History of the Minnesota Twins games; each home team had won until Game 7, when Sandy Koufax shut out the Twins 2–0 in Minnesota. The Twins scored a total of two runs in their four losses, and were shut out three times, twice by Koufax. Although disappointed with the near-miss, the championship drive cemented the team's relationship with the people of Minnesota. The Twins would wait 22 years to return to the World Series; they defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games in the 1987 Series. In 1967, the Twins were involved in one of the closest pennant races in baseball history. Heading into
The Thompson Twins Adventure 1984 plans were already under way for a "C&VG" flexi disc release. Early plans leading to the decision to create a pop music tie-in were based on the observation that grooved media were at the time primarily used to distribute music, and after an exploratory meeting with the Thompson Twins' management team it was agreed that "C&VG" could begin organizing the creation of a video game adaptation of the Twins' "Doctor! Doctor!" single. Impressed with their work on titles like the 1983 "Ant Attack" and the 1984 "The Snowman", "Computer and Video Games" approached Rod Cousens and Mark Eyles of