Comments on: Top 40 Minnesota Twins: #33 Greg Gagne

By: duane

duane — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:07:37 +0000

Gagne’s fake double-play which caught Lonnie Smith napping in game 7 in 1991, won the world series and probably will go down as one of his greatest efforts.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:20:02 +0000

GAGS! I remember a lot of pro wrestler jokes when he first came up, but by ’87 he had pretty much set himself apart. I still recoil when i see R.D.’s name, though. Cost the team the pennant in ’84. What a hack.

By: Ted

Ted — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:58:10 +0000

Off topic, but with Uggla available for trade, is there any possibility that the Twins will pursue him? Being hampered financially probably doesn’t help. Could they afford the approximate $13 million that he is expected to get in arbitration? Do they have the prospects? Is he worth it? Do the Twins have those kind of stones?

By: nodakbob

nodakbob — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:28:10 +0000

I need to pull this out and view again, but there is a pivotal point in the final game against the Tigers in ’87
when Gagne goes deep in the hole and throws a pea to first. Bob Costas’s call still rings in my ears: “He got him!” Beautiful.

By: ML

ML — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 04:28:46 +0000

I loved (and still love) Gagne. He was Twins best defensive shortstop in my lifetime. In addition to being a good fielder he was good at being in position and for how smoothly he turned the double play. I’ll always remember the deep squat before every pitch.

By: Dave T

Dave T — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:17:47 +0000

Gagne proved to my complete satisfaction that you judge a shortstop on his fielding, not his hitting. He was the captain of the infield, and saved a lot of runs with his excellent defense. It bugs me that Roy Smalley and Ron Coomer, two good-hitting, poor-fielding infielders, are the Twins position players on the FSN broadcasts. I’d much rather see Gagne than Smalley.

By: McGivey

McGivey — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:06:51 +0000

‘Jumpin’ Jim Brunzell should be in the Twins Hall of Fame, too

By: Al

Al — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:15:54 +0000

Sadly, the 33rd best Twin is in their Hall of Fame.

By: ganderson

ganderson — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:03:23 +0000

I, too, came around on Gagne- perhaps the best thing to come out of Fall River since Lizzie Borden- he was, however, a terrible base runner- not just SBs but, at least in my memory had a knack for boneheadedness on the basepaths! Good SS, though.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:28:46 +0000

Ah, the two inside-the-park-HR game. When I was 12 I won a WCCO trivia contest at the State Fair about that.