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Field of Dreams becomes Hall of Fame

National Sports

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

Local Sports

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 ...

Hit like a girl

Local Sports

NEW ULM — Sleepy Eye’s Kelsey Ladd fired up the Brown County Demo Derby crowd Thursday with plenty of big hits and an even bigger victory. Outlasting four other boys in the Gut n Go Youth Class, the 16-year-old’s strong showing led to a first-place finish that saw her awarded extra ...

Brewers battle for Class A state berth

Local Sports

By Jim Bastian sports@nujournal.com NEW ULM — When the New Ulm Brewers were moved up to Class A this year by the Minnesota Baseball Association, no one believed that the Brewers had a chance to earn a state tournament trip. But come Friday night at 7:30 p.m. in Faribault in a Section 1A ...

Twins bring Buxton back from IL

MN State Sports

DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — The Minnesota Twins reinstated All-Star center fielder Byron Buxton from the 10-day injured list before their game at the Field of Dreams on Thursday against the Philadelphia Phillies. Buxton missed the past 14 games with a right hip impingement, his second stint ...