Twins Hall of Fame

[BeefMaster]

19 players are up for election to the Twins Hall of Fame Class of 2005, including 6 RBIers - Dan Gladden, Gary Gaetti, Greg Gagne, Jeff Reardon, Roy Smalley, and Frank Viola.  This year, the 53-member committee that chooses members will include one "member" represented by online fan voting.

Cast your vote here.

[Nails]

Voted for Viola.

[ultimate7]

You can vote for up to 5

I voted Viola, Gaetti, Reardon, Smalley, and Gladden

[BeefMaster]

Greg Gagne to become the 22nd member of the Twins Hall of Fame

[Gantry]

Really?

[BeefMaster]

Yes.

[Gantry]

Wow

[Shooty]

The Gagne news made the Toronto 24 hour News Channel.  not sure why.

[ultimate7]

Nothing happens in Canada?

[BeefMaster]

The other major leaguer named "Gagne" was French Canadian.

[BeefMaster]

BUMP

[Shooty]

Seems like loose restrictions for the Twins Hall of Fame. 

[BeefMaster]

Gladden's kind of a combo pick, probably inducted less for his on-field play than for his work the last 15 years or so in the radio booth. I listen to quite a bit of Twins baseball on the radio, and he's pretty good - they have him do play-by-play in the middle innings, which he's getting better at but still isn't great, but as a color guy he generally knows his stuff, has some good stories about the old days, and has a good rapport with his play-by-play guys.

[BeefMaster]

Seems like loose restrictions for the Twins Hall of Fame. 

That said, yeah, it is not a difficult Hall of Fame to make, as baseball halls of fame go.

[BDawk]

The Twins have had some really nice players over the years.  Have they just inducted them all in the Hall already? 

[BeefMaster]

Yes, they have - there were already 34 members of the Twins Hall of Fame: https://www.mlb.com/twins/history/twins-hall-of-famers

That includes ten off-field people (owners, scouts, broadcasters, etc.) and a manager, but still, 23 players is a lot considering they don't acknowledge the pre-Minnesota Senators history. As far as I've been able to find, they also haven't inducted Mauer yet, although they retired his number right after he retired; it's unclear to me what the waiting period is for the team hall of fame.

[Gantry]

Dude you are a Twins blogger, you should know this shit

[Shooty]

Yes, they have - there were already 34 members of the Twins Hall of Fame: https://www.mlb.com/twins/history/twins-hall-of-famers

Where's Butch Wynegar?!?

[BeefMaster]

Honestly, he wouldn't be a crazy pick given the other guys that are in there.

Chuck Knoblauch was also voted into the Twins Hall of Fame, but he got arrested for domestic violence before the induction and they canceled it.

[BDawk]

I didn't see Tom Brunansky on that list.  He had 7 or 8 years where he was just mashing it.