Image of the day: Kent Hrbek's statue
Before Saturday's game against the Rangers, the Twins unveiled a new statue of Kent Hrbek.
By
Dayn Perry
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1 min read
Now available for your viewing pleasure outside Target Field: a curiously svelte statue of Kent Hrbek ... 
Hrbek, a Minnesota native (as the abudance of consonants in his last name would suggest), was a 17th-round pick of the Twins in 1978, and he went on to spend his entire professional career in the organization. In 14 major-league seasons, the hard-hitting first baseman clouted 293 homers and put up an OPS+ of 128. Hrbek was runner-up for the AL MVP in 1984 and a core member of the Twins' championship squads of 1987 and 1991 (the '91 World Series, of course, featured his Greco-Roman takedown of Ron Gant).
Back in '95, the Twins retired Hrbek's number 14, and he was also part of the inaugural Twins Hall of Fame class. Now, the hometown hero is cast in bronze.
