By rss@youtube.com (MGobin09) Author: MGobin09 Keywords: Kirby Puckett Minnesota Twins Major League Baseball Twin Cities Cal Ripken Kent Hrbek Harmon Killebrew Ron Coomer Bert Blyleven Dan Gladden Torii Hunter Joe Mauer Shannon Stewart. Added: February 15, 2009

By Scot Left field was a bit of a challenge, but ultimately my desire to keep two of the same player off the team (Killebrew 1964) and to keep some kind of defense in the field (Hisle 1977) put Shane Mack in place. C Joe Mauer 2009 SS Zoilo Versalles 1965 3B Harmon Killebrew 1969 CF Kirby Puckett 1988

By Scot Twins single-season VORP leaders (taken partially from SBG’s work): 1. Chuck Knoblauch 1996 – 99.3 2. Rod Carew 1977 – 92.4 3. Joe Mauer 2009 – 91.0 4. Rod Carew 1974 – 75.4 5. Harmon Killebrew 1969 – 75.2 6. Kirby Puckett 1988 – 75.1 SLG 1. Killebrew 1961 .606 2. Mauer 2009 .587 3. Killebrew 1969 .584

By Scot “It’s inevitable, man,” said the Twins’ Kirby Puckett, who lived through 1987, when the Twins won all six games they played under the Big Top in the American League playoffs and World Series. “It had to happen. Hopefully, it will be the only time.” Don’t think Manager Tom Kelly didn’t notice.

By Scot Then Scott Erickson held the Toronto Blue Jays scoreless for six innings and became a 20-game winner in his first full major league season when the Twins beat Toronto 3-1 at the Metrodome on Saturday night. Kirby Puckett and Kent Hrbek each drove in runs.

By Scot On Tuesday night at Comiskey Park, in a game that would have been one of the season’s best had it figured in a pennant race, Kirby Puckett ended a home run drought with a tiebreaking homer in the eighth, and Rick Aguilera ended a save drought by pitching a perfect ninth as the Twins bullpen thr...

By Scot As Jeff Lenihan reported in the Star Tribune, White Sox announcer Ken Harrelson did not take the criticism from Kent Hrbek well. “It was two different nights,” outfielder Kirby Puckett said. “And, obviously, two different results.” Box

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) Joe Mauer 2008 .328Over the 15 seasons from 1964 to 1978, Rod Carew and Tony Oliva combined to win 10 batting titles, including six in seven years from Carew. Not surprisingly Carew is the Twins' all-time leader in batting average at .334, followed by Kirby Puckett (.318) and Mauer (.317). No. 4 on...

By Leslie Monteiro On Saturday night, the Twins inducted Rick Aguilera in the Twins’ Hall of Fame. To show how well-regraded Aguilera was, the late Kirby Puckett was very upset when the Twins closer was traded. Puckett questioned the Twins’ commitment to winning.