Stubhub.com lists tickets ranging in cost from $22 to $275 for the Twins-Yankees series at the Metrodome tonight through Monday. Contrast that with the Orioles series at the dome starting on Tuesday where the range is $1 to $149.
Advance sales for the Yankee series were about 100,000 as of Wednesday afternoon, with hopes for 120,000 total, Twins vice president of marketing Patrick Klinger said via e-mail.
The Twins have to be the only team in baseball where the starting left fielder (Delmon Young) has no home runs, the right fielder (Michael Cuddyer) has one and the No. 3 hitter in the batting order (Joe Mauer) has zero. The Twins, though, rank fifth among 14 American League teams in runs scored.
Cuddyer, well-known for his love of magic, does one of his card tricks on the following Web site:https://ballhype.com/video/michael_cuddyer_s_card_trick_2/.
The annual Minnesota Twins Fantasy Camp will be January 10-18 at the Lee County Sports Complex in Fort Myers, Fla. The camp is a weeklong event for those 30 or older. Campers participate in major league-style batting and infield practice on the Twins spring training fields and play up to two games each day. Campers receive daily instruction from former Twins players attending the camp. The cost is $3,895 and more details are available at www.twinsbaseball.com.
Vikings defensive end Ray Edwards told KSTP TV’s Ryan Kibbe earlier in the month that next season he plans on breaking Michael Strahan’s NFL sack record of 22.5. Edwards, drafted on the fourth round by the Vikings in 2006, has been a part-time starter in the past but looks like a regular in 2008. Read more at https://kstp.com/article/stories/S454606.shtml?cat=10005
Coach Tim Brewster makes two appearances today to promote the Gophers’ 87-county drive to raise funds for TCF Bank Stadium. He will be at the Golden Valley McDonald’s restaurant (720 Winnetka Ave. North) at 10 a.m. and participate in the Grand Opening of the new McCafe. He will also be a guest on the “Twin Cities Live” show that airs from 3 to 4 p.m. on Ch. 5. He will talk about the 87-county tour and phase three of the fund-raising project for the stadium.
Former Mounds View star Nick Horvath became a New Zealand citizen earlier this year and is playing professional basketball in that country, according to https://www.stuff.co.nz/4563576a1823.html. Earlier this week he was averaging 17.9 points while shooting over 50 percent. A center, Horvath was averaging over 10 rebounds per game and was second in the National Basketball League in blocked shots.
Balkrisna Sukharan of Blaine has seen his horse, Lookinforthesecret, win $488,940 since January of 2007 when the six-year-old thoroughbred was purchased for $12,500. The latest success was last Saturday at Canterbury Park when the horse won the $50,000 Honor The Hero Turf Express. Lookinforthesecret has run 19 times since being purchased, winning 13 of those starts and finishing second five times.