Minnesota Twins
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On July 10th, 1968, The National league announced that it planned to break into two divisions for 1969. The Eastern Division would include the New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, and St. Louis Cardinals. The Western Division would include the Los Angeles Dodges, San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds,… Read more
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Yesterday (July 6th), Sue and I took the bus from Eden Prairie to downtown Minneapolis to take in the afternoon Twins-Astros game at Target Field. Believe it or not, it was only my second Twins game of the 2024 season, and Sue’s first. While everyday at the ballpark is a good one, yesterday’s was special.… Read more
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On June 29th, 1990, Oakland’s Dave Stewart and the Dodgers’s Fernando Valenzuela both threw no-hitters. Stewart blanked the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0, and a few hours later Valenzuela did the same thing to the Saint Louis Cardinals with a final score of 6-0. The rareness of this event was possible because Stewart and Valenzuela were such absolute studs at their profession.… Read more
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I have always liked players named Willie: Willie Mays, Willie Stargell, Willie McCovey, Willie Wilson. Now that I think about it, one of my favorite cats was named Willie, as well as my favorite Classic Country singer-songwriter (Willie Nelson). A recent article in the StarTribune by Phil Miller, got me thinking the last few days… Read more
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Last week someone left a copy of the StarTribune on the lunch table at work. It was still in the plastic bag that papers are delivered in these days. Over lunch, I took the sports page to my desk and read it. Cover to cover. Spending the most time on the page with the box… Read more
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Though I have lived in the Twin Cities now for almost 40 years, I did live in a number of places before that: Northern California, Eastern Washington, Western Montana, Western Minnesota, Chicago, Houston, and Saginaw, Michigan. Beginning when I was 21 and first moved to Chicago, I picked up the habit of rooting for local… Read more
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This March 28th (Opening Day 2024), I made my first visit to Oakland Coliseum, the soon-to-be-former home now of two of my childhood teams. I say soon-to-be-former, because at the end of this baseball season, the Oakland Athletics– like my beloved Oakland Raiders before them– will cease to be anything but a memory. When Al… Read more
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At Wednesday’s Twins-Rockies game, All-World shortstop Carlos Correa came up in the 8th inning after having already gone 5 for 5 that afternoon. Another hit and he would achieve one of the rarest of feats in baseball, a 6-hit game. Sadly, he grounded out. Sitting in the stands with my fingers crossed I naturally thought… Read more
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Yesterday I went to an afternoon Twins-Rockies game with my daughter Morgan at Target Field. Between rainstorms, we got to see a whole lot of offense. 26 runs for both teams. Yesterday’s 17-9 score is, of course, an anomaly. It is a football score, not a baseball one. Especially this year. According to all relevant… Read more
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