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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
St. Paul Saints fire back at John Oliver with 'Plain Night'
Fans at Thursday's game between the St. Paul Saints and Norfolk Tides can expect to receive a plain piece of white paper and be treated to in-game entertainment that includes a PowerPoint presentation and white bread. Weird? Yes. Fun? Remains to be seen. A clever jab at comedian John Oliver? Yup. Oliver featured the Saints in an episode of Last Week Tonight, admonishing the team for having a boring name when other Triple-A baseball teams have names like the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, El Paso Chihuahuas, Sugar Land Space Cowboys, or the Toledo Mud Hens. Oliver offered a "total rebrand" to one minor league club, a rebrand in which the team would be allowed no input. However, on Sunday, he revealed that the team getting that treatment is the Erie SeaWolves. In response, "the Saints are leaning into the dullard nature of their name for a Meh type of game," the team says. On May 22, it'll host "Plain Night," a promotion dedicated to being as boring as possible. The first 1,000 fans will get a sheet of plain white paper as Thursday's giveaway. Then, during the game, the peanut toss will be replaced by white bread being thrown at fans during the seventh-inning stretch. That will come after a PowerPoint presentation on the jumbotron featuring all the team names that the Saints didn't take when it was founded in 1993. The names include the Accountants, Municipals, and Eastern Gray Squirrels. (I get it, but that last one is actually pretty solid and could have a great mascot.) If you want to get on the jumbotron during this historic night, don't wear a costume. The team plans to only show fans who are wearing khaki pants and a tucked-in shirt. Those fans won't be enjoying standard ballpark treats, either. The team says it'll only be serving vanilla ice cream as a dessert during the game. Additionally, anyone with the name John or Oliver will get in free, with the team adding that those are "two of the Top 150 generic men's names in the world." "In a world full of fireworks, pigs delivering baseball to umpires, and Fun is Good, the Saints are boldly choosing to do less," the team said in an announcement. "Wear your beige, tuck in that polo, and prepare for a night that redefines 'just fine.' Baseball will be played. Possibly. Fun will be had. Arguably."
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Top MN Twins Prospect Hurt Again
Chris Tilley-Imagn Images Chris Tilley-Imagn Images The Minnesota Twins made it through Spring Training with a relatively clean bill of health. They needed to do a bit of roster shuffling at the end of Grapefruit League action due to Royce Lewis and Brooks Lee being injured. They are 0-1 in regular season action after losing on Opening Day. Earlier in camp both Emmanuel Rodriguez and Walker Jenkins were slowed by ankle issues. Rodriguez missed a significant amount of time last year due to a thumb injury that ultimately required surgery. Advertisement Friday night the St. Paul Saints kicked off their season in a cold home opener. Rodriguez was cleared and played in that game. He is now already out of the lineup. Emmanuel Rodriguez scratched from Minnesota Twins Triple-A lineup Last season Emmanuel Rodriguez finished the year at Triple-A St. Paul for the Minnesota Twins. He played in just 47 games during the year after suffering a thumb injury. Ultimately it required surgery. Rodriguez went 3-for-4 on Opening Day this year, but now is dealing with a jammed thumb. The severity of Rodriguez's thumb injury is not known. However, he was originally scheduled to bat third as the designated hitter for St. Paul on Saturday. During the 11-0 victory against Indianapolis, Rodriguez had two singles and a double. He did not steal a base, but did break for second (and slid in head first) before being called back on a foul ball. He did leave the game nor was there any indication of an injury. Hopefully this is more the Saints being cautious with Rodriguez. He is a consensus top 25 prospect across all of baseball and has the potential to be a difference maker for the Minnesota Twins as early as this season. Advertisement St. Paul wound up postponing their scheduled tilt on Saturday against the Indians. That allows another day for Rodriguez to heal and get back to full strength. It's possible Sunday's game sees the same fate, and that would keep Rodriguez on the shelf until Tuesday in Columbus at least. Across 231 minor league games, Rodriguez has an incredible .457 on-base percentage. He has hit 44 home runs and stolen 49 bases. There is a significant amount of speed to his game, but given the continued issues with his thumb, Minnesota should think about mandating he slide feet first. Rodriguez being back in the lineup quickly would certainly be a positive development. For such an outstanding talent, he can't continue to be unavailable due to injuries.
CBS News
27-03-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
6-foot hot dog on offer at St. Paul Saints games this year
Baseball season is about to begin, and the Land of 10,000 Lakes will become the Land of 10,000 Calories. At least that's the new name for it at CHS Field in St. Paul. The St. Paul Saints are serving up a 6-foot-long hot dog — and yes, it's just one hot dog. The dog is loaded with pulled pork, mac and cheese, french fries and jalapeños. It comes with fries and four drinks — just enough to share with a few of your friends. In other porcine baseball news, the Saints' 2025 ballpig has a name: The Great Fatsby, in homage to St. Paul's own F. Scott Fitzgerald . "With a steady, purposeful gait, The Great Fatsby entered CHS Field dressed to impress," the Saints said. "In a luxurious, well-tailored pink suit, a hoof ring, and a cane, he put the other swines on notice: he was here to do the job like no other pig has ever done in Saints history." The Saints open their season on Friday, just a day after the Minnesota Twins do the same .
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bill Murray is bringing his new band to downtown Minneapolis
Comedian and former St. Paul Saints co-owner Bill Murray is coming to the Twin Cities, but there won't be a ball game involved. Bill Murray and His Blood Brothers, the SNL alum's band, will perform "some good ole' rock n roll" at the Orpheum Theatre in April, Hennepin Arts announced on Tuesday. It's not the recently reunited Portland hardcore group accompanying the Royal Tenenbaums star, but a group led by musicians Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia. The ensemble also features Jimmy Vivino, best known as the bandleader of Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band, Conan O'Brien's house band for Conan on TBS. The group came together in September, performing at the Big Blues Bender in Las Vegas, playing a set that combined covers and a handful of original songs. The announcement promises the just-announced tour will blend "Murray's unique charm with classic rock music." It's far from Murray's first foray into music and isn't even his first musical performance at the Orpheum. He performed with cellist Jan Vogler at the Downtown Minneapolis theater in 2018. Tickets for the show, which takes place on April 10, will go on sale on Friday, March 7 at 10 a.m.
