Sam Mele is named to replace Cookie Lavagetto as the manager of the ninth-place Twins during the team’s first season in Minnesota. As a coach, the Astoria, New York native filled in as the skipper of the club while Lavagetto took a seven-game leave of absence earlier in the month.

On June 23, 1961 — Sam Mele is named to replace Cookie Lavagetto as the manager of the ninth-place Twins during the team’s first season in Minnesota. As a coach, the Astoria, New York native filled in as the skipper of the club while Lavagetto took a seven-game leave of absence earlier in the month.

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Sam Mele is named to replace Cookie Lavagetto as the manager of the ninth-place Twins during the team’s first season in Minnesota. As a coach, the Astoria, New York native filled in as the skipper of the club while Lavagetto took a seven-game leave of absence earlier in the month.

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Sam Mele is named to replace Cookie Lavagetto as the manager of the ninth-place Twins during the team’s first season in Minnesota. As a coach, the Astoria, New York native filled in as the skipper of the club while Lavagetto took a seven-game leave of absence earlier in the month.

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