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1960: With an expansion team all ready to begin play in Washington in 1961 the old Senators who have played in the Nation's Capital for 60 years gets the go ahead to move to Minnesota, as Metropolitan Stadium built originally for minor league baseball was renovated and expanded for Major League Baseball in the Twin Cities.

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1961: With players like Harmon Killebrew, Bob Allison, Camilo Pascual and Jim Lemon Minnesota is excited about getting Major League Baseball, as the Twins are born. However, the team does not experience a lot of success that first season and would finish in 7th place with a record of 70-90.

1962: With pitcher Jim Kaat coming into his own and Harmon Killebrew leading the League in HRs RBI the Twins reverse their record to 91-71 and finish in 2nd Place only 5 games out of first.

1963: The Twins win 91 games again, but finish a distant 13 games out of first place, while finishing in 3rd Place.

1964: Even with Harmon Killebrew leading the league with 49 HRs and Rookie of the Year Tony Oliva winning the batting crown the Twins have trouble wining and finish a disappointing 6th with a 79-83 record.

1965: The Twins jumped out of the gate and did not look back even with Harmon Killebrew missing time with injuries the Twins were the story of the American League. Tony Oliva repeated as batting champion becoming the first player to win it in each of his 1st two seasons. With Mudcat Grant winning 21 games and Zolio Versalles capturing the League MVP the Twins were well on their way to the AL Pennant. Ironically the Twins would clinch the pennant on September 26th in Washington the city they once called home. The Twins would go on to win franchise best 102-60 record. In the World Series the Twins were matched up against the Los Angeles Dodgers who had one of the best pitching rotations in the history of baseball. The Twins would get off to a flying start beating both Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax in the first 2 games at Metropolitan Stadium to take a 2-0 series lead to Los Angeles. However the Dodgers would bounce back and take the next 3 in LA as the Twins managed just 2 runs in 3 games. Down 3-2 the Twins found home cooking to their liking again as Mudcat Grant stared on the mound and at the plate, allowing just 1 run and smacking a key 3-run homer to force a 7th and deciding game. The home cooking would not last to Game 7, as the Twins were mowed down all day by Sandy Koufax, who earned his 2nd series shut out by fanning 10 Twins.

1966: The Twins experience World Series hangover and get over to a very slow start. The slow start would go on to haunt the Twins in September as they fell 8 games short of the pennant despite 25 wins from Jim Kaat, and sporting the best record in the majors after July 4th, on their way to 89-73 record, good enough for 2nd Place.

1967: With super rookie Rod Carew setting the pace Twins find themselves in the thick of one of the tightest pennant races in American League history. The Twins were in the race until the final day of the season when they faced the Red Sox in a one game decides it all final game of the season in Boston. The Twins would take an early 2-0, but the heroics of AL MVP Carl Yastrzemski would do them in as the Twins came up just 1 game short with a 91-71 record.

1968: A season ending injury to Harmon Killebrew during the All-Star game dooms the Twins to a disappointing 7th place 79-83 season.

1969: Led by Harmon Killebrew who won the AL MVP while leading the league with 49 HR and 104 RBI, and Rod Carew batting a league high .332 the Twins quickly establish themselves as the class of the AL West in the first season of divisional play. The Twins only real challenge would come form the Oakland Athletics, however taking 5 of 6 in early September allowed the Twins to cruise to an easy 1st Division title with a 97-65 record. In the 1st ever ALCS the Twins faced the Baltimore Orioles. However, the Twins would lose 2 heart-breaking games in extra innings at Baltimore to fall behind 2-0 in the series. In Game 3 not even the site of Metropolitan Stadium would help as the Orioles completed the sweep with an 11-2 romp.