. . . Fox Sports North's list of 50 Greatest Twins seems as good a place as any!
Rick Aguilera, Bob Allison, Earl Battey, Bert Blyleven, Lyman Bostock, Tom Brunansky, Rod Carew, John Castino, Michael Cuddyer, Gary Gaetti
Greg Gagne, Ron Gardenhire, Dan Gladden, Dave Goltz, Mudcat Grant, Eddie Guardado, Larry Hisle, Kent Hrbek, Torii Hunter, Jim Kaat
Tom Kelly, Harmon Killebrew, Chuck Knoblauch, Jerry Koosman, Corey Koskie, Gene Larkin, Billy Martin, Gene Mauch, Joe Mauer, Sam Mele
Paul Molitor, Justin Morneau, Jack Morris, Joe Nathan, Tony Oliva, Camilo Pascual, Jim Perry, Kirby Puckett, Frank Quilici, Brad Radke
Jeff Reardon, Johan Santana, Roy Smalley, Rick Stelmaczek, Kevin Tapani, Cesar Tovar, Zoilo Versalles, Frank Viola, Dave Winfield, Al Worthington
Now I have to admit, when the list was announced last year, I hadn't heard of everyone on that list. I'd heard of most of them but a few names escaped me. A few names were head scratchers and surely wouldn't be on my own list of "50 Greatest Twins". Like John Castino, Frank Quilici, and Rick Stelmaczek. Others were great MLB players but not necessarily for the Twins, like Paul Molitor and Dave Winfield. And some were deceased and would be very difficult to obtain through the mail, like Kirby, Harmon, Lyman Bostock, and Zoilo Versalles. Other names I expected to see on the list (or wanted to see on that list), were the likes of Randy Bush, Scott Erickson, Jacque Jones, Matt Lawton, Shane Mack, Doug Mientkiewicz, and Butch Wynegar.
Some of these names I was not interested in, even as a Twins fan. The rest, gave me a good place to start! Oh, and I compiled a list of my own personal All Time Favorite 15, and listed it to the right hand side of the blog. They are currently in alphabetical order, but sometimes when I'm in the midst of a dry spell (autograph receiving that is) I may post about the 15 and count backwards to my #1 favorite Twin of All Time and why they're worthy of my mention.
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