Heh, interesting enough — There were 4 boys in my family, the “runner-up” in the melee got to be Oliva!
The losers could be anyone else, except Babe Ruth. No one was allowed to be Babe Ruth.
Great memories.
Yeah I’m a lifelong St. Louis Cardinal (and thus National League) fan, but when I thought about the Minnesota Twins it was always Harmon Killebrew and Tony Oliva, and maybe future Cardinal Jim Kaat.