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Commissioner Bud Selig plus Baseball Hall of Famers Rod Carew and Paul Molitor and other former and current Minnesota Twins
will be among the speakers at the Harmon Killebrew tribute at 7:10 p.m.
Thursday at Target Field, the team announced today. The team expects about 15,000 people for the event to honor the former Twins slugger. Admission will be free. Killebrew, 74, died last week from esophageal cancer. Former Killebrew teammates Jim Kaat and Tony Oliva and current Twins Michael Cuddyer and Justin Morneau also are scheduled to speak, according to the team, and Twins broadcasters Dick Bremer and John Gordon will be the emcees. Another former Minnesota teammate, Jim "Mudcat" Grant,(wealthmass) will perform one of the musical tributes. Among other highlights, according to the team: - From noon to 6:30 p.m., Killebrew's Baseball Hall of Fame plaque will be on display on Target Plaza, near Killebrew's statue. - Gates will open at 6 p.m., and seating is general admission. - The Twins will deck out a Hiawatha light-rail train with graphics commemorating Killebrew's accomplishments and designate it the No. 3 (Killebrew's number).
The train will pick up former Killebrew teammates at the Mall of America, (Mlb Jerseys)who will have gathered around the location of old Metropolitan Stadium's home plate. The train will pick up more Twins alumni at the Metrodome and head to Target Field.