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...Kent Hrbek flied out to left on the first pitch, but Gary Gaetti walked on four pitches, loading the bases...
...deco pattern that belongs in MOMA, not the AL and NL. At least most of their photos are much more professional than in 1981, when you couldn't tell Dick Tidrow from Dennis Lamp from Captain Caveman because of the Instamatic photos. Unfortunately, their 1988 photo of Kent Hrbek still has all the sharpness of a crayon drawing...
...will find it hard to repeat. They made no major off-season moves. The offense is solid, but if Minnesota thinks Joe Niekro (4-9, 6.26 ERA) and Steve Carlton (1-5, 6.70 ERA) still have arms, then the Twins will trip over their championship laurels. Best player: Kent Hrbek...
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...
...Harold Stassen and Viking Super Bowls in between, the hanky-waving citizenry has been desperate to be known as a winner and to lead the way. Behind 5-2 in the sixth game, they thought about despairing again, until old Don Baylor hit a two-run homer, and Hrbek a grand slam. No team had ever won all four home games in a World Series, but by a score of 11-5 and a grace as big as all indoors, the Twins won the right to try. Meanwhile, back in St. Louis, the headline writers stood by wondering which...