How Minnesota Twins Milestones is played

Every card in this deck carries a hidden value on the same scale — release years and dates — and the run is one long sorting problem. The first card is dealt face up. Each card after it goes into the gap where you think it belongs, and the value only shows once it lands. Get it wrong three times and the run ends with whatever you had placed.

This deck can also be shuffled together with any other deck measured in release years and dates — tick several on the deck tree to build one longer timeline out of them.

What's in the deck

25 of the 25 cards you could be dealt. The values stay hidden until you place them.

Joined the AL as the Washington Senators The franchise began in the nation's capital
Walter Johnson made his debut The Big Train began his legendary career in Washington
Won the World Series over the Giants Walter Johnson finally got his title in a Game 7 thriller
Won the AL pennant as Washington Washington repeated as league champs but fell to Pittsburgh
Won a final Washington pennant The last capital-city flag ended in a Series loss to New York
Relocated to Minnesota as the Twins The Senators moved to the Twin Cities and Metropolitan Stadium
First Minnesota winning season In their second year, the club won 91 games
Won the AL pennant behind Versalles Zoilo Versalles's MVP season reached a Game 7 loss to Koufax
Won the first AL West title Killebrew's MVP year and Carew's bat took the new division
Won a second straight AL West Minnesota repeated as division champions
Rod Carew hit .388 and won MVP A batting champion chased .400 into September
Traded Rod Carew to California The seven-time batting champ was dealt to the Angels
The Metrodome opened An indoor stadium became the new home downtown
Won the World Series over the Cardinals The first Minnesota title rode homefield noise at the Dome
Won the World Series over the Braves A worst-to-first season ended with Jack Morris's 10-inning Game 7
Kirby Puckett's career ended Glaucoma forced the beloved outfielder into early retirement
Targeted by MLB for contraction The commissioner proposed eliminating the franchise
Won the AL Central and reached the ALCS The team advanced a year after nearly being eliminated by MLB
Johan Santana won the Cy Young The lefty's dominant second half earned a unanimous award
Morneau won MVP and Mauer the batting title A late division-clinching surge featured two award winners
Won the AL Central in a Game 163 A 12-inning win over Detroit closed out the Metrodome
Target Field opened An open-air ballpark returned outdoor baseball to Minnesota
Reached the playoffs after a 100-loss year A worst-to-wild-card turnaround made the postseason
The Bomba Squad set a home run record The club smashed a then-record 307 homers
Won a playoff series for the first time in 21 years A wild-card sweep ended a record postseason losing streak