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May 17, 2011 by
Marcus "Mookie" Anderson
In 1987, I was college student attending my first Spring Training games in Florida when I first met Harmon Killebrew.
Today, the Minnesota Twins legend, Hall of Fame baseball player passed away. As I listened to fans calling into local Twin Cities Sports station KFAN all day to share their stories about the Killer, I reflected on my encounter 24 years ago. Read more…
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March 22, 2011 by
Marcus "Mookie" Anderson
Did President Barack Obama actually mastermind a plan to destroy this Minnesota Twins family’s annual trip to the beaches of Florida? Instead of heading to Fort Myers Florida, the unemployed Sports Daddy discusses an alternative family trip to rural South Dakota with the Sports mom. Read more & watch the funny video…
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March 18, 2011 by
Marcus "Mookie" Anderson
Originally published in the Mac Weekly (Macalester College), March, 1987 this is Part 3 of a series of articles that were written to chronicle a trip of three college buddies to Orlando, FL for Twins Spring Training games.
March 25, 1987: On Thursday morning we went to our last Spring Training game. The World Champion Mets against the Minnesota Twins, Tinker Field, Orlando!
For Matt’s sake- he’s a New York Met Fan- Bruce and I sat in a crowd of Met’s fans. The World Champs jumped out to a 6-2 lead in the second inning, and all the talk started. Met’s fans in our vicinity were all over the hapless Twins. Read more…
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March 16, 2011 by
Marcus "Mookie" Anderson
Originally published in the Mac Weekly (Macalester College), March, 1987 this is Part 1 of a series of articles that were written to chronicle a trip of three college buddies to Orlando, FL for Twins Sping Training games.
I spent the week prior to Spring Break explaining to everyone that I wasn’t going to Florida to just watch baseball; rather I was going down to learn more about the game and its culture.
March 22, 1987: With that as my intent, my friends Matt and Bruce and I drove our Volkswagen Jetta rental car to West Palm Beach from Orlando on our first day in the sunshine state. Read more…
It’s not Bob Casey, and it’s not the current line-up for 2010, but this video is announces the starting the line-up from Twins Spring Training from 2008. The Twins were playing the Red Sox this day, and they were ready for a good game.
In 1987, I was college student attending my first Spring Training games in Florida when I first met Harmon Killebrew.
