[contributed by: Rhubarb_Runner]
1991 Minnesota Twins Yearbook
This yearbook has some really great full-page photos of each of the Twins players.
Ron Gardenhire, Third-base Coach, No. 35: Gardenhire, 33, is new to the Twins parent club this year, having been promoted after three excellent years as manager of the Twins' Kenosha and Orlando minor-league affiliates, during which he never suffered a losing half-season, compiling a cumulative winning percentage of .572. Gardenhire came to the Twins from the Mets' system in 1986 and was managing at Kenosha by 1988. He was Manager of the Year in the Southern League last year.
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Personal notes:
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The David West photo looks at least 75lbs too thin.
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Who the heck is Pat Howell? I don't remember him.
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Twins players "In the Wings":Â Paul Abbott, Willie Banks, Jarvis Brown, JT Bruett, Larry Casian, Rich Garces, Terry Jorgensen, Scott Leius, Dennis Neagle, Derek Parks, Park Pittman, and Lenny WebsterÂ
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Not too much "in the wings" there.
What great looking cover -- apropos of a great Twins team.
C'mon. Jarvis Brown? He's the answer to my all-time favorite Twins trivia question.
Who did Gene Larkin pinchhit for when he hit the walk-off single in Game 7 of the 1991 WS? Jarvis came in as a pinch-runner for Chili Davis.
Gardy would have left Jarvis in to try to lay down the suicide sqeeze bunt.
And unlike the players nowdays, the Tom Kelly-trained Jarvis would have put down a beaut, I'm sure.
Jarvis came very close to being the hero in game 7. He got to third base in that pinch-running appearance, and if he'd scored, he might have produced the only run and have been remembered forever.
Oddly, the squeeze bunt is not in the Gardenhire repertoire. Even where it is an excellent choice, he ignores the possibility.
I've noticed this as well. There have been a few situations this season where I might have put on the squeeze to get the run in (remember all those runners we stranded on third this year?). But I'd go with the safety over the suicide squeeze, given our propensity to screw up bunts. You also need a really good bunter when you run the squeeze play and we don't have as many of those as we used to.
But really, you don't have to be as good a bunter on the suicide squeeze as you do on a normal sacrifice. On a normal sacrifice, you have to make sure you don't bunt right back to a pitcher or right to a charging fielder, because you're worried about a force out. On a suicide squeeze, you don't have to worry about location, you just have to get the ball on the ground. Granted, the loss is greater if you fail, but a suicide squeeze is really much eaiser than a regular sacrifice bunt.
Hey, I never noticed the name stitched into the uniform label. Leo was a fine player (from what I remember) the few seasons he was around.
good catch. I liked Leo too. Of course, I was of the age at which all players were loved.
Of course, I was of the age at which all players were loved.