R2<\/a>: Kirby Puckett Game 6 Dominance 1991<\/p>\n R3<\/a>: First World Series championship 1987<\/p>\n R4<\/a>: AL Champions Metrodome welcome 1987<\/p>\n R5<\/a>: Game 163 wild victory 2009<\/p>\n R6<\/a>: Mudcat\u2019s World Series must-win 1965<\/p>\n R7:<\/a> Harmon\u2019s 500th homer 1971<\/p>\n R8:<\/a> Final day AL Central title 2006<\/p>\n R9:<\/a> Kirby Puckett\u2019s Weekend for the Ages 1987<\/p>\n R10:<\/a> Breaking the Playoff Curse (TM) 2023<\/p>\n R11:<\/a> The Donnie & Hrbie Show 1987<\/p>\n R12:<\/a> Johan Santana in 17K 2007<\/p>\n A strong case can be made that Johan Santana was the greatest starting pitcher to ever spin it for this franchise. He was perhaps never better than on this day\u2026<\/p>\n In front of 36,353 Dome faithful\u2014including Twinkie Town\u2019s own<\/a> resident film buff & storyteller extraordinaire\u2014Santana was indeed (in the words of Dick Bremer): \u201cAwesome\u2026absolutely awesome!\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The newbie: A Span-tastic triple!<\/p>\n When Target Field opened to begin the 2010 season, it was clearly a beautiful new ballpark that the hometown nine excelled in. But it was missing one thing: a signature moment. Try as they might, the Twins could not muster a walk-off victory in front of the sold-out crowds for the first four-and-a-half months. But on August 17, The Man With An Ox In The Batter\u2019s Box<\/a> finally gave Target Field it\u2019s first magical memory<\/a>.<\/p>\n After 15 seasons in a Minnesota Twins\u2014and no other\u2014uniform, Minnesota\u2019s own (St. Paul) Joe Mauer stepped onto the diamond for the final time in 2018\u2019s finale. After what would quickly prove to be a Hall of Fame career<\/a>, Mauer got to enjoy a special moment in the catcher\u2019s gear<\/a> where he always felt most at home. Few eyes that beheld his heartfelt goodbye were dry at the end of it.<\/p>\n On July 10, 2015, the Twins trailed the Detroit Tigers 6-1 heading into the bottom of the ninth inning. But in a remarkable sequence of events, Brian Dozier found himself at the plate with a chance to be a hero. He didn\u2019t disappoint. In the words of Dick Bremer<\/a>: \u201cThe most electric moment at Target Field in YEARS!\u201d.<\/p>\n The 2001 offseason was undoubtedly the worst in Twins franchise history. After MLB Commissioner Bud Selig floated the contraction<\/a> idea and Twins owner Carl Pohlad was more than willing to take the payout, it took a county judge<\/a> to restore order. Jacque Jones restored between-the-white-lines order by homering in the first PA<\/a> of the 2002 season! I wasn\u2019t able to locate the audio, but Dick Bremer\u2019s \u201cAnd I hope it lands in Milwaukee!\u201d call remains iconic.<\/p>\n Denard Span\u2019s triple takes the top off (2008)<\/p>\n In the final week of the 2008 season, the Twins needed to sweep the Chicago White Sox at the Metrodome to even have a fighting chance at the AL Central crown. After taking the first two games, MN fell behind big in the finale\u2014but kept battling back. In the bottom of the 8th, Denard Span bounced a ball down the first base line that scored Carlos Gomez to tie the game and propelled this Twinkie Town writer airborne<\/a>. Alexi Casilla would later give the Twins the victory<\/a>, but Span\u2019s big blow was the buoyant moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Results R1: Jack Morris Game 7 Shutout 1991 R2: Kirby Puckett Game 6 Dominance 1991 R3: First World…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2388],"tags":[5,49,53,70231,17368,33822,822,60,3190,4,2300,56926,148,1039],"class_list":["post-529459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-minnesota-twins","tag-baseball","tag-chicago-white-sox","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-dick-bremer","tag-johan-santana","tag-kirby-puckett","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-twins","tag-minnesotatwins","tag-mlb","tag-target-field","tag-twinkie-town","tag-twins","tag-world-series"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115928831274015455","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fee533cbdce280fc946021e45af1d10d.jpeg\"\/)
Thome christens Target Field (2010)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/558adf1b6338937c6aa073743460ad44.jpeg\"\/)
Mauer\u2019s final bow (2018)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/287dc283c73aab5c167c49b6ac5c48b5.jpeg\"\/)
Dozier caps a comeback (2015)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/485584a82c02eb052cc6768aa1b93210.jpeg\"\/)
Jacque Jones jolts contraction outta here (2002)<\/p>\n