» April 6, 1982: The largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota—52,279—turns out for the inaugural game at the brand-new Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. Twins rookie 3B Gary Gaetti goes 4-for-4 with a pair of home runs, and is thrown out trying to stretch a triple into a 3rd round tripper. But Seattle wins 11–7.

» May 29, 1982: At Minnesota, the Yanks put runners on 1B (Graig Nettles) and 2B (Bobby Murcer) with no outs. When Roy Smalley strikes out on a wide 3-2 pitch from Terry Felton, Murcer attempts to steal 3B. But Sal Butera's throw beats him so badly he retreats to 2B only to find Nettles there. Gary Gaetti tags Murcer who is standing safely alone on the base, and then throws to Kent Hrbek to catch Nettles heading back to 1B. Murcer then tries for 3B and Hrbek's throw to Felton covering completes the triple play. Alas, Felton, 0–8 coming into the game gets a no-decision, and will lose another five to finish his career with an 0–16 record.

» September 4, 1982: At Baltimore, Jim Palmer one-hits the Twins 3–0 for Baltimore to get his 11th consecutive victory. The only hit is Gary Gaetti's 2-out single in the 5th inning. It is Palmer's 2nd career one-hitter against the Twins.

» May 16, 1983: Despite six 9th-inning runs on solo home runs by Dave Engle and Bobby Mitchell and 2-run shots by Gary Gaetti and Mickey Hatcher, the Twins lose 7–6 to Oakland. Engle's and Hatcher's are pinch hits.

» July 18, 1986: Against Baltimore's Scott McGregor, the Twins first two batters -- Kirby Puckett and Gary Gaetti -- hit homers Puckett adds another to help the Twins to a 7–3 win. Bert Blyleven is the winner.

» October 7, 1987: In the ALCS opener, Gary Gaetti's two home runs are the difference in Minnesota's 8–5 win over Detroit at home.

» October 12, 1987: Minnesota beats Detroit 9–5 in game five of the ALCS to wrap up its first American League championship since 1965. 3B Gary Gaetti is named MVP.

» July 17, 1990: The Twins pull off a ML first—2 triple plays in the same game, in the 4th and 8th innings. Both are started on grounders to 3B Gary Gaetti, who has started five of the Twins' last six triple killings. Despite the ML record, the Red Sox win anyway, 1–0.

» September 23, 1990: Gary Gaetti hits a grand slam off the Rangers Charlie Hough for his 200th career home run, as the Twins win 6–4. It comes nine years and four days after his first ML homer, also off of Hough.

» July 20, 1993: Baltimore P Ben McDonald (7–8) hurls a 1-hit shutout to beat the Royals, 7-0. Gary Gaetti's single is the only hit.

» August 31, 1993: 3B Gary Gaetti of the Royals hits the 239th home run of his career in KC's 6-5 win over Milwaukee. By doing so, he becomes the all-time home run leader for players who homered in their 1st big league at bat, moving past Hall of Famer Earl Averill.

» October 10, 1996: St. Louis evens the NLCS with an 8-3 win over the Braves in Game two of the NLCS. Gary Gaetti hits a grand slam for the Cardinals as Todd Stottlemyre gets the win.

» September 26, 1998: Sammy Sosa has no homers but a pair of hits and scores the game–winning run as the Cubs edge Houston, 3–2. Gary Gaetti has two RBIs while Jeff Bagwell hits his 34th for the Astros.

» December 7, 1998: The Cubs sign free agent 3B Gary Gaetti, free agent OF Glenallen Hill, and tomorrow sign free agent C Benito Santiago. Following a car crash last January where he suffered mangled ligaments in his right knee, Santiago played just 15 games in 1998 for the Blue Jays. In his last appearance at Wrigley Field, in 1996, Santiago hit three consecutive home runs.

» April 29, 1999: The Devil Rays defeat the White Sox, 4–1. Tampa Bay 1B Fred McGriff homers in the contest at Comiskey Park, tying the record held by Ellis Burks and Gary Gaetti for hitting home runs in 33 different major league parks.

» May 7, 1999: At Jacobs Field, the Indians overcome a 9-1 deficit by scoring four runs in the 6th, seven runs in the 7th, and seven more in the 8th, to defeat the Devil Rays, 20-11. Down eight and winning by nine is the biggest swing since July 8, 1990, according to historian Tom Ruane. Roberto Alomar and David Justice each drive home five runs for the Tribe, who have five players get three or more hits. Tampa Bay's Fred McGriff hits a 2-run shot off another Tampa native, Dwight Gooden. For McGriff, it is the 34th ML park he has homered in, a new ML record. He was tied with Gary Gaetti and Ellis Burks.

» July 3, 1999: The Phillies defeat the Cubs, 21-8, scoring eight runs in the 1st inning and seven more with two outs in the 4th. 2B Marlon Anderson gets five hits for Philadelphia, including a home run off 3B Gary Gaetti, who is forced into mound duty for Chicago.