8. January, 2002 - Minnesota, Baseball, the Twins

I hate how the strib doesn't keep stories around forever. Probably ninety percent of the broken links on Dave's Picks are due to newspapers that expire old content. There would be another link in here, along with commentary if they didn't do that.
Canadian cities a bargain for a night out, but Minneapolis is even cheaper. [fark!]
Geocaching In Minnesota. Huh. I knew it was happening. I didn't know there was a Minnesota-specific website. [weblogs]
Pat Reusse gives us Baseball history repeating itself. He's talking about the 1994 strike as well, and how it killed baseball in Montreal. But the last time contraction happened (in the 1890s) it was due to stadiums. Seems teams couldn't afford the new-fangled concrete stadiums, and those municipalities who wouldn't replace the wooden stadiums lost their major league teams.[strib]
Selig got loan from Pohlad family firm. And Carl got MLB's offer to close out the Twins for 50% above fair-market value. Quid-pro-quo? [strib]
Molitor won't be part of Twins coaching staff because he's been told by Pohlad and Selig that the Twins are probably still going to be eliminated, if not this year, then next winter. [strib]