“Twins Baseball” arrived with Graceville, Minnesota native Jay Thomas Kelly near the conclusion of the 1986 season, and culminated in a pair of World Series championships in 1987 and ’91.
Kelly is the Twins’ all-time winningest manager and one of only 58 to eclipse the 1,000 victory plateau (1,140). What’s more, just 23 skippers have led their teams to two or more Fall Classic victories, and TK is counted among them.
The 1991 American League Manager of the Year spoke with us last week to discuss Ron Gardenhire’s job stability, finding a suitable replacement for Greg Gagne at short, why comparing Aaron Hicks to Torii Hunter is a bad idea, whether the ’91 World Series was the greatest ever and ...
