By ADAM ECOM Some franchises move and die. The Twins moved and became something better. Where They Came From The Minnesota Twins were not born in Minnesota. They started in 1901 as the Washington Senators — one of the American League's eight original franchises. They spent sixty years in the nation's capital, mostly losing, occasionally interesting, never q     mattering the way the city wanted them to. Then in 1961, owner Calvin Griffith packed the franchise up and moved it to the Upper Midwest, where the summers are short,... Read more...