The artist who created the iconic characters of "Minnie" and "Paul" has passed away at the age of 80 after battling cancer.
Ray Barton was paid $15 in 1961 to create two baseball players shaking hands over a river as part of the Twins logo.
He was under the impression that the logo would simply be used on Dixie cups in Metropolitan Stadium, but it now majestically hovers over Target Field in right-center field, and has become one of the most cherished parts of Twins lore.
"When you think of Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew, even when you think of Kirby Puckett, you think of that logo," Twins historian Clyde Doepner told WCCO-TV .
Barton was an art designer who worked for many Twin Cities companies, including Target, but it is his Twins logo that he will be most fondly remembered for.
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