When he played in Minnesota, he was merely the best second baseman in the AL. Hitting leadoff for what some people have called the best team in history, he somehow managed to produce less than he had for the Twins. After a couple of back-and-forth trades with The Mudville Nine (the overall result of which was the Zingrods gaining Rusty Greer and losing Bernie Williams), Knoblauch was released between the 1999 and 2000 seasons.