We're Gonna Win Twins
"We're Gonna Win Twins" is the fight song for the Minnesota Twins, played when the team takes the field before any home game. It has been used since the team moved to Minnesota in 1961. The song was written by Dick Wilson (not to be confused with Dick Wilson) and Ray Charles (not to be confused with Ray Charles) and performed by Kathy Mueller, Scott Nelson, Steve McCloon, and Mary Jane Alm.[1]
Wilson, an advertising executive and jingle writer, composed the music. The Twins bought the rights to the song from advertising agency Campbell Mithun for one dollar. The team asked Charles to revise the lyrics. The singers are The only lyrics change from the 1960s to the present was the change of the line "crack out a home run" to "knock out a home run" during the 1980s.[2]
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- Established in 1901
- Formerly the Washington Senators
- Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Twin Cities)
- American League Park
- National Park
- Griffith Stadium
- Metropolitan Stadium
- Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
- Target Field
- Spring Training: Plant Field
- Biloxi Stadium
- Tinker Field
- Hammond Stadium
- Presidential first pitch
- Homer Hanky
- Little Big League
- Major League: Back to the Minors
- Continental League
- "We're Gonna Win Twins"
- "Marching On Together"
- AL Central tie-breaker games
- Damn Yankees
- 2001 Major League Baseball contraction plan
- Statue of Calvin Griffith
- "And we'll see you tomorrow night!"
- 0-18 finally ends
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- Owner Jim Pohlad
- President Dave St. Peter
- Vice president/Chief baseball officer Derek Falvey
- General manager Thad Levine
- Manager Rocco Baldelli
championships (3)
- Triple-A
- St. Paul Saints
- Double-A
- Wichita Wind Surge
- High-A
- Cedar Rapids Kernels
- Single-A
- Fort Myers Mighty Mussels
- Rookie
- FCL Twins
- DSL Twins
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