Minnesota
On This Day In 1987, The Twins Gave Minnesota Its First Championship
The Twins beat a 95-win Cardinals team in seven games, with the series-clinching win coming in front of 55,376 fans at exactly 10:30 p.m. on October 25th, 1987.
The Minnesota Twins were not a great team in 1986. Playing their fifth season in the already maligned Metrodome, the team averaged just 15,499 fans per game (second to last in the American League) and finished with a 71-91 record (also second worst i... [1717 chars]