Ron Gardenhire

Former Hall of Fame manager of the Minnesota Twins

The Client: A Minnesota Baseball Legend

Ron Gardenhire—known to every Twin Cities sports fan as "Gardy"—is a pillar of the Minnesota Twins organization. He managed the club for 13 seasons (2002–2014), leading them to six AL Central division titles and earning the 2010 AL Manager of the Year award. After a stint managing the Detroit Tigers, he was officially inducted into the Twins Hall of Fame in 2022.

The Story: An "Undercover" Hall of Fame Mount

This installation remains one of the most memorable days in The Mounting Man history because of how it unfolded. I had a buddy from high school, Forrest Florczak, helping me out—this was the only job he had ever been on with me, just there to provide an extra set of hands for a massive display.

We were downstairs mounting a 75-inch TV on a tilt bracket into drywall. The homeowner was incredibly down-to-earth and retired, and as we worked, we got into the typical "What did you used to do for work?" conversation. He casually mentioned he had been with the Twins and the Tigers.

My buddy, a die-hard sports fan, pulled me aside the second the client went upstairs and whispered, "I’m positive that’s Ron Gardenhire." When he came back down, we peppered him with a few more questions to confirm the theory, but the final "reveal" didn't happen until the very end. When it was time to settle up, he wrote out a check from Ron Gardenhire.

The look on my buddy’s face was priceless—he walked away from his one and only day on the job thinking that mounting TVs for Famous Clients was just a standard Tuesday at the office.

Nerdy Insight: The "Tilt" Advantage

For a 75-inch screen in a basement or lower-level lounge, the Rocketfish tilt bracket is the "Engineering" choice for one specific reason: Perceptual Geometry.

When you're sitting on a low lounge sofa, the center of a 75-inch screen is often slightly above your natural eye line. By using a tilt bracket to angle the screen downward, we ensure the panel is perfectly perpendicular to your line of sight. This prevents the "color shifting" that can happen with large LED panels when viewed from a lower angle, keeping those Twins highlights looking crisp and vibrant.

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