Minnesota Twins Uniform History 1961-1996
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In 1960 MLB granted the city of Minneapolis an expansion team. Washington Senators owner Calvin Griffith requested that he be allowed to move his team to Minneapolis and instead give Washington the expansion team. Upon league approval, the team moved to Minnesota for the 1961 season. Not wishing to alienate fans in St. Paul he named the team the Twin Cities Twins, however MLB objected. Griffith therefore named the team the Minnesota Twins. Again in deference to St. Paul, the team did not use an "M" on the caps, but was allowed to keep its original "TC" (for Twin Cities) insignia. The team finally did install an M on the caps in 1987, but during the 2000's gradually restored the famous TC.