Circle the date: Sports Headliners has learned the Twins ground breaking event for the new stadium will be Thursday, August 2. Details are still being finalized but the public is welcome at the early evening event and FSN North may televise it.
Twins president Dave St. Peter said the team might announce its naming rights partner for the new stadium by late next year. Sports Headliners has suggested Wheaties Field.
Every Sunday morning when the Twins are at home manager Ron Gardenhire pitches batting practice to young children of Twins players and others affiliated with the organization. St. Peter said Gardenhire has been following the same routine since he was a coach back in the early 1990s.
Tom Mee, whose 58 years in baseball includes the last 17 as the Twins’ official scorer, will work his last game for awhile on Wednesday. He’s headed to a family residence up north for the summer and not sure whether he will work any games in September and October.
Gopher football coach Tim Brewster will be in Brewster, Minnesota on Thursday. Brewster is a small town with about 500 people located near Worthington, and is one of several communities athletic department personnel are stopping at as part of a spring promotional tour.
Several players on the Ottawa and Anaheim teams in the Stanley Cup finals are Minnesotans. Players on the winning Stanley Cup team receive the option to have the cup for one 24-hour period during the summer so it could make a visit here, according to an e-mail from Bill Robertson of the Wild front office.
Twins’ MVP Justin Morneau, a passionate hockey fan, is picking Anaheim to win the cup.