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
Hold Me Now (Thompson Twins song) hit status". Raymond Fiore from "Entertainment Weekly" said that the song "still sounds good today" and called it "the sound of new wave-pop brilliance". In 2005, the song ranked #308 in "Blender"'s list of the 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born, describing it as "a new wave let's-stay-together plea" that is "so cornball it works". The music video for "Hold Me Now" was directed by Rupert James, produced by Tim Bevan, and edited by Brian Grant and Nick Morris. The video features the Thompson Twins in a set with a blue background. Each member is standing on a platform,