Minnesota Twins Eccentricity & Ephemera: A Twinkie Town Definitive List (Round 8)

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The voice of our live baseball experiences

Rounds 1-7 Results:

  1. Herb Carneal
  2. Tom Kelly
  3. The Metrodome
  4. Jack Morris
  5. Win Twins Theme
  6. Dick Bremer
  7. Bob Casey

We sure do seem to love our Minnesota Twins voices here at Twinkie Town! With Herb Carneal eternally employed on the radio airwaves and Dick Bremer similarly so on the visual spectrum, Bob Casey was the vocal steward of the MN live baseball experience. "Kirbyyyyyyyy Puckett!" (and other fun oddities) resonate through the ages.

Next: If you were born or grew up in the 1990s, it is very possible you became a Twins fan from this forthcoming film.

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Top step skipper

Paul Molitor

  • Despite a long, Hall of Fame career elsewhere, the St. Paul-born, Gopher-playing Molitor didn't play for his hometown major league squad until 39 years of age (1996-1998). Even then, his .341 BA campaign in '96 was remarkable! After assuming various coaching roles in the Twins organization from 2005-2014, Molly assumed the top dugout perch from 2015-2018. Even after being let go, Molitor remained—and remains—active as a roving instructor.
Target Field

Target Field

  • Debuting in 2010, Target Field was—and remains to this day—a gem of a ballpark. Nestled into a Minneapolis plot that no one thought possible to accommodate a baseball yard, it has a uniquely cozy feel. It always resides in the top third of MLB ballpark lists—often in the top five! Maintained impeccably for the past 14 years—some might argue better than the on-field product—Target Field is the mirror image of its Metrodome predecessor: a glorious shrine to Minnesota baseball, only missing a championship trophy in its bowels.
Paperboy

The Star Tribune Sports Section

  • Gather 'round, children, and let me tell you of a time before the internet. In the hardscrabble analog age of human existence, following your local sporting nine was not a moment-by-moment affair. Instead, a rolled-up newsprint assemblage that magically appeared on your doorstep to meet the rising sun was often your best bet for baseball news. No shade to east Twin Cities suburbanites who received the Pioneer Press, but the west-side's Star Tribune had unassailable sports coverage that provided beat opinions and box scores to pore over for hours.
Dazzle

Dan Gladden

  • In five seasons with the Twins, Dan Gladden accumulated 5.8 WAR—not exactly the stuff of legends. Yet, legend he is in these parts. His hustle and speed were key components of two championships and he was clutch in both—a grand slam in '87 & a 10th inning double in G7 '91 that sparked the winning rally. Dazzle's "colorful" commentary aside John Gordon, Corey Provus and others in the radio booth is unique, to say the least.
Little Big League red carpet (1994)

Little Big League

  • When the Baby Boomers starting getting nostalgic in the 1990s, baseball was on the tip of their cinematic tongues. In 1994, an art-imitating-life story of the woebegone Twins hit theaters. Filmed at the Metrodome and featuring the vocal talents of John Gordon's "Wally Holland", Little Big League and its adolescent Billy Heywood gave young Twins fans a dream scenario. Whether teaching us math or exploring baseball's brand of humor, Little Big League remains an all-time classic in these parts.

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