{"id":144940,"date":"2018-05-15T10:37:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T15:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=144940"},"modified":"2018-05-15T16:12:23","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T21:12:23","slug":"frank-quilici-passes-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=144940","title":{"rendered":"Frank Quilici, of Mn Twins fame, passes, 79"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"(Star Tribune) Frank Quilici, the\u00a0 Twins ex-player, coach, manager and broadcaster died, Monday, three days after turning 79.<\/p>\n

The Star Tribune reports, Quilici, died Monday because of kidney disease at his home in Burnsville, and that,\u00a0 had been in hospice care.<\/p>\n

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The Twins released a statement during Monday night\u2019s 1-0 loss to the Mariners that read, in part, \u201cFrank not only exemplified professionalism \u2026 he also served as a community leader in the Twin Cities working to make sure youth had recreational opportunities and contributed to many other charitable causes. The club, like many of his friends throughout the game, is thinking of the Quilici family during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quilici had a 280-287 record as Twins manager from 1972 to \u201975. He played on the Twins\u2019 World Series team in 1965, and was also with them from 1967 to \u201970 as an infielder. After retiring as a player, he became a coach on Bill Rigney\u2019s staff in 1971, and was promoted to manager at age 33 when Rigney was fired in July 1972. Quilici was fired after the 1975 season and later worked as a commentator on the team\u2019s radio broadcasts.<\/p>\n

In 405 major league games, all with the Twins, Quilici hit .214 with five home runs.<\/p>\n

\u201cFew individuals have impacted the Twins organization more \u2014 or in as many ways \u2014 as the great Frank Quilici,\u201d Twins President Dave St. Peter wrote on Twitter. \u201cAs a player, coach, manager and broadcaster, Frank\u2019s love for the Twins and this community was always on display. RIP Frank.\u201d<\/p>\n

Said manager Paul Molitor: \u201cHe\u2019s been around Twins alumni events forever. I know he\u2019s had his battles. He did a lot for this organization, he was a good ambassador.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Star Tribune) Frank Quilici, the\u00a0 Twins ex-player, coach, manager and broadcaster died, Monday, three days after turning 79. The Star Tribune reports, Quilici, died Monday because of kidney disease at his home in Burnsville, and that,\u00a0 had been in hospice care. The Twins released a statement during Monday night\u2019s 1-0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":144942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144940"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145001,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144940\/revisions\/145001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/144942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}