Twins rookie Hicks hears from his admirers

His TV isn't working, Aaron Hicks said Tuesday. So he didn't see his face, his bat, his spectacular catch, all over "SportsCenter," over and over, after Monday's game.

But plenty of other people did.

"I've heard from a lot of people," the Twins rookie center fielder said a day after he hit two home runs and took one away from Adam Dunn with a leaping catch. "I had 87 text messages and 15 voice mails."

And a few stray tweets aimed at him, too. Torii Hunter, who held Hicks' job for nearly a decade, tweeted to his young successor, "that was a great day u had yesterday. That catch was sweet big dawg. U look like somebody I know … this Guy: @toriihunter48."

Hicks noticed the similarity, too. He was shown video in the clubhouse of Hunter robbing home runs in the Metrodome, plus one more famous Twins catch.

"Kirby [Puckett], Game 6," he said. He has seen that 1991 World Series highlight before, though only on video. "I was 2," he pointed out. After robbing the Braves' Ron Gant, Puckett "then hit a home run," Hicks said. The similarity, in action if not quite the same stage, "is definitely pretty cool."

The big question for the Twins is, does one fabulous day trigger more like it? Or at least, turn Hicks into a more dangerous hitter?

"I definitely feel better now. Feel more confident," the 23-year-old Hicks said. "This game is all about having confidence when you're up there, believing in your ability."

Robbing a home run is even more fun than hitting one, Hicks confessed, and both in the same game is about as good as it gets. Dunn's blast landed in almost the identical spot as Hicks' first homer; could the rookie have caught his own home run?

"I don't know about that," he said. "I probably would have been playing a lot more shallow against me."

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• Cole De Vries makes his third rehab start Wednesday for Rochester, and he will be allowed to throw 90 pitches. De Vries is healthy again after starting the season with a strained forearm, General Manager Terry Ryan said; now the Twins are just making sure his pitches are ready to face major leaguers.

• Outfielder Darin Mastroianni underwent new tests to make sure the stress reaction in his left ankle is completely healed, so he is not ready yet to start working out.