Minnesota Twins
Ol’ Kirby Puckett sure was lights out back on May 13th, 1989 when he recorded 4 doubles in a Minnesota Twins 10-8 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Kirby became the 35th major leaguer to accomplish the feat. Kirby won the AL Batting Title that season, hitting .339, & finished 2nd in doubles and 1st in hits. R.I.P.
Happy Belated B-day to the great Rod Carew. Reading over some of his career highlights was quite the learning experience; so much cool stuff in there. Here’s a couple trivia nuggets to share with your buds:
Rod was an all-star for 18 consecutive seasons (‘67-’84) Every season but his last
1967 Rookie of the Year
7x AL Batting Champ. Won it in 1972 with a .318 avg and 0 Home runs
Hit .388 in 1977 & won AL MVP
Had 3,053 hits for his career. Only 92 of those were Home runs
Stole home 17 times in his career. Did it 7 times alone in 1969.
One of four MLB players to be born in an area of Panama known as the ‘Panama Canal Zone’
His mother went into labor on a train, and named him after the Good Samaritan Doctor who delivered him, Dr. Rodney Cline.
That’s just a few of the neat things I found out about Rod. Be sure to do some side reading of your own about one of the best hitters in MLB History.
On July 17th, 1990 the Minnesota Twins, in a game against the Boston Red Sox, became the first & last team to turn two triple plays in one game. Both were sharply hit grounders to 3B Gary Gaetti who quickly tagged 3rd base and threw to 2b Al Newman who sent a strong throw to 1B Kent Hrbek to complete the 5-4-3 triple play. Unfortunately all the good fortune was in the infield that night, as the Twins failed to score a run, & lost 1-0 to the Sox. Random Stat of the Day - Gary Gaetti was apart of seven triple plays in his 20 year MLB career.
