God love ya, Gardy!

Sure, we should all be talking about Joe Mauer on the day he officially announced his retirement.

But can we just pause for just a moment to observe the legend of Ron Gardenhire, who showed up for Monday’s news conference, a day after Veterans Day, with a North St. Paul American Legion hat?

Gardy shares some advice for Joe Mauer’s retirement and has a job offer for the former catcher, too. 😂 pic.twitter.com/LVkBlqZxvH

— FOX Sports North (@fsnorth) November 12, 2018

About the blogger

Bob Collins

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Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.