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Former Twin, Hunter To Sign With Tigers

Jay Caldwell — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:06:13 +0000

Former Twins centerfielder Torii Hunter has agreed to sign a 2-year $26 Million contract according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports. Hunter has reportedly narrowed his choices to Texas, Detroit and Atlanta. Hunter is a 37-year old rightfielder at this point in his career. He batted .313 with 16 homeruns and 92 RBIs for the Los Angeles Angels in 2012.

2012 ALCS: Detroit Tigers Sweep New York Yankees With 8-1 Win

Joe Student — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:07:32 +0000

Jhonny Peralta homered twice, and the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees, 8-1, at Comerica Park on Thursday to sweep the American League Championship Series and advance to the World Series for the first time since 2006. American League Triple Crown-winner Miguel Cabrera and former Yankee Austin Jackson added home runs for Detroit, and [...]

State Amateur Baseball Tournament Continues

Jay Caldwell — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:00:23 +0000

The Class B and C State Amateur Baseball Tournaments continue in St. Cloud tonight. The Class B state tournament starts tonight at Dick Putz and Joe Faber Fields in St. Cloud. The Cold Spring Springers play their first game at 5pm tonight against the Austin Mounds at Putz Field. The Sauk Rapids Cyclones play against [...]

Waite Park Baseball Eliminated In Babe Ruth World Series

Jay Caldwell — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:20:00 +0000

The Waite Park 13 and under youth baseball team lost 6-3 to Greenville, North Carolina in bracket play at the 13AAA Babe Ruth World Series in Kitsap, Washington late Monday night. Waite Park is eliminated with the loss and finishes the tournament 3-2. Jack Schramel was 1-4 with a 2-run single and 3 RBIs and [...]

State Amateur Baseball Tournament Starts in St. Cloud

Jay Caldwell — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:04:37 +0000

The Class C State Amateur Baseball tournament begins today in St. Cloud at Dick Putz and Joe Faber Field. The tournament hasn’t been in St. Cloud since 2002 and this will be the first time that Putz and Faber Fields will be used for the tournament. In 2002 Putz and Cold Spring Park were used. [...]

Waite Park 13AAA Goes 2-0 In World Series

Jay Caldwell — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:25:00 +0000

The Waite Park 13AAA youth baseball team defeated host team, Kitsap, Washington in Kitsap 3-2 late Thursday night to improve to 2-0 in pool play. Michael Petron went 2-4 with 1 RBI and Peter Nelson threw 3 shutout innings for the Silverstars. Both teams had 9 hits. Kitsap is coached by St. John’s graduate Michael [...]

Rox Season Closes With Loss to Rochester

Jay Caldwell — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:36:15 +0000

The Rox ended their first season with a 6-0 loss on the road at Rochester Sunday afternoon. Rochester scored 5 runs in the 7th inning after taking a 1-0 lead in the 1st. Andy Henkemeyer and Tony Skjefte each went 1-3 for the Rox. St. Cloud managed just 3 hits in the game. Lucas Long [...]

Amateur Baseball Results; Muskies Down Clear Lake

Jay Caldwell — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:20:32 +0000

The Sartell Muskies downed Clear Lake 11-0 in 7 innings Sunday to capture the Region 1C championship. Brian Schellinger went 2-4 with 2 RBIs for Sartell. Clear Lake defeated Mora 7-6 in 10 innings earlier in the day. Brett Stinogel had a solo homerun in the 10th inning to lift Clear Lake. Sartell gets a [...]

Chris and Ricky's Morning Chuckle [VIDEO]

Chris Chapman — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:10:03 +0000

Don’t worry…no Little Leaguer’s were harmed in the making of this video!

Take Our Baseball Stadium Quiz

Chris Chapman — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:51:44 +0000

How well do you know our nation's ballparks? Take this quiz and find out! You'll notice we blurred some of the more obvious signs to make it a little bit more difficult. Good luck!

Twins Need To Trade Liriano and Span

Jay Caldwell — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:15:12 +0000

The non-waiver trade deadline in Major League Baseball is July 31 and the Twins have 2 key players that are on the market for trade, starting pitcher Francisco Liriano and centerfielder Denard Span. Liriano went from having little no value in May to having tremendous value now. The Twins are looking for pitching prospects in [...]

Former SCSU Baseball Player Gets Honor

Jay Caldwell — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:14:27 +0000

Former St. Cloud State baseball player Jordan Smith has been named the minor league player of the week in the Cleveland Indiana organization for the 2nd time this season. He batted .571 with a homerun and 8 RBIs at single-A Lake County in the Indians organization. He is batting .322 with 5 homeruns and 44 [...]

Mauer Chosen As Lone Twins' All Star

Jay Caldwell — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:33:56 +0000

The American and National League All Stars were chosen Sunday and the lone Twins’ representative is catcher Joe Mauer. Mauer was picked by Texas Manager Ron Washington to backup Texas catcher Mike Napoli. Mauer is batting .325 with 4 homeruns and 36 RBIs this season. He leads the American League in on-base-percentage at .416. Twins’ [...]

Rox End Losing Streak With Win Over Border Cats

Jay Caldwell — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:24:18 +0000

The St. Cloud Rox snapped a 14-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over Thunder Bay at Joe Faber Field Tuesday night. Alex Roberts threw 2 scoreless innings with 4 strikeouts to earn the win in relief. Adam Maxon threw a scoreless 9th inning to grab the save. St. Cloud came from down 2-0 with [...]

Cathedral Baseball Falls In Title Game

Jay Caldwell — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:18:15 +0000

The Cathedral baseball team lost 5-0 to Holy Family Monday afternoon at Target Field in the Class AA state championship game. Kasey Ralston threw the complete-game 2-hit shutout with 7 strikeouts to get the win for Holy Family. Eric Pelant allowed 3 hits and 3 earned runs in 3 1/3 innings to take the loss [...]

Cathedral Baseball Advances to State Title Game

Jay Caldwell — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:21:28 +0000

Cathedral scored 4 runs in the top of the 9th inning to beat Proctor 9-8 in 9 innings in the Class 2A state tournament semifinals at Dick Putz Field Friday afternoon. Proctor scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning but couldn’t pull out the win. Brian Minks had 3 hits and 2 [...]

Cathedral Baseball Advances to State Semifinals

Jay Caldwell — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:15:00 +0000

The Cathedral baseball team defeated Delano 5-0 Thursday night to advance to the Class AA state tournament semifinals against Proctor today at 2:30, pregame on AM 1390-the Fan at 2:25. The Crusaders scored all 5 of their runs in the 2nd inning. Eric Pelant threw a complete-game 4-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts to get the [...]

State Quarters In St. Cloud Delayed Due to Weather

Jay Caldwell — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:41:44 +0000

The Class AA state quarterfinal baseball games scheduled for today in St. Cloud have been postponed until later today due to severe storms and rain. The first game featuring Holy Family and Cannon Falls is now scheduled for 3pm at Putz Field. Roseau and Fairmont at scheduled at Putz Field at 5:30 and Proctor and [...]

Twins Call Up Parmelee, Option DeVries

Jay Caldwell — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:16:49 +0000

The Twins called up first baseman Chris Parmelee from triple-A Rochester and sent righthander Cole DeVries to triple-A Rochester to make room for Parmelee. Parmelee was batting .375 with 4 homeruns and 12 RBIs at triple-A. He was hitting .179 in 27 games with the Twins to begin the season. DeVries was 1-1 with a [...]

Cathedral Baseball Tops Albany and Heads Back to State

Jay Caldwell — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:36:49 +0000

The Cathedral baseball team defeated Albany twice Thursday night at Dick Putz Field. The Crusaders won 7-1 in game 1 before downing Albany 7-4 in 8 innings in game 2. Jeff Fasching threw 4 1/3 innings with 1 hit allowed to get the win in game 1. Drew Peschel singled in the game-winning run in [...]