Shades of Randy Johnson and Dave Winfield! A small bird had an unfortunate experience after being struck by a pitch during Saturday’s Fort Wayne TinCaps-West Michigan Whitecaps game at Parkview Field. To set the scene: West Michigan’s Jon Maciel was throwing a 1-1 pitch to Fort Wayne’s Josh VanMeter, when a small bird flying across […]
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Siebert Field is falling down
It probably won’t cost as much to demolish Siebert Field as University of Minnesota officials anticipate: the place is falling down on its own, literally rotting away. That was evidenced yesterday when Golden Gopher athletic officials discovered part of the batters eye was down, battered by heavy winds overnight. The support post was literally rotted […]
Gophers still short on fundraising for new ballpark
The University of Minnesota still needs to raise more than a million dollars to start the first phase of renovations to decrepit Siebert Field — and that’s not counting the additional millions to complete the project. So far the school has raised a little less than $5.5 million, with the first round of renovations currently […]