They are the 39th and 40th members of the organization's Hall of Fame.
The Twins honored Terry Ryan and Rick Stelmaszek, enshrining them as the 39th and 40th members of the Twins Hall of Fame with a special pregame ceremony Saturday at Target Field in Minneapolis.Ryan was the Twins general manager from 1994-2007 and from 2012-2016, helping construct several division-winning teams in the early 2000s. After the Twins won the ALDS in 2002, they were named the Organization of the Year and Ryan was named the Executive of the Year.
Ryan spoke at the event, thanking current and former Twins staff members, seemingly everyone he ever met and the organization as a whole for the honor of being enshrined in the Twins Hall of Fame.While entering an exclusive club counting a mere 40 people in its membership, he's using his entire speech to offer gratitude to everyone he possibly can.Stelmaszek was the longest-tenured coach in Twins history, spending 32 consecutive years on the Minnesota coaching staff.
There were 21 members of the Twins Hall of Fame in attendance for the ceremony, which was hosted by longtime Twins play-by-play broadcaster Dick Bremer. There were also several video tributes from current and former figures in baseball for both Stelmaszek and Ryan. Ryan and Kathie Stelmaszek threw out the ceremonial first pitches ahead of Saturday night’s game against the Cleveland Guardians.
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