St. Thomas alumnus Rip Conway was born in White Bear Lake on this date in 1896.

He made it to the majors with Boston (NL) in 1918, going 4-for-24 (.167) over 14 games as a pinch hitter and infielder.

Hey, four MLB hits may not seem like much, but it puts him in the top 100…

Happy 65th birthday to 1977 St. Cloud Tech graduate and @StCloudState Hall of Famer Jim Eisenreich.

He made his major league debut batting leadoff and playing center field in the #MNTwins ' first-ever regular season game at the Metrodome. twinsalmanac.com/jimeisenreich/

.Tony Oliva led off the top of the 10th inning with his first career home run on this date in 1964.

Former Austin, Minnesota townball player Bill Skowron had tied it up in the eighth. The Twins went on to win 8-6 in the nation's capital.

Joe Mauer received his American League Most Valuable Player Award in a pregame ceremony at Target Field on this date in 2010.

After missing the first 22 games of the 2009 season with a lower back injury, Mauer homered on his first swing back from the injured list. He went on to…

Nolan Ryan spoiled the #MNTwins ' home opener with a four-hit shutout on this date in 1979.

(Ryan no-hit the Twins five years earlier.)

.Rod Carew hit a four-run triple on this date in 1977, capping off a seven-run second-inning rally.

(Carew scored on a throwing error).

Minnesota Twins beat the A's 10-2 at home in Bloomington.

On This Date in 1974: In just his fifth game with the Cubs after being traded by the Twins over the offseason for fellow catcher Randy Hundley, George Mitterwald had the best game of his career, going 4-for-4 with a walk, three home runs, a double off the wall, and eight RBI in…

Watertown High School graduate and Golden Gophers all-time great Harry Elliott went 7-for-8 with a hit-by-pitch and four runs scored in a doubleheader on this date in 1955.

Sauk Rapids native Rip Repulski had three hits on the day.

Edina-Morningside graduate Bob “Rocky” Johnson hit his final major league home run off the #MNTwins ’ Jim Kaat at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on this date in 1970.

Concordia Junior College lefty Dick Siebert beat the Golden Gophers on this date in 1930, striking out 12 while issuing six walks, a wild pitch, and a balk in a sloppy 7-6 win.

Following his 11-year MLB career, Siebert coached the Gophers from 1948 until his death in 1978.

The Minnesota Twins were off to their best start in team history on this date in 1968, beating the Senators 13-1 at D.C. Stadium to improve to 6-0 on the season.

Harmon Killebrew homered and doubled in the game.

They finished the season 79-83, seventh place in the American League. The…

Jason Kubel hit a game-winning grand slam to complete the ninth cycle in Minnesota Twins history on this date in 2009.

Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog came to the Minnesota Twins clubhouse to congratulate Kent Hrbek, Don Baylor, and the rest of the team after Game 7 of the 1987 World Series.

This is a great photo of Kent Hrbek on the cover of Baseball Digest back in 1982. amzn.to/4dbh1RM

Max Kepler is the only player since at least 1961 to homer in five-straight plate appearances against the same pitcher in the same season, doing so against Trevor Bauer in 2019.

His three-home run game against Bauer on June 6 snapped an 0-for-21 skid.

In the Expansion Era…

Happy 86th birthday to Rich Rollins, who led the entire American League in All-Star voting as a rookie in 1962.

In 1963, he finished third in the AL batting race behind Carl Yastrzemski and Al Kaline with a .307 AVG.