Jake Mauer said his grandson doesn’t have a girl friend and will not date anyone during the season so he can focus on baseball.
Jake will be selling his horse racing tip sheet for a 25th year at Canterbury Park. The Shakopee track opens on Friday, May 15.
Twins second baseman Alexi Casilla, a switch hitter, is batting .091 against left handed pitchers this season. He’s hitting .167 overall. Yesterday he was optioned to Triple-A Rochester and infielder Matt Tolbert was recalled. Tolbert, who had seven hits in his last 12 at bats, was hitting .260 at Rochester.
When the Twins Jason Kubel hit a single, double, triple and home run (grand slam) on April 17 he accomplished something that baseball greats Ty Cobb, Tony Gwynn, Willie Mays and Babe Ruth never did—hitting for the cycle. Kubel donated his batting gloves and helmet to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, https://web.baseballhalloffame.org/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090421&content_id=11962&vkey=hof_news
Assuming Brett Favre is healthy and can play at a level resembling past prowess, the arrival of No. 4 means an immediate upgrade at quarterback for the Vikings, a shuffling of the existing three-man quarterback roster, sellouts for every home game, no TV blackouts, higher broadcast ratings, a jump in merchandise sales, more sponsorship interest, soaring public popularity and maybe a better chance at winning the hearts and pocket books of state legislators for funding a new retractable roof stadium. Other than all those things, acquiring Favre is meaningless.
Former Ohio State linebacker Chris Spielman, brother of Vikings vice president of player personnel Rick Spielman, has been selected for the College Football Hall of Fame.
Nikola Peković, the 6-11 center from Serbia who the Wolves drafted last year but has yet to join them, impresses as a scorer in Europe but probably isn’t the low post shot blocker the franchise needs.