SAN FRANCISCO — Christian Vázquez is known to take ground balls at third base from time to time, keeping his glove sharp there in the unlikely scenario that he is ever needed to man the hot corner. That day came … Continued
MINNEAPOLIS — Republicans got a straighter path to potential victory Saturday in what is expected to be Minnesota’s closest congressional race when GOP-endorsed candidate Tayler Rahm dropped out of a primary fight against the better-funded Joe Teirab, who already had … Continued
The idea to give Joe Mauer one last moment behind the plate was a popular one. So popular, in fact, that it’s impossible to know in whose head the spark initially appeared. “I’d like to claim the idea as mine. … Continued
Joe Mauer will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame next Sunday in Cooperstown, N.Y. The Pioneer Press, from the Hall of Fame Reference Library, has obtained comments from reports by several major league scouts on Mauer from … Continued
“The crime of the century!” So screamed headlines with relative frequency in the century immediately preceding this one. And if you measure impact by number of fictional adaptations, Chicago’s “Leopold and Loeb” case was certainly among the top handful. In … Continued