Bob CollinsJim Abbott proved some years ago that you could make it to Major League Baseball as a pitcher without one hand. He even pitched a no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians in 1993.
But can you be a catcher with just one arm? Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
There was a time when broadcasters were limited in the number and location of broadcast properties they could own. Now, we’re seeing why. Read more →
In Hutchinson, Minn., the City Council holds a moment of silence if pastors aren’t available to provide an invocation for meetings. Read more →
Vadnais Heights is one of 10 northeast metro communities under a court order to reduce water usage, but it has the highest per capita use, 83 gallons per person. That’s 11 gallons per person more than the second-biggest user of water (Stillwater). Read more →
The Justice Department claimed reduced ticket service fees, even lower ticket prices, might result from a merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation. Fat chance, and eight years later, it’s been exactly what music fans and several venues expected Read more →
Marketplace moves to 6 p.m. today. ‘The Daily’ premieres at 6:30 p.m. Read more →
Much ado is being made today of a study purporting to show that the thrill of a hockey game may be bad for a guy’s heart. I say, is there a better way to go? Read more →
Jan Duffner pulled her front yard out because she’s allergic to grass. She planted wildflowers and a garden instead. A neighbor complained. Read more →
It’s the busy time of year for accountants, but Foster, who plays hockey in some ‘beer leagues’, he says, found time to play goalie last night for the Chicago Blackhawks. Read more →
Lorraine Guenther, 98, of Milwaukee, says she thought she had a deal with Minneapolis-based Thrivent Financial when a couple of insurance agents came to her Lutheran church when she was in her 60s.
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School shootings can move school administrators to act sometimes. But nothing gets their dander up like kids with a mind of their own.
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Here are the topics and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
It’s going to be tougher this year for baseball fans to get closer to the players before games, a baseball tradition as old as spitting.
Safety netting is being extended at all ballparks this year to the end of the dugouts and in many parks — Target Field is one — all the way to the foul poles. Read more →
Professional baseball players tend to be conservatives who know how to keep quiet about things that might divide their fans.
Anthony Rizzo, star of the Chicago Cubs, doesn’t care about any of that. Read more →
‘The letters shake me up because they are written by regular, everyday teenage girls from across the nation,’ Nikolas Cruz’ lawyer said. ‘That scares me. It’s perverted.’ Read more →