 Here is former Twins pitcher Frank Viola... On Carl Pohlad as an owner: "When Carl came in as owner, he put in extra money, and we put together a winning team. The nucleus of young kids was there. He asserted himself as far as putting Minnesota on the map. As the owner, he made that happen. We were never considered a big market by any means, but he did the stuff needed to make the Minnesota Twins , except for a few years in the mid-'90s, a successful team. On Pohlad's management style: "Carl did it with the right people. He knew he wasn't a Baseball man. He was the money man. He knew he had to put the Baseball team in the right hands. By having Andy McPhail, Terry Ryan and Billy Smith as general managers and Tom Kelly and Ron Gardenhire as managers, he did that." On Pohlad's legacy: "His legacy is going to be he brought a winner to Minnesota."
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Added: January 7, 2009
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