Saints Be Praised: St. Paul Rewriting The Book On Baseball Promotions [Minor Enterprise] Welcome To Minor Enterprise, in which we celebrate the world of minor league baseball promotions, and occasionally help local police solve crimes. Today, a profile on the Independent American Association's St. Paul Saints, who are blazing new trails in creative baseball promotion. It's pretty safe to say that Midway Stadium in St. Paul, Minn. is the only minor league ballpark in America where one can get a professional massage from a real Catholic nun. Pictured here is Sister Rosalind.StPaul Saints vs Fort Worth Cats tickets. The Morning Hangover - Boarack Ohama Chatter The 2008 Saint Paul Saints pig has been named Boarack Ohama (Boar-AHK O-HAH-muh). We are still angry that the Saints gave our entry, Grandpa Snorts, the Heisman. Hey, Morning Hangover Chick, get Mike Veeck and Bill Murray on the horn, we want an explanation for this travesty. MLB: Twins 7, Boston 3. Sure, the Twins won three of four from the Sox. Sure, the Twins outhit and outmatched Boston throughout the series. And any other day we would focus our attention more on the games. Today, however. StPaul Saints vs Fort Worth Cats ticket. Chipotle and the St. Paul Saints: Good thinking tickets, Turns out, there is other stuff happening in the world besides this whole Buzz Bissinger nonsense. (No seriously, there is!) Take for instance Chipotle's partnership with the St. Paul Saints. You love Chipotle right? With its organic and farm fresh ingredients and the size of the burritos and the ? yeah, it's good. (I used to finish a whole Chipotle burrito on the five-. Unlikely Heroes ?It comes flying in there dipping and hopping like crazy and you just can't hit it. Ernie Banks From AP. A 53-year-old knuckleballer named Jon Secrist isn't giving up on his goal of pitching in pro baseball, and the St. Paul Saints are giving him another chance. Secrist was invited Friday by the Saints to their spring training camp after a tryout in front of manager George Tsamis. Secrist will pitch for St. Paul in an exhibition game on Tuesday night. I love stories like that. Makes. ticket. It?s Never Too Late To Learn A Knuckleball It's embarassing, really, to be one of the writers for a blog about minor league baseball - a writer who has taken it upon himself to follow the numerous independent leagues this season - and to realize after checking your RSS feed that you have been beaten to the punch (by seven hours) on a pretty cool little story. Damn you, Will Leitch! Here's the deal: the American Association's St. Paul Saints, an organization that is presided over by the legendary Mike Veeck (of the legendary Basebal. StPaul Saints vs Fort Worth Cats. Anyone Can Throw A Knuckleball! [Knuckleballs] We've always thought if there were a mainstream sports breakthrough for a woman, a sport in which a woman could compete on the same field as men, it would be as a knuckleball pitcher in Major League Baseball. It doesn't require strength, and you need to be smart. And not just women can do it: Old men could too. As a half-promotional, half-oh-what-the-hell gimmick, the St. Paul Saints have invited to camp a 53-year-old knuckleball pitcher named Jon Secrist.".I really feel good, and I'll give. tickets for StPaul Saints vs Fort Worth Cats. May 2008 Brethren, I want to take a moment to thank all of the brothers of Montgomery Lodge for all of the hard work they have put into degrees and events, and for their overall dedication to our fraternity. It seems these days that time is getting to be something we all have very little of. Yet, the past masters, officers, and brothers of Montgomery are all more than willing to set aside time to help make Montgomery a great lodge to belong to. It makes me proud to be in the East this year. local ticket brokers. April 12-13, 2008, weekend .tickets. Name The Pig Contest: Grandpa Snorts We're naming the St. Paul Saints pig Grandpa Snorts. Any of you geniuses have a problem with that? Name The Pig Contest [St. Paul Saints] .tickets. Get Your Minor League Baseball! tickets, 11:17 EST, 8:17 PST, 4:17 GMT Just a sampling of the exciting inside info us media types are privy to: Minor League Transactions American Association FORT WORTH CATS?Agreed to terms with RHP Jon Hunton. GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS?Agreed to terms with RHP Kieran Mattison. LINCOLN SALTDOGS?Agreed to terms with OF Luis Perez. Purchased the contract of OF Jonny Kaplan from Long Beach (GBL). ST. PAUL SAINTS?Agreed to terms with INF Jason Colson. Traded INF Demetrius Heath to Grand Prairie. |