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Ames: No. 1 buyer of Gophers suites

April 14, 2008 - 12:00pm — Mathias Baden

Jordan resident Dick Ames' name appeared in Sid Hartman's column yesterday.

"The largest contributors to the construction of the new Gophers football stadium are being given the first opportunity to purchase the building's executive boxes," Hartman wrote. "The No. 1 buyer is Dick Ames, the construction company owner and certainly one of the top boosters of University of Minnesota athletics."


Next time, Boof loses 40 pounds

April 2, 2008 - 10:53am — Mathias Baden

When Minnesota Twins pitcher Boof Bonser reported to spring training, it was obvious he'd lost some weight -- 20 pounds, it was reported.

Then, a story in one of the big-city newspapers said 25 pounds. The next time I heard someone on the radio talking about it, Boofy had lost 30 pounds.

His rumored weight loss stayed somewhere around 25 pounds for the next few weeks, most of spring training.


How ironic, Jim Souhan

November 23, 2007 - 3:22pm — Mathias Baden


What the Strib says about the Hubmen

June 18, 2007 - 12:28pm — Mathias Baden

The Star Tribune gave the Jordan Hubmen baseball team plenty of press leading into the state tournament.

These few things were disappointing or odd, though:


Gardenhires plays Strib; Punto comes alive

June 7, 2007 - 3:58pm — Mathias Baden

Ron Gardenhire played the Strib this week -- at least, I think so.


J-O-H-A-N, spelled with one N

April 3, 2007 - 12:27pm — Mathias Baden

My day is not complete if I do not read the Star Tribune sports section.


What is Dave St. Peter talking about?

March 29, 2007 - 4:35pm — Mathias Baden

On the front page of the Minneapolis paper, Dave St. Peter, president of the Minnesota Twins, said this today:

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