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These articles were published in Metropolitan Stadium: Memorable Games at Minnesota’s Diamond on the Prairie (2022), edited by Stew Thornley. Click here to download the e-book or purchase the paperback edition.

Rod Carew (Trading Card DB)

May 14, 1975: Carew steals home as Hughes outduels Perry in Twins’ whitewash of Cleveland

Harmon Killebrew (TRADING CARD DB)

September 18, 1975: Harmon Killebrew hits his 573rd career home run

Bert Blyleven (Trading Card DB)

May 31, 1976: Twins fans boo Bert Blyleven in final start before trade

Butch Wynegar (Trading Card DB)

June 20, 1976: Youth is served as Tigers top Twins 7-3

Bert Blyleven (Trading Card DB)

July 26, 1976: Blyleven triumphant with Rangers in return to the Met

August 17, 1976: Twins’ singer sets stage for bad night with anthem flub

September 25, 1976: Official scoring controversy ends with 9th-inning hit

July 21, 1977: Hisle’s bunt helps Twins’ Goltz beat Ryan, Angels

July 27, 1978: Mike Cubbage hits for the cycle; Stan Perzanowski records his only complete-game win

Steve Trout (Trading Card DB)

September 5, 1978: Disco Dan’s blunder hands Steve Trout his first major-league win

April 17, 1979: Rod Carew returns to Minnesota as a visiting Angel

September 30, 1979: Jerry Koosman reaches 20-win plateau for second time

Geoff Zahn (Trading Card DB)

July 5, 1980: Twins’ Geoff Zahn grounds Rangers into submission

May 12, 1981: Clutch homers by Hatcher and Smalley lead Twins to win over Red Sox

Roger Erickson (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

August 10, 1981: Twins down A’s to take second-half ‘reopener’

August 15, 1981: Twins overshadowed by the past

September 30, 1981: Twins close Metropolitan Stadium with a loss

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