In 1965, at age 26, Jim Kaat started three of the seven World Series games for the Minnesota Twins against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Now 76, Kaat will be among nearly two dozen Twins from that 1965 club gathered at Target Field on Saturday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Minnesota's first World Series.
The Dodgers, behind future Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax, won in seven games. Koufax, recently voted one of the four greatest living baseball players, won two games, but lost to Kaat in Game 2 before 48,700 spectators at Metropolitan Stadium.