Twins first baseman Josh Bell reflects on baseball, fatherhood and what it means to be part of a Minnesota roster leading the majors in U.S.-born Black players.
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It’s been reflection time for Twins Manager Baldelli
Manager Rocco Baldelli is looking forward to the 2025 season, while the Minnesota Twins are gearing up for spring training, with a new cable network partnership and the return of LaTroy Hawkins and Denard Span as part of the broadcasting team.
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Watkins, Lewis survive the inevitable Twins bloodletting
Tommy Watkins remains the Twins’ third base coach despite the team’s late season swoon, while Simeon Woods Richardson was demoted to the minors after hitting a rookie wall.
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College games remain affordable
Legal betting on professional sports such as Baseball, Football, Hockey, Basketball, and Soccer/Futbol is much cheaper than attending local college games, with ticket prices ranging from $10-$38 for football, $12-$33 for men’s basketball, $5-$8 for women’s basketball, $10-$28 for men’s hockey, $5-$8 for women’s hockey, and $19.62 for men’s hockey.
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MLB efforts to recruit more Black players have yet to bear fruit
‘There is a problem. We just have to be patient, and patience is not something that is who we are.’
Posted inSports, Twins/MLB
Oliva, O’Neil Hall of Fame inductions long overdue
‘He was such a complete player and a great teammate.’
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Curt Flood let the free-agency genie out of the bottle
Baseball’s free agency now is in full mode, and players are inking their names on huge money contracts.
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Saints’ Broxton eager to rejoin the majors
Keon Broxton is one of two Black players on the St. Paul Saints 40-man roster—the Saints are in their first season as the Twins’ AAA affiliate.
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Baseball great and humanitarian Hank Aaron passes at 86
Baseball and civil rights giant Henry ‘Hammerin’ Hank’ Aaron has passed away at age 86. He died peacefully in his sleep, according to his family.
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MLB embroiled in another scandal
Attendance across MLB has again declined for the seventh straight season signaling a worrisome trend.
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Boston racism belies claims of a post-racial America
What happened last week in Boston sadly shows that no matter how far baseball seems to have progressed since Jackie Robinson’s major league debut in 1947, it still resembles America’s non-post-racial ways. 2017 racism is virtually no different from 1947 racism. Robinson in ’47 was called the N-word and oft-taunted, simply because of his skin […]
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‘A long way to go’ to reach MLB diversity hiring goals
It’s been 70 years since Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s (MLB) color barrier, and it’s been 45 years, since shortly before his death in 1972, that he urged baseball to do better in regards to diversity. “His vision was to see diverse players on the field reflecting diverse coaches and those in the front […]