The forgotten Minnesota Twins of 1975.
Tom Lundstedt played his third and final season of major league baseball with the Twins as a back-up catcher. According to his website, he is now known as “the funniest investment and tax guy in America!” He lives in Emphraim, Wisconsin and runs real estate and tax seminars.
Mike Pazik pitched for the Twins 1975-1977, with an ERA of 5.79. His pitching career ended when a van he was driving in with fellow pitcher Don Carrithers collided with another car going the wrong way on an exit ramp in Bloomington. He eventually became the pitching coach for the White Sox and was fired from the position in 1998. He now lives in the D.C. area and is known for being the father-in-law of Ukrainian soccer star Andriy Shevchenko. His grandson’s godfather is Silvio Berlusconi.
Mike Poepping played in 14 games during his only year of play. He had a batting average of .135 and had one RBI in 37 at bats. After another year playing AAA ball, he left baseball and became a carpenter. In 2000 he was named to the Brainerd Dispatch All-Century Baseball Team. In 2002, he was sent to jail for repeatedly peeping at his naked stepdaughter.
(One in a series of fake South 12th posts in honor of its third anniversary, written by its most faithful readers. This one is by Molly Bloom.)
