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
Close to the Bone (Thompson Twins album) the time the Thompson Twins recorded "Close to the Bone" they had abandoned new wave synth-pop for light funk-inflected dance-pop. Most of "Close to the Bone" is too sterile and predictable to be truly enjoyable, yet there are a handful of tracks that serve as a reminder that the group can turn out well-constructed and catchy pop songs when they choose." Ira Robbins of "Trouser Press" felt the album was "modest and, for the most part, likable", adding: "Currie's lyrics take a surprisingly reflective approach here, suggesting doubt and anxiety instead of the usual oblique contemplations." Close to the Bone