When you had to be a twin to be a Minnesota Twins bat boy
Apr. 22—MINNEAPOLIS — April 1961 was a month full of change and new beginnings. In world news, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.
Closer to home, Fargo officially changed the name of 13th Street to University Drive, and about 230 miles to the southeast, Minneapolis was welcoming some new boys of summer to town. The new Major League Baseball team, the Minnesota ...
Apr. 22—MINNEAPOLIS — April 1961 was a month full of change and new beginnings. In world news, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.
Closer to home, Fargo officially changed the name of 13th Street to University Drive, and about 230 miles to the southeast, Minneapolis was welcoming some new boys of summer to town. The new Major League Baseball team, the Minnesota Twins, played their first game in the state 65 years ago this spring, on April 11, 1961. The team had moved from Washington, D.
C. , where they were the Washington Senators. While our nation's capital is synonymous with political debate and division, the team found a similar divide in its new home.
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