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The Twins won the 1987 World Series and 1991 World Series by winning all four games held at the Dome in both seasons.
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After sweeping the Twins once again in the ALCS, the Orioles won the 1970 World Series by defeating the Cincinnati Reds ' Big Red Machine in five games.
The Twins won 91 games in 1962, the most by the franchise since 1933.
The Twins won 102 games and the American League Pennant in 1965, but they were defeated in the 1965 World Series by the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games ( behind the World Series Most Valuable Player, Sandy Koufax, with a 2 – 1 record, including winning the seventh game ).
These 1969 Twins won the very first American League Western Division Championship, but they lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the first American League Championship Series.
The Atlanta Braves won all three of their games in Atlanta, and the Twins won all four of their games in Minnesota.
The Twins won by scoring a run in the bottom of the 10th inning, and Morris had pitched a shutout for all ten innings against the Braves.
Justin Morneau, drafted in 1999 by the Twins, won the AL MVP award in 2006.
In 2006, the Twins won the division on the last day of the regular season ( the only day all season they held sole possession of first place ) but lost to the Oakland Athletics in the ALDS.
After a mediocre year where the Twins played. 500 baseball for most of the season, the team won 17 of their last 21 games to tie the Detroit Tigers for the lead in the Central Division.
The Twins were able to use the play-in game rule to their advantage when they won the AL Central at the end of the regular season and winning a 12-inning tiebreaker on a walk-off hit by Alexi Casilla.
Brett won the title when a fly ball dropped in front of Twins left fielder Steve Brye, bounced on the Royals Stadium AstroTurf and over Brye's head to the wall ; Brett circled the bases for an inside-the-park home run.
Although the Twins won 91 games, six more than in their championship season, the team would finish a distant second in the American League West, 13 games behind the Oakland Athletics.
* World Series – Minnesota Twins won 4 games to 3 over the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Minnesota Twins won two World Series championships at the Metrodome.
The Twins were awarded the right to host the tiebreaker because they won the season series against Detroit.
On July 1 in his first game as manager, the White Sox suffered a 10-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins but Doby won his first game, 8 – 5, the next day against the same team.
In 2002-2004, the Saints saw severely reduced attendance, owing partially to renewed interest in the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball, who won the 2002, 2003, and 2004 American League Central Division championships.
In, Martin's only season as manager of the Twins, he won a division championship.
The Yankees won the 2010 ALDS against the Minnesota Twins in 3 games but lost to the Texas Rangers in 6 games of the 2010 ALCS.
His Britten motorcycles won races and set numerous speed records on the international circuits, and astounded the motorcycle world in 1991 when they came a remarkable second and third against the factory machines in the Battle of the Twins at Daytona, United States Of America.
The Twins finally won the American League pennant during the 1965 season.
Killebrew led the best offense in the league and rookie manager Billy Martin's Twins won the new American League West division as a result.
Korecky ended up getting his first major league win in this game as the Twins won 7 – 6 in 12 innings.
Twins and 1987
Previously, the Twins had narrowly beat out the Royals for the 1987 American League West pennant, in which the Twins later took the World Series versus the St. Louis Cardinals.
The " TC " remained on the Twins ' caps until 1987, when they adopted their current uniforms.
Tom Kelly managed the Twins to World Series victories over the St. Louis Cardinals in 1987 and the Atlanta Braves in 1991.
The quirks of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, including the turf floor and the white roof, gave the Twins a significant home-field advantage that played into their winning the World Series in both 1987 and 1991, at least in the opinion of their opponents, as the Twins went 12 – 1 in post season home games during those two seasons.
The 1987 World Series matched the Cardinals against the American League champion Minnesota Twins.
He would have given anything to be going up north to play the Minnesota Twins in the 1987 World Series.
Although the Tigers have been the predominant MLB parent of the IL Mud Hens ( 1967 – 73 and since 1987 ), the team has also been affiliated with the Philadelphia Phillies ( 1974 – 75 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1976 – 77 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1978 – 86 ) and the Yankees ( 1965 – 66 ).
In 1987, the Twins reached the post-season for the first time since 1970 despite finishing with a mark of 85-77 ( a mark that would have put them 4 games behind fourth place New York in the American League East ).
Once there, Puckett helped lead the Twins to the 1987 World Series, the Twins ' second series appearance since relocating to Minnesota and fifth in franchise history.
Anderson led the Tigers to the majors ' best record in 1987, but the team was upset in the ALCS by the Minnesota Twins.
" The Suicide Twins " project disbanded in 1987
However, the Twins, who had been a bad team for most of the 1980s, would go on to a surprising win in the 1987 World Series, albeit without Carlton on the postseason roster, to earn him a third World Series ring and a trip to the White House to meet President Reagan along with his teammates.
Niekro finished his career with the Minnesota Twins, where he pitched in the World Series for the only time, in 1987.
* The Minnesota Twins released a bobblehead set of the 1987 World Series team ; Niekro's included a nail file in his back pocket.
Carew's number 29 was retired by the Twins on July 19, 1987.
Armed with a fastball, slider, devastating forkball and a fierce competitive spirit, Morris was a five-time All-Star ( 1981, 1984, 1985, 1987, and 1991 ), and played on four World Championship teams ( 1984 Tigers, 1991 Twins, and 1992 and 1993 with the Blue Jays ).
The Tigers headed to the postseason again in 1987, but this time Morris ' performance was below expectations as Detroit lost the ALCS to the eventual World Champion Minnesota Twins.
) Blyleven was unhappy playing for the lackluster Indians and forced a trade back to the Twins, where he passed the 3, 000-strikeout mark and helped the Twins to a 1987 World Series victory.
During the Minnesota Twins ' 1987 pennant chase, one of their starting pitchers, Joe Niekro, was suspended when he was caught on the field with a nail file in his back pocket.
In 1987, Denise and Dian Gallup spoofed their roles as the Doublemint Twins in cameo roles in the Mel Brooks film, Spaceballs.
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