Game: Twins vs. Tigers (Game 163)
Date: October 6, 2009
Announcer: Chip Caray
Same game as yesterday, three innings later. I have never been this much of a wreck watching a sporting event.
6. Orlando Cabrera Turns Two
Game: Twins vs. Tigers (Game 163)
Date: October 6, 2009
Announcer: Chip Caray
Chip Caray is a terrible play-by-play guy, as evidenced by his call in the bottom of the 10th of this game:
Line drive. Base hit. Caught out there. The runner tags. Throw to the plate. On target. And in time! A double play.
7. Touch ‘Em All Kirby Puckett
Game: Twins vs. Braves (Game 6, World Series)
Date: October 26, 1991
Announcer: Jack Buck (TV), John Gordon (Radio)
This is perhaps the most memorable call in the history of Minnesota sports. Walk-off homers tend to get more replay over the years, and Kirby Puckett is a beloved hall-of-famer. It’s not my favorite call, though it’s close.
8. Andrew Brunette dekes Patrick Roy
Game: Wild @ Avalance (Game 7, first round)
Date: April 22, 2003
Announcer: ??
I didn’t watch a lick of hockey after the North Stars left, not even the Wild’s inaugural season. But when the made the playoffs in 2003, I tuned in. Down three games to one, they won game five, then won game six in overtime. Then game seven. I was definitely on edge.
9. The First Walk-Off at Target Field
Game: Twins vs. White Sox
Date: August 17, 2010
Announcer: Dick Bremer
So I have a close friend who was Jim Thome’s biggest fan. He would bring Thome signs to Twins games, and would always root for the Indians against his hometown team. He desperately wanted the Twins to sign Thome in 2003, but he went to Philadelphia. He desperately wanted the Twins to sign Thome in 2006, but he went to Chicago. And then the Twins got him when they usually get superstars, when they’re old and crippled.
10. Welcome Brett Favre to Minnesota
Game: Vikings vs. 49ers
Date: September 27, 2009
Announcer: Paul Allen
I grew up a big Brett Favre fan. For my 7th grade picture, I’m wearing a Favre shirt. I was one of those rare people who rooted for both the Vikings and the Packers. So when Favre came to the Vikings, I found myself rooting for them for the first time since 2000. I wasn’t disappointed.
11. Crede Walks-Off
Game: Twins v. Tigers
Date: May 13, 2009
Announcer: Dick Bremer
What’s better than Dick Bremer announcing a grand slam? Dick Bremer announcing a walk-off grand slam. In extra innings.
12. Kuby Smacks
Game: Twins @ Yankees
Date: May 16, 2010
Announcer: Dick Bremer
So the Twins didn’t always lose to the Yankees. I think this is like the fourth hit Rivera ever gave up to a lefty. And one of eight career grand slams in Kubel’s career.
13. The Cardinals Have Knocked The Vikings…
Game: Vikings @ Cardinals
Date: December 28, 2003
Announcer: Paul Allen
As I mentioned yesterday, despite the 6-0 start, I was not caring about the Vikings in 2003. So when they needed to fend off the lowly Cardinals to make the playoffs in the season’s final weeks I was pretty much rooting for a loss. This is the only moment on the list that wound up being something bad for a Minnesota team. Dare I say it’s the best call ever at the end of a Minnesota loss.
In fact, this moment is so famous that it was immortalized in Tecmo Super Bowl.
14. Moss’N’Moe Toss’N’Go
Game: Vikings v. Broncos
Date: October 19, 2003
Announcer: Paul Allen
After the demoralizing NFC title losses in 1998 and 2000 I didn’t care about the Vikings this year, despite their 6-0 start. But I was watching this game. And oh man, what a play.
Death By Troggles 
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