Introduction: A contender emerges in troubling times -- A new day -- The fast start -- Taking flight on a bumpy ride -- An all-star summer -- A pennant race in a rocking new world -- The stretch run -- Beating the best -- Too much Koufax, not enough contact -- Plymouth Avenue on fire -- Change in the air -- The summer of love heats up -- Getting better -- Down to the wire -- A difficult year to forget -- Billy Ball brings the Twins back to life -- Killer, Carew, two 20-game winners, and the men on the moon -- Peace, love and a division title -- In a game of inches, Twins swept away -- Four dead in Ohio -- Dutch treat pays dividends -- Baseballs and bombs -- Twins claim second AL West crown -- FM 5 -- Epilogue: What happened to the Twins?