Word: hrbek
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Taking lessons in stoicism from Rookie Manager Tom Kelly, Minnesota was inclined to regard it not as a crash but as a correction. From the July All- Star Game to the October playoffs, Gary Gaetti, Kent Hrbek and Kirby Puckett brought all their muscle to bear, and still the Twins won just nine away games. For that matter, the last time the franchise managed a World Series victory on the road, the Washington Senators won it and Walter Johnson pitched it. Naturally, the people of St. Louis cannot imagine a more genial place than Busch Stadium, though their perspective...
...Kelly, the major leagues' youngest manager at 37, inherited a ! considerable legacy from the Twins' old owner, Calvin Griffith: a powerful first baseman, Kent Hrbek; a complete third baseman, Gary Gaetti; a reliable left-handed pitcher, Frank Viola; and a little, round outfielder, Kirby Puckett. Through the ingenuity of young General Manager Andy MacPhail, 34 -- two storied baseball names, Griffith and MacPhail -- scrappy Outfielder Dan Gladden was added, along with a pair of heavy-duty relievers, Juan Berenguer from San Francisco and Jeff Reardon from Montreal. Greg Gagne has been a joyous shortstop, and Rightfielder Tom Brunansky a force...
Morris, 18-10, also gave up a fifth-inning homer to Kent Hrbek, who led the Twins with 34 during the season...
...Trammell. DP--Detroit 1, Minnesota 1. LOB--Detroit 4, Minnesota 3. 2B--Gaetti, Brunansky, Laudner. HR--Lemon (1), Hrbek (1), Whitaker (1). SB--Whitaker (1), Sheridan (1), Bush 2 (2). S--Brookens...
Boston's most inventive run came in the third when Boggs, on second after an RBI double, scored when strike-three on Dave Stapleton got past Twins' catcher Mark Salas. The catcher proceded to throw wildly to first base where Stapleton and Kent Hrbek collided, allowing Boggs to scoot home...