Bob Collins
The Minnesota Twins are working hard to get the snow off seats nobody will be sitting in for today’s doubleheader with the Toronto Blue Jays. Read more →
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Tag: Baseball
On this day in 1947, Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier. It’s a sad day to roll out this report, however. Hank Aaron told USA Today recently about the hate mail he got while he was pursuing Babe Ruth’s home run record. “We can talk about baseball. Talk about politics. Sure, this country Read more →
Here’s Target Field during the first pitch of today’s Twins-Oakland game. It’s not the fault of the Minnesota weather, apparently. The official attendance was announced as 20,650, which is a lie.
Miles Scott, 5, the kid who was thrown an all-day celebration last year as part of a Make A Wish dream, threw out the first pitch today for the San Francisco Giants, arriving in the Batmobile and then getting an escort to the mound while the crowd chanted, ‘Let’s Go, Batkid!’
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The family of Robert Lucier of Windsor, Ontario memorialized their dad the only way they knew how last Friday afternoon: by taking in a Detroit Tigers baseball game. Read more →
The Twins aren’t a good team. Who to blame for this? Where to start? Read more →
If you’re on social media, there’s a pretty good chance you saw this picture, which was captured by Cleveland attorney Peter Pattakos outside Friday’s Twins-Indians game in Cleveland. Read more →
A professional baseball player for the New York Mets — insert obvious New York Mets joke here — missed opening day this week because his wife had a baby.
Honk if you don’t see what’s coming next. Hint: It involves only men and sports talk radio. Read more →
In a perfect world on April Fool’s Day, the Boston Red Sox would’ve played a great joke on teammate Johnny Gomes, who bought all of his teammates the ridiculous sport coats I wrote about last week to wear at their White House meeting with President Obama today. They were being honored for last year’s World Series victory.
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Snow? Rain? Who cares? It’s opening day in the baseball season. It doesn’t matter — yet — that the local nine have no chance at a World Series. There’s green grass, warm temps, and ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’s to sing instead of shoveling snow, wind chill calculations, and school closings to talk about. Endlessly. Read more →
Baseball broadcaster Jerry Remy defends providing legal support for his son, who is charged with murder, and says doing so shouldn’t cost him his job. Read more →
The Boston Red Sox are about to make a huge fashion mistake, but there’s probably no stopping them. Player Jonny Gomes saw this jacket and liked it so much he bought one for every member of the Red Sox team that’s going to go to the White House on Tuesday, and apparently his teammates either (a) Read more →
Why, yes, thank you, we did have a great time last week overdosing on spring training baseball, squeezing in about five games in four days. We went in search of “old fashion” spring training, which was a lot like town ball in its informality and ability of fans to get close to the game and Read more →
Nate Minor
Some one get that bear a glove! Actually, it doesn’t appear that he needs it. Read more →
News that long-time St. Paul Saints season ticket holders are being squeezed out in the new park is worrisome. Read more →