Bob Collins
Last July, Major League Baseball used its biggest in-season stage — the All-Star Game in Minneapolis — to try to convince people that its days of creating a hostile environment for the gay athlete — or gays at all — are over. Read more →
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Tag: Baseball
The Twins made it official this morning when they announced that former star Torii Hunter has been signed for a one-year contract.
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Another first for gay men in sports today when Dale Scott became the first active baseball umpire to come out as gay. Read more →
There’s more to ‘living up to the hype’ than how much money business made on the deal. Read more →
It was another metaphorical moment for the greatest game ever invented. There is is risk in reward and, sometime, failure in playing it safe. Read more →
Baseball lends itself to a romance that no other sport can provide. This op-doc from a prison this week in the New York Times is proof of that. Read more →
Which is worse: Forgetting the words to the National Anthem or giving it a new and different interpretation?
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Fact: Football has the ratings, hockey has the excitement, basketball has the showbiz, soccer has the …. well, I don’t really understand what soccer has…. but nothing can whip up a community like a city in the throes of a World Series. Read more →
An Iowa family honors a man killed in a hay field. They went to a baseball game. Read more →
With the exception of a very small handful of teams, Major League Baseball has been notoriously sluggish when it comes to speaking out about bullying, particularly of gay youth. Read more →
If you’re a sports purist, this might be the day to avoid sports news. Read more →
The workers have finished laying the sod at the new Saint Paul Saints stadium in downtown Saint Paul.
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It’s worth pausing to recall just how long Ron Gardenhire has been on the Minnesota scene.
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For one night, the game was perfect. For one night, there was crying in baseball.
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With another 90-loss season and a likely manager firing just days away, the Minnesota sports fan might be tempted to wish baseball would simply go away.
That was before football season started, and now, we dare say, baseball has rarely looked better to these tired eyes.
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