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Not "A" problem

FARIBAULT — Two seasons ago, the New Ulm Brewers made the Class C State Amateur Baseball Tournament. Last season, New Ulm was bumped up to Class B, but made the state tournament all the same. Now in Class A, New Ulm defied the odds, coming back from being the bottom seed in the Section ...

Orioles pound out 18 hits, return to state

NEW ULM — The Leavenworth Orioles pounded out 18 hits and right-hander Mark Anderson struck out 11 in six innings as Leavenworth earned a berth in the Class C Amateur Baseball State Tournament with a 15-4 win over the Springfield Tigers Friday night at Johnson Park. The Region 2C ...

Granite Falls ends state drought, tops Stark

NEW ULM — The Granite Falls Kilowatts’ 18-season state tournament drought came to end Friday night at Mueller Park. With a 6-3 win over the Stark Longhorn in a Region 2C Amateur Baseball Tournament state-qualifying elimination game, the Kilowatts earned a Class C state tourney berth for ...

Field of Dreams becomes Hall of Fame

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer DYERSVILLE, Iowa — Major League Baseball came back to the Field of Dreams carrying a big piece of Cooperstown. The pregame pomp before the Minnesota Twins played the Philadelphia Phillies — adjacent to the farmland where the 1989 fantasy was filmed — featured 26 members of the Hall of Fame emerging from the outfield corn just as the ghost players did in the movie. With some of the loudest cheers saved for former Phillies third baseman Mike Schmidt and former Twins catcher Joe Mauer, the capacity crowd of about 8,000 at the newly constructed ...

Demo derby begins at fairgrounds

NEW ULM — The Brown County Fair hosted its annual Demolition Derby, with action starting on Thursday night. Five classes of vehicles clashed on Thursday, starting with the Youth class, then moving on to the Vans, Midsize, 80s, and finishing the night with the LTD Weld Trucks. Kelsey Ladd ...