Tony Oliva

One of my favorite players is Tony Oliva.

He was a great hitter and won three American League batting crowns.

He won consecutive batting crowns in 1964 and 1965.

Six years later, Pedro “Tony” Oliva won another in 1971.Oh could he hit!

Tony deserves serious consideration for the Baseball Hall of Fame.

He was that good!

Tony Oliva, pictured above.

Click below as Minnesota radio station KSTP announces the Twins had won their first Minnesota pennant and first for the franchise since the third and last Washington Senators’ (for that matter any Washington baseball team) pennant in 1933.

KSTP Breaking News! Minnesota Twins clinch the 1965 AL pennant! 9/26/1965 radio aircheck

The announcer is Don DuChene. There will be more about him in future posts.