The astounding success and personal struggle of the Twins\' beloved outfielder and batting champion--from his arrival from Cuba at age twenty-two to the present If not for the botched Bay of Pigs invasion, Minnesota might never have known one of its most popular baseball players, Twins three-time batting champion and eight-time All-Star Tony Oliva.
In April 1961, the twenty-two-year-old Cuban prospect failed to impress the Twins in a tryout, but the sudden rupture in U.
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The astounding success and personal struggle of the Twins\' beloved outfielder and batting champion--from his arrival from Cuba at age twenty-two to the present If not for the botched Bay of Pigs invasion, Minnesota might never have known one of its most popular baseball players, Twins three-time batting champion and eight-time All-Star Tony Oliva
