Editing Minnesota Twins (section)

====1960s====
The Twins were eagerly greeted in Minnesota when they arrived in [[1961 Minnesota Twins season|1961]]. They brought a nucleus of talented players: Harmon Killebrew,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kxrb.com/from-the-land-of-sky-blue-waters-its-hamms-beer/ |last=McDaniel |first=Randy |date=October 9, 2017 |title=A Cold Hamm's Beer and A Hot Game OF Snooker |work=[[KXRB-FM]] |access-date=August 19, 2019}}</ref> [[Bob Allison]], [[Camilo Pascual]], [[Zoilo Versalles]], [[Jim Kaat]], [[Earl Battey]], and [[Lenny Green]]. [[Tony Oliva]], who would go on to win [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions|American League batting championships]] in [[1964 Minnesota Twins season|1964]], [[1965 Minnesota Twins season|1965]] and [[1971 Minnesota Twins season|1971]], made his major league debut in [[1962 Minnesota Twins season|1962]].  That year, the Twins won 91 games, the most by the franchise since [[1933 Washington Senators season|1933]]. Behind [[Mudcat Grant]]'s 21 victories, Versalles' [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|A.L. MVP season]] and Oliva's batting title, the Twins won 102 games and the American League Pennant in [[1965 Minnesota Twins season|1965]], but they were defeated in the [[1965 World Series|World Series]] by the [[1965 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles Dodgers]] in seven games (behind the [[World Series Most Valuable Player|Series MVP]], [[Sandy Koufax]], who compiled a 2–1 record, including winning the seventh game).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1965_WS.shtml |title=1965 World Series – Los Angeles Dodgers over Minnesota Twins (4–3) |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-date=October 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003034742/http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1965_WS.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1962, the Minnesota State Commission on Discrimination filed a complaint against the Twins, which was the only MLB team still [[Racial segregation in the United States|segregating]] players during [[spring training]] and when traveling in the southern United States.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=September 27, 2021|title=The short history of the Minnesota Twins' Calvin Griffith memorial {{!}} MinnPost|url=https://www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/2021/09/the-short-history-of-the-minnesota-twins-calvin-griffith-memorial/|access-date=November 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927031212/https://www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/2021/09/the-short-history-of-the-minnesota-twins-calvin-griffith-memorial/|archive-date=September 27, 2021}}</ref>

Heading into the final weekend of the [[1967 Minnesota Twins season|1967 season]], when [[Rod Carew]] was named the [[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year|A.L. Rookie of the Year]], the Twins, [[1967 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]], [[1967 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]], and [[1967 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] all had a shot at clinching the American League championship. The Twins and the Red Sox started the weekend tied for 1st place and played against each other in Boston for the final two games of the season. The Red Sox won both games, seizing their first pennant since 1946 with a 92–70 record. The Twins and Tigers both finished one game back, with 91–71 records, while the White Sox finished three games back, at 89–73. In 1969, the new manager of the Twins, [[Billy Martin]], pushed aggressive base running all-around, with Carew stealing home seven times in the season (1 short of [[Ty Cobb]]'s Major League Record) in addition to winning the first of seven A.L. batting championships.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19991013104045/http://baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/carew_rod.htm Rod Carew] Baseball Hall of Fame</ref> With Killebrew slugging 49 homers and winning the [[AL MVP Award]], these [[1969 Minnesota Twins season|1969 Twins]] won the first [[American League Western Division]] Championship, but they lost three straight games to the [[1969 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]], winners of 109 games, in the first [[1969 American League Championship Series|American League Championship Series]]. The Orioles would go on to be upset by the [[1969 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] in the [[1969 World Series|World Series]]. Martin was fired after the season, in part due to an August {{Baseball year|1969}} fight in [[Detroit]] with 20-game winner [[Dave Boswell (baseball)|Dave Boswell]] and outfielder Bob Allison, in an alley outside the Lindell A.C. bar. [[Bill Rigney]] led the Twins to a repeat division title in [[1970 Minnesota Twins season|1970]], behind the star pitching of Jim Perry (24–12), the A.L. [[Cy Young Award]] winner, while the Orioles again won the Eastern Division Championship behind the star pitching of [[Jim Palmer]]. Once again, the Orioles won the [[1970 American League Championship Series|A.L. Championship Series]] in a three-game sweep,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1970.shtml |title=1970 Minnesota Twins Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-date=August 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819021112/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1970.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> and this time they would win the [[1970 World Series|World Series]].