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1987 was the first year the Twins started using their modernized logos and uniforms, which are still in use today. Only one Twin made the All-Star Game , outfielder Kirby Puckett . The highest paid player was Kent Hrbek at $1,310,000; followed by Bert Blyleven at $1,150,000.
The 1987 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1987 season.The 84th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Minnesota Twins and the National League (NL) champion St. Louis Cardinals.
The Detroit Tigers finished the 1987 regular season with the best record in all of baseball, at 98–64 (.605). They won the American League East by two games in thrilling fashion over the Toronto Blue Jays, overcoming a 3½-game deficit with a week to go, and clinching the division—and their second postseason appearance in four years—on the last day of the season with a 1–0 win over ...
The Twins blew out the Cardinals in Game 6, 11–5, to force a seventh game. Viola pitched eight solid innings in Game 7 as the Twins came back to win by a 4–2 score, securing the title. With the Twins winning Game 7 in the regulation nine innings, the 1987 World Series was the first in which no games needed the bottom of the ninth inning.
While their 56–25 record at Metrodome was the best overall home record for 1987, the Twins had an appalling 29–52 mark away from Metrodome and they only won nine road games after the All-Star break.
An image claiming to show the conjoined twins separated by Ben Carson in 1987 is FALSE, based on our research. The first image included in the post is a photo of Krista and Tatiana Hogan who were ...
From 1971 to 1986, the Twins failed to reach the postseason as their stars either retired, were traded, or fled via Free Agency. The Twins had eight straight losing seasons from 1993 to 2000 and the team was a frequent target for rumored MLB contraction, but this was followed by one of the franchise's most consistent periods of success when the ...
There were heroes in many places for the Twins at Target Field on Tuesday, as the incredible hulk of losing streaks came to an end with a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in the opener of a ...