Torii Awards: Inside the super-secret world of the Twins' dance parties

Twins outfielder Torii Hunter handed out awards for the best of the best from his team's postgame dance parties. Here's the video.

October 6, 2015 at 4:08PM
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Edwin Nunez (Howard Sinker/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

During the season, we heard a lot about the Twins' postgame dance parties that took place in the Target Field clubhouse after victories. It was one of Torii Hunter's ideas, and we were told that the dancing came with a fog machine and some pretty sweet moves ... and a few sour ones.

But the media wasn't allowed inside to look, so we had to imagine what they looked at.

Upload always imagined that they were a cross between the dance scene in Jailhouse Rock.

and this mash-up of Walk the Moon's Shut Up and Dance:

We still don't know the answer, but the good news is that the Twins have put video of the Torii Awards presentation from a couple of weeks back on their Facebook page.

The awards have been listed elsewhere and we don't want to spoil the surprise for those of you haven't seen them. So if you have about seven minutes, you can click on this link and take a look.

(Howard Sinker/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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Howard Sinker is digital sports editor at startribune.com and curates the website's Sports Upload blog. He is also a senior instructor in Media and Cultural Studies at Macalester College in St. Paul.

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