.com/psaimages/3976/06365452/1960Topps283JohnBlanchardPSA8452.jpg
July 18, 201511 yr I'll Play! Disappointing Twins Second Baseman for $200 Alex. Chuck Schilling, traded for but never played for the Twins. I'll take disappointing catchers for $100 Alex. Who was Derek Parks?
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