Kirby Puckett of the Minnesota Twins bats during an MLB game at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois. Kirby Puckett played for the Minnesota Twins from 1984-1995. (Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
The year 1984 will go down as perhaps the craziest year in Minnesota Twins history. There were enough on-the field and off-the-field unforgettable moments to fill several seasons: an unlikely pennant race, the possible relocation of the team, a lost baseball, and the debut of a Hall of Famer. All of this and more took place during that unpredictable and unforgettable summer.
As the Twins left spring training that year, there wasn’t a lot of optimism for their on-field product.