The ball was thrown to 3rd ( played by Gary Gaetti ).

Gaetti chased Murcer back to 2nd base and tagged him but he was called safe.

Gaetti then threw the ball to 1st baseman Kent Hrbek to tag Nettles who was caught between 1st and 2nd ( Out # 2 ).

Gaetti won a World Series with Minnesota in 1987 and was the MVP of that year's American League Championship Series against the Detroit Tigers.

Gaetti was drafted three times before finally signing with the Twins: first by the St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth round of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft ( then held annually in January ) and again in 1978 by the Chicago White Sox in the third round of the June secondary draft before he was drafted by the Twins in the first round of the June secondary portion of the 1979 draft.

Gaetti was selected as an All-Star in 1988 and 1989.

The following season, Gaetti played only semi-regularly and was released at the end of the season after hitting. 204 with 9 home runs.

Gaetti was used as an emergency relief pitcher by both the Cardinals and the Cubs, retiring with an ERA of 7. 71 and one strikeout in three appearances.

Gaetti was inducted into the NWMSU athletic hall of fame, the " M-Club ", in October 2003.

Gaetti remained in this position until July 12,, when he was fired by the Astros.

Puckett led off with a single and was doubled in by Gary Gaetti.

On June 11, 2011, Perry was inducted into the Twins Hall of Fame in a ceremony prior to a Twins home game and attended by current members including Rod Carew, Bert Blyleven, Rick Aguilera, Gary Gaetti, Tom Kelly, Jim Rantz, and Tony Oliva.

Gaetti then made his major league debut in nine September games which included hitting a home run in his first major league at bat.

Gaetti helped propel the Twins to the post-season and their first World Series championship, hitting. 257 with 31 home runs and 109 RBI.

His production at the plate would decline and after hitting only. 229 in, Gaetti left the Twins for the Angels as a free agent.

On October 2, 2008, former Durham Bull, rookie Evan Longoria, joined Gaetti in the record books by hitting homeruns in his first two post-season at-bats.

Gary Joseph Gaetti (; born August 19, 1958 ), nicknamed " G-Man ", " Rat ", or " Zorn ", is an American former third baseman in Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins ( 1981 – 1990 ), California Angels ( 1991 – 1993 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1993 – 1995 ), St. Louis Cardinals ( 1996 – 1998 ), Chicago Cubs ( 1998 – 1999 ) and Boston Red Sox ( 2000 ).

Gary Gaetti played collegiate baseball for Lake Land College in Mattoon, Illinois and Northwest Missouri State University.

Legend has it that Gaetti holds the record for the longest distance home run in NWMSU baseball history, an estimated 505 foot home run.

Gaetti then spent the next three years in the Twins ' minor league system, playing for the rookie level Elizabethton Twins in the Appalachian League in 1979, the A-level Wisconsin Rapids Twins in the Midwest League in 1980, and the AA-level Orlando Twins in the Southern League in 1981.

In 1982, Gaetti would become a permanent fixture at third base for the Twins and would man the hot corner in Minnesota for the next nine seasons.

Gaetti won four consecutive Gold Glove Awards for fielding excellence from 1986 through 1989.

Gaetti hit 26 home runs for the Royals in 665 at-bats between 1993 and 1994, splitting time at third with Miller, David Howard, and Terry Shumpert.

In, Gaetti played in 137 games and at the age of 36, he hit. 261 with 35 homeruns and 96 RBI, winning his only Silver Slugger, setting a career high in home runs and missing the Royals ' team record for most home runs in a season by one.

Gaetti signed on June 21, 1979.

Playing against the Boston Red Sox on July 17, 1990, Gaetti helped the Twins make history as the team became the only team in baseball history to turn two triple plays in the same game.

The Twins scored two in the eighth on a triple by Gaetti off reliever Todd Worrell and made a game of it but eventually relinquished the save to him.

After a down-to-the-wire Wild Card chase with the San Francisco Giants, Chicago and San Francisco ended the regular season tied, and thus squared off in a one game playoff at Wrigley Field in which third baseman Gary Gaetti hit the eventual game winning homer.

Gary Gaetti, who retired in the year 2000, and Ozzie Smith, who retired in 1996, both wore flap-less helmets until they retired from the game.

In 1987, Gaetti became the first player ever to hit home runs in his first two postseason plate appearances.

In 1986, Gaetti batted. 287 with 34 home runs and 108 runs batted in.

he became Otto Klemperer's personal assistant at the Cologne Opera, and a year later was promoted to the position of regular conductor.

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Referring further to the Foundation's officers, Dr. James F. Mathias, for eleven years our discerning colleague as Associate Secretary, was promoted to be Secretary.

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One month later, Johnston was promoted to major and the position of aide-de-camp to General Sam Houston.

Doubleday was promoted to major on May 14, 1861, and commanded the Artillery Department in the Shenandoah Valley from June to August, and then the artillery for Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks's division of the Army of the Potomac.

He received a brevet promotion to lieutenant colonel in the regular army for his actions at Antietam and was promoted in March 1863 to major general of volunteers, to rank from November 29, 1862.

It was also around this time that William of Tyre was promoted to archdeacon of Tyre, and was recruited by Amalric to write a history of the kingdom.

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Betsy Ross was promoted as a patriotic role model for young girls and a symbol of women's contributions to American history.

Weaving together Jewish and Greek thought, Philo promoted praise without instruments, and taught that " silent singing " ( without even vocal chords ) was better still.

In 1993, she was moved to the Department of Employment, and she was promoted to Minister of State the following year.