Goosebumps

[ChuckLazar]

I had goosebumps watching all those great homerun hitters walk out in Houston. Great memories!!!!

[GoldVike]

No kidding!!

I see Harmon come out and all I can remember are names of the past:

Carew
Oliva
Killebrew
Allison
Versallias
Battey

When baseball was really baseball!

[savage1]

Goldvike-I lived through that era also. Don't forget Rich Rollins and Cesar Tovar.

[GoldVike]

Not to mention

Lenny Green and Jimmy Hall in the outfield as well! I think Ceasar Tovar is the last Minnesota player to play all 9 positions in one game as well!! I still have hugh autographed posters of Rich Rollins......even some of the pitchers:

Jim Kaat
Camilo Pascual
Jack Kralic
Mudcat Grant

Gotta love those guys!!

[savage1]

Don't forget also Dean Chance and Jim Merritt;I remember those names from 1967, the year of Yaz and the Impossible Dream Season.

[CoverBoy]

1967 Minnesota Twins



Complete Roster

# Pitchers Height Weight Throws Bats Date Of Birth

23 Dave Boswell 6-03 185 Right Right 01-20-1945

32 Dean Chance 6-03 200 Right Right 06-01-1941

33 Mudcat Grant 6-01 186 Right Right 08-13-1935

36 Jim Kaat 6-04 217 Left Left 11-07-1938

27 Ron Kline 6-03 205 Right Right 03-09-1932

17, 26 Jim Merritt 6-02 180 Left Left 12-09-1943

26 Mel Nelson 6-00 185 Left Right 05-30-1936

18 Jim Ollom 6-04 210 Left Right 07-08-1945

31 Jim Perry 6-04 200 Right Both 10-30-1935

19 Jim Roland 6-03 190 Left Right 12-14-1942

25 Dwight Siebler 6-02 184 Right Right 08-05-1937

15 Al Worthington 6-02 205 Right Right 02-05-1929



# Catchers Height Weight Throws Bats Date Of Birth

10 Earl Battey 6-01 205 Right Right 01-05-1935

21 Hank Izquierdo 5-11 175 Right Right 03-20-1931

5, 20 Russ Nixon 6-01 200 Right Left 02-19-1935

22 Jerry Zimmerman 6-02 185 Right Right 09-21-1934



# Infielders Height Weight Throws Bats Date Of Birth

29 Rod Carew 6-00 182 Right Left 10-01-1945

8 Ron Clark 5-10 175 Right Right 01-14-1943

24 Jackie Hernandez 6-00 175 Right Right 09-11-1940

3 Harmon Killebrew 5-11 213 Right Right 06-29-1936

7 Frank Quilici 6-00 175 Right Right 05-11-1939

20 Rich Reese 6-03 200 Left Left 09-29-1941

9 Rich Rollins 5-10 185 Right Right 04-16-1938

2 Zoilo Versalles 5-10 150 Right Right 12-18-1939




# Outfielders Height Weight Throws Bats Date Of Birth

4 Bob Allison 6-04 220 Right Right 07-11-1934

21 Walt Bond 6-07 228 Right Left 10-19-1937

30 Carroll Hardy 6-00 185 Right Right 05-18-1933

24 Andy Kosco 6-03 207 Right Right 10-05-1941

16 Frank Kostro 6-02 190 Right Right 08-04-1937

6 Tony Oliva 6-02 190 Right Left 07-20-1940

12 Cesar Tovar 5-09 155 Right Right 07-03-1940

11 Ted Uhlaender 6-02 190 Right Left 10-21-1940

28 Sandy Valdespino 5-08 170 Left Left 01-14-1939



# Other Positions Height Weight Throws Bats Date Of Birth

25 Pat Kelly 6-01 185 Left Left 07-30-1944

35 Graig Nettles 6-00 186 Right Left 08-20-1944

[savage1]

Coverboy-thanks for that;it brings back many memories.
I may just go do a search for the roster of the REAL AL Champs that year-the RED SOX(Sorry Goldy),:D
Even though, the Sox have had some better years with better teams since 1967, that year was something special for me and probably the most exciting Sox season ever coming from almost last the year before to almost take it all with Yaz leading the way.
I will never forget listening on my transistor radio waiting for the second game of a doubleheader on the last game of the season to end, which resulted in a loss for the Tigers and giving the Sox the AL title(no divisions back then).
If Sox had lost, I believe there would have been a one game playoff with the Tigers to decide it all.
Also, I cannot forget the Sat. and Sunday games, when Sox defeated Goldy's Twinkies at Fenway, a team which they had struggled with all year.
Ah yes, I have very fond memories of that year!

[CoverBoy]

Savage

Great Website ... you'll love it

www.baseball-almanac.com

there's a hyphen between baseball and almanac.

you could spend days on this site !!

talk with you later ... goin to bed ... take care.

[GoldVike]

Thanks

to BOTH of you for the info.......I was picking off players from 60-69 in my little pea brain......man I remember a bunch now that you printed them.....TED UHLANDER......a hitting machine for the shortest of times!! Sandy Valdespino was the front runner clone to Al Newman!! Congrats to your Sox that year Savage.....I remember THE PLAYOFF game to get to the playoffs with the Twins having to win it and Kaat starting and we were in GREAT SHAPE UNTIL......He blows his arm in the 2nd inning and our pen could hold the win.......I was soooooooooooooooooooo bummed!! GREAT STUFF COVERB. THANKS!! Gv