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 R13:<\/a> Mauer\u2019s Final Moment 2018<\/p>\n R14:<\/a> Dozier\u2019s Comeback Capper 2015<\/p>\n R15:<\/a> Thome is my Homie 2010<\/p>\n When the Twins moved to Target Field in 2010, I had to be lured outdoors like TC Bear<\/a>. My entire baseball existence to that point had been under the Teflon roof. So when \u201cthe new place\u201d opened and balls weren\u2019t flying over fences and dramatic walk-offs weren\u2019t happening, I felt a little uneasy.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Big Jim Thome changed all that on August 17\u2026<\/p>\n You don\u2019t tug on Superman\u2019s cape. You don\u2019t spit into the wind. You don\u2019t pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger. And you don\u2019t mess around with Jim!<\/a><\/p>\n The newbie: Jose Miranda goes streaking!<\/p>\n (Note: I expect this series to continue 4-5 more weeks. I have plenty of moments\/performances to consider, but feel free to drop suggestions in the comments and I\u2019ll take them under advisement!)<\/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 Francisco Liriano\u2019s 2006 run was perhaps the greatest pitching stretch in franchise history. His signature moment that season was out-dueling Roger Clemens in Houston<\/a> on June 22, 2006. With The Rocket (5 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K) in the midst of his home-state comeback, Liriano (8 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K) outclassed the veteran in his own back yard. While by no means Frankie\u2019s best single-game performance of \u201806, beating Kody\u2019s Dad<\/a> put him on the national stage.<\/p>\n Minnesota\u2019s struggles against the Bronx Bombers did not begin in the 2000s. Despite coming over from Washington, D.C. a competitive club, the Twins couldn\u2019t get over<\/a> the early-1960s Yankees dynasty. That changed in 1965\u2014especially July 11. Trailing by one run heading into the bottom of the ninth in the final game before the All-Star Break, Harmon Killebrew stepped into the batter\u2019s box with Rich Rollins on base. NYY hurler Pete Mikkelsen didn\u2019t stand a chance<\/a>. MN cruised to a World Series berth<\/a> post-Break.<\/p>\n On July 3, 2024, Jose Miranda singled in the eighth inning of a blowout loss to the Tigers. Ho hum. But then, something inexplicable happened: Miranda reached base the next twelve consecutive at-bats\u201413 if you count a HBP mixed in! In a sport where 0-fer slumps can sometimes last weeks, Jose managed to find his way on base\u2014without the benefit of a BB\u2014a baker\u2019s dozen worth<\/a> of times in a row.<\/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":564217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2388],"tags":[60068,5,42280,49,29284,13875,139,44347,1018,17368,4993,33822,843,822,60,3190,4,3832,2300,148,1039],"class_list":["post-564216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-minnesota-twins","tag-alexi-casilla","tag-baseball","tag-bronx-bombers","tag-chicago-white-sox","tag-denard-span","tag-francisco-liriano","tag-houston","tag-jacque-jones","tag-jim-thome","tag-johan-santana","tag-jose-miranda","tag-kirby-puckett","tag-milwaukee","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-twins","tag-minnesotatwins","tag-mlb","tag-roger-clemens","tag-target-field","tag-twins","tag-world-series"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116046819363318911","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564216","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=564216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/485584a82c02eb052cc6768aa1b93210.jpeg\"\/)
Jacque Jones jolts contraction outta here (2002)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/f77f8f29d74fed45a6e899b407b7aa34.jpeg\"\/)
Francisco Liriano out-duels Roger Clemens (2006)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/a090a1a21f3840187f57ade1c20ddcdd.jpeg\"\/)
A Killer Clout (1965)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6bfe44a7d248f610ffae757b9d004142.jpeg\"\/)
No Way, Jose! (2024)<\/p>\n