January 27, 201313 yr To countdown the days til pitchers and catchers report, we're going to list the Twins with those numbers (thanks to this awesome list) and let you pick your favorite. So who is the poster boy for 1/25 or Day #16.... 16 Bert Cueto, 1961 Johnny Goryl, 1962 Joe Nossek, 1964 Jerry Kindall, 1964-65 Ted Uhlaender, 1966 Frank Kostro, 1967 Ron Perranoski, 1968-71 Bob Gebhard, 1971-72 Dan Fife, 1973-74 Tom Kelly, 1975 Eddie Bane, 1975 Butch Wynegar, 1979-82 Frank Viola, 1982-89 Bob Kipper, 1992 Derek Parks, 1992-94 Dan Masteller, 1995 Dan Serafini, 1996-98 Midre Cummings, 1999-2000 Doug Mientkiewicz, 2001-04 Glenn Williams, 2005 Jason Kubel, 2006-11 Josh Willingham, 2012 I'm going with Viola. Greatest nickname for a Twin of all time? I think so.
January 27, 201313 yr Mientkiewicz Of the Twins jerseys I have, I only have one with a name on it. That's Doug's. LOVED his defense at 1B.
January 27, 201313 yr Definitely Butch Wynegar, Calvin Griffith's wunderboy. For those 30 and under on this site, if you think the Pohlad's and Ryan are miserly, bone up on your history concerning Calvin and his ownership of the Twins in the late 70's/early 80's.
January 28, 201313 yr I associate TK with #10 (the number they retired last year) so definitely Frank "Sweet Music" Viola.
January 28, 201313 yr Definitely Butch Wynegar, Calvin Griffith's wunderboy. For those 30 and under on this site, if you think the Pohlad's and Ryan are miserly, bone up on your history concerning Calvin and his ownership of the Twins in the late 70's/early 80's. I remember those days. I remember when Pohlad was hailed as a local hero because he bought the Twins from the miserly Griffith. Now, of course, Griffith is remembered more fondly. It's interesting how reputations change over time.
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