Index File Question + Archival Tune
Clip: Season 2026 Episode 32 | 2m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
We reveal this famed MN Twins personnel and an archival tune from Mother Banjo Band.
We reveal this famed MN Twins personnel and an archival tune from Mother Banjo Band.
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Index File Question + Archival Tune
Clip: Season 2026 Episode 32 | 2m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
We reveal this famed MN Twins personnel and an archival tune from Mother Banjo Band.
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IT IS MINNESOTA HISTORY TIME!
AND IT'S BEEN A FEW WEEKS SINCE WE ASKED YOU A BASEBALL HISTORY QUESTION IN HONOR OF THE MINNESOTA TWINS HOME OPENER.
NO ONE GOT IT RIGHT THAT FIRST WEEK SO WE HAD TO ASK IT AGAIN.
LET'S QUICKLY REVIEW THE HINT-FILLED QUESTION.
OUR MYSTERY PERSON MADE THEIR MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT AS A MINNESOTA TWIN AT THE AGE OF 19 IN JUNE 1970.
HE DID SOMETHING DURING THE FIRST AT BAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN THAT WOULD UNFORTUNATELY BECOME A SIGNATURE PART OF HIS CAREER AND EARN HIM A PLACE IN A DUBIOUS TOP TEN LIST IN THE RECORD BOOKS.
WHO IS THIS MYSTERY PERSON AND WHAT DID HE GIVE UP IN HIS DEBUT FOR THE MINNESOTA TWINS?
HOW'D YOU DO?
THESE NEXT FOUR CALLERS... NOT SO GOOD.
>> Eric: LUCKILY MOST OF YOU DID GET THIS ONE RIGHT.
INCLUDING ONE OF OUR FAVORITE BASEBALL CARD COLLECTORS.
>> ERIC: YES, RIK ALBERT BLYLEVEN WAS THE FORMER TWIN WE SOUGHT.
THERE'S A NICE SHOT OF A YOUNG BERT ON THE MOUND.
BLYLEVEN GAVE UP A HOME RUN TO THE FIRST BATTER HE FACED IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES.
ON HIS WAY TO MAKING THE TOP TEN LIST OF HOME RUNS GIVEN UP BY AN MLB PITCHER.
BUT... HE ALSO HAD A HALL OF FAME CAREER.
AND WON A WORLD SERIES WITH THE
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