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#311 From: "Jennifer Baukus" <hermionegranger1@...>
Date: Thu May 26, 2005 7:51 pm
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Dear Members,

  I have a friend that plays for the saints, David Shepard but he was
put on the Disabled list and has not played in a game yet does anyone
know why and when he might play again? If some one does please email
me personally at hermionegrnager1@... but i would
appreciate
it if you only email me with the anwser to my question if some one
out
there knows it.
thanks,
Jennifer

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#310 From: bladesgal21@...
Date: Thu May 26, 2005 7:33 am
Subject: Tsamis gets 300th win fmmiraclegal
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From news services

Steve Butler collected three hits, scored the winning run and drove in a run to lead the St. Paul Saints to a come-from-behind 9-7 victory over Calgary on Wednesday night at Midway Stadium.

Butler was a late lineup insertion by manager George Tsamis, who posted his 300th career victory in independent baseball. Butler replaced regular second baseman Justin Hall, whose back stiffened because of cold weather and a 30-minute rain delay to start the game.

Butler responded with three singles, the last of which came in the seventh inning as the Saints rallied for four runs. With St. Paul trailing 7-5 and runners on first and third base, Butler beat out an infield grounder and moved to second on a throwing error. Both runners scored on the play to tie the score. Adam Olow then singled Butler home to break the tie for good at 8-7.

Billy Munoz hammered his third home run in two nights in the eighth to provide insurance.

Saints starter Bryan Gaal allowed two homers in the first three innings but lasted seven innings to gain the victory.

Posted on Thu, May. 26, 2005

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#309 From: bladesgal21@...
Date: Wed May 25, 2005 8:04 am
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Billy Munoz hit two home runs, and Kris Cox had the first four-hit game of his career as the St. Paul Saints survived a late rally for a 7-6 Northern League victory over the expansion Calgary Cracker-Cats on Tuesday night at Midway Stadium.

Munoz, a former Twins farmhand, hit a solo shot and a two-run homer to help St. Paul to a 5-2 lead after three innings. It was the fourth two-home run game of his career.

Cox, who also stole two bases and drove in two runs, banged his fourth single of the night to key a two-run rally that made it 7-3. But Fehlandt Lentini hit a three-run homer off Billy Zbacnik to tighten the score.

Tim Christman gave up a walk and an infield single but struck out Carlos Duncan to earn his first save of the season. Adam Larson (1-0), making just the fourth start of his four-year career, allowed two unearned runs in five innings for the victory.

Matt Miller (0-1), the first of five Calgary pitchers, took the loss.

Posted on Wed, May. 25, 2005

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#308 From: fmikem@...
Date: Fri May 20, 2005 7:46 pm
Subject: Re: I think I am alone here... docsvenaor
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most saints fans  are over  at www.nlfan.com  chatting on the discussion boards
check it out there is a lot of activity there

HI Gerry, Ya this list is not to active, but if you know other Saints fans, please let them know about this list, so we can get it to grow and show the Saints more support.

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#307 From: "sunyhg" <sunyhg@...>
Date: Fri May 20, 2005 7:04 pm
Subject: Re: I think I am alone here... wildhockeyfan20
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HI Gerry, Ya this list is not to active, but if you know other Saints fans, please let them know about this list, so we can get it to grow and show the Saints more support.

grandson or Albert Schmidt 3rd basemen for the saints back in the 1920's

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#306 From: "Gerry" <amexpig@...>
Date: Fri May 20, 2005 6:51 pm
Subject: I think I am alone here... a_tainted_saint
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#305 From: "sunyhg" <sunyhg@...>
Date: Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:52 pm
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#304 From: bladesgal21@...
Date: Tue Apr 5, 2005 7:24 am
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Pioneer Press

The St. Paul Saints will have Adam Olow in their lineup after all. Olow, an outfielder who set a Northern League record for batting average last year, has signed a contract for the 2005 season, the team announced Monday.

The Saints sold his contract on Dec. 27 to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, who released him last weekend. He will return for his third year with the Saints when training camp opens May 5.

Olow, 26, played in the Northern League all-star game and set a league record with a .376 average to become the first Saints player to win the Northern League batting title.

He hit .333 (11 for 33) in the playoffs as the Saints won their first league title in eight seasons.

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#303 From: bladesgal21@...
Date: Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:31 am
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St. Paul Pioneer Press

Individual game tickets for the 2005 St. Paul Saints' home season will go on sale Saturday, but fans can start lining up at noon Thursday at Midway Stadium.

Fans who are in line on Friday will get a wristband as a placeholder for when tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday. The team hand out wristbands until 10 p.m. and start again at 7 a.m. Saturday.

Although the ticket office is scheduled to close at 2 p.m., general manager Derek Sharrer the Saints will sell tickets "everyone who comes to Midway has been taken care of."

Phone orders also will be accepted from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at 651-644-6659.

Those waiting in line will be treated to Krispy Kreme doughnuts, hot dogs, coffee and soda.

The club will accept group orders for all five exhibition and 48 regular-season games at Midway Stadium.

The Saints will also accept orders from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, over the phone and in person. Internet sales through www.saintsbaseball.com will begin Monday.

Tickets run from $4 for general admission to $10 reserved.

The Saints drew 280,375 fans last season and averaged more than 100 percent capacity.

The Saints' regular-season home opener is at 7:05 p.m. May 20 against Schaumburg.

Posted on Tue, Mar. 15, 2005

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#302 From: bladesgal21@...
Date: Tue Feb 8, 2005 7:55 pm
Subject: Tim Christman to return to St. Paul in 2005 fmmiraclegal
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St. Paul Saints Press Release

ST. PAUL, MN -- He's a familiar face who may return in an unfamiliar role this summer. The St. Paul Saints announced today Tim Christman, who pitched in 37 games for the team the past two seasons, has signed a 2005 contract.

In addition, the defending Northern League champs announced today they have also re-signed 1B-DH Billy Munoz, who played briefly here in 2004. "Tim is a hard thrower who can be an excellent closer and Billy swings a mighty bat," said St. Paul manager George Tsamis.

The southpaw, who turns 30 March 31, worked mainly as a setup man to Chris Chavez in 2003, winning five games and posting a solid 2.70 ERA. Last year, he was 1-0 with a save in four appearances, two of them as a starter. That was good enough to attract Seattle's interest. The Mariners bought his contract and assigned him to AAA Tacoma, where he went 2-0 with a pair of saves. Always a good strikeout pitcher, he fanned 45 batters in 39 innings for the Rainiers.

Originally taken as a 11th round pick by Colorado in 1996, Christman worked his way through the team's system to appear in one major league game for the Rockies in 2001. He was hampered by shoulder problems the next year and appeared in just 22 games for AAA Calgary and AA Portland.

He joined the Saints in June, 2003 and has averaged over a strikeout an inning, posting a 6-2 won-loss mark with two saves. For his eight-year pro career, Christman has a 22-16 won-loss mark with 15 saves in 223 games with 399 strikeouts in 338 innings of work.

"We're not sure what his role is going to be. He wants to start but he also could be a dominant closer," Tsamis said. "He throws hard and he throws strikes. That's a nice combination."

Munoz, 29, is an ex-Minnesota Twins farmhand who played just five games for St. Paul in August before suffering a wrist injury that ended his season. "We expect Billy to be a dangerous bat for us," Tsamis said. "He has a lot of power."

A lefthanded batter, Munoz hit .246 with eight home runs and 27 RBIs in 36 games at New Britain in the AA Eastern League prior to joining the Saints. Originally signed as a free agent by Cleveland in 1998, he is an seven-year veteran of all levels of minor league ball who has a career batting average of .264 with 135 doubles, 87 home runs and 384 RBIs in 683 games. He also has a career slugging average of .440.

Christman and Munoz will be on hand when the Saints open their 2005 training camp May 3 at Midway Stadium. An eight-game pre-season schedule starts May 7 against Sioux Falls at Midway (4: 05 p.m.) with the regular season set for May 20 against Schaumburg, also at Midway (7:05 p.m.).

The Saints now have six players officially under contract for 2005. Tsamis said he expects to sign more players within the next week.

02/04/05

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#301 From: bladesgal21@...
Date: Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:05 am
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CHARLEY WALTERS
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Look for the Twins to temporarily unretire the No. 29 jersey of hall of famer Rod Carew this spring.

That's because Carew has accepted an invitation from general manager Terry Ryan and manager Ron Gardenhire to return to the field in uniform as a member of the club's instructional staff for a week during spring training in Fort Myers, Fla.

* Hall of famer Paul Molitor also has been invited to participate in on-field spring training, but the Twins still haven't heard whether the St. Paul native will accept.

Molitor's Baseball Hall of Fame plaque will be shipped from Cooperstown, N.Y., to the Metrodome for display at TwinsFest on Jan. 28-30.

* The Twins are mailing offers to season-ticket holders this week for 140 padded seats that will be constructed for next season behind home plate at a cost of $85 per game. The "Dugout Box Seats" will include concierge service and more leg room than regular Metrodome seats.

* Twins catcher Joe Mauer continues to work out at Concordia-St. Paul during the holiday break without pain in his tender left knee. He will resume workouts in Fort Myers, Fla., next week.

* Bill Fanning, 49, who became the St. Paul Saints' first general manager 12 years ago and remained in that capacity until leaving last April, is involved in real estate investing in the Twin Cities.

Posted on Wed, Dec. 29, 2004

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#300 From: bladesgal21@...
Date: Sat Dec 25, 2004 7:44 am
Subject: Adam Olow set to return to St. Paul for 2005 season fmmiraclegal
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ST. PAUL, MN -- He was the league's best hitter in 2004 -- and he will be back with St. Paul in 2005, too.

The Saints announced today that Adam Olow, who set the Northern League standard for batting average last year with a .376 mark, has signed a contract for the 2005 season.

The right-handed hitting outfielder will return for his third year when training camp opens in May for the defending Northern League champs -- unless some major league organization grabs him first. "Adam was the best hitter in the league in 2004," said St. Paul manager George Tsamis. "We're still trying to get him into a big league organization because he deserves that chance. But if that doesn't work out, we're thrilled to have him in our lineup next summer."

Olow, 26, had a year to remember as he made the All-Star Game and set a Northern League record with a .376 batting average. The St. Paul player ever to win a batting crown, Adam set a team record for Hits (128) and Hit by Pitch (15) and finished just one short of the standard for doubles with 29. Baseball America took proper note by naming Olow to their first team All-Independent squad at the end of the season.

He kept it up in the post-season, hitting a solid .333 (11-for-33) as the Saints won their first Northern League title in eight seasons.

Olow is poised to rewrite the team's record book as he enters the 2005 season ranked in the top five all-time totals for the team in Runs, Hits, Doubles, Triples and RBIs.

For his five-year pro career, Olow is a lifetime .331 hitter. Tsamis, however, sees more than just batting stats in the Lemon Grove, CA native's game. "Adam has become a very good outfielder. He makes several spectacular plays that don't show up in the box score," he said.

Olow is the first St. Paul player to sign his 2005 contract. Tsamis said he expects "several more" signings in the next month or so.

The Saints set a team record in 2004 for wins with a 61-34 regular season mark. They capped the year by ousting defending NL champ Fargo-Moorhead in four games in the North Division finals and then rallying for a five-game victory over Schaumburg in the Championship Series.

December 7, 2004

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#299 From: bladesgal21@...
Date: Thu Dec 23, 2004 7:12 am
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* Midway Stadium and the trains that pass by its outfield fences received brief national TV footage Wednesday when St. Paul Saints co-owner Bill Murray was interviewed on NBC's "The Jane Pauley Show."

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#298 From: bladesgal21@...
Date: Tue Dec 21, 2004 6:59 am
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Patrick Reusse
Star Tribune

MAKO OLIVARES manages Mayaguez in the Puerto Rican Winter League. He also works for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He called Cam Bonifay, the team's director of personnel and scouting, early in that season and told him 6-7 Angel Garcia was pitching impressively for the Mantei club.

Garcia, 21, had been plagued by arm trouble and had undergone Tommy John surgery as a Twins farmhand. General Manager Terry Ryan kept Garcia off the 40-player protected list, making him eligible for the major league draft earlier this month.

"After Mako recommended Garcia, we sent a staff scout to Puerto Rico and he saw him pitch several times," Bonifay said. "We wanted to make sure he was healthy. We confirmed that. We felt like Garcia had a real high ceiling, so we decided to take a shot."

This was not the normal $50,000 shot taken by teams in the Rule 5 draft. Bonifay was so enthused that the Rays agreed to pay $150,000 to Arizona to take the pitcher with the first choice.

WAYNE TERWILLIGER will manage the Fort Worth Cats in the independent Central Baseball League again this summer. On June 27, Terwilliger will join Connie Mack -- the long-ago owner and manager of the Philadelphia Athletics -- as baseball's only 80-year-old managers. "Twig" coached first base for the Twins' World Series winners in 1987 and 1991.

Russ Nixon, 70, a Twins catcher in 1966 and 1967, also has longevity going for him. He will manage Houston's Greenville [Tenn.] rookie league team this summer, marking his 53rd consecutive season in pro ball.

December 21, 2004

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#297 From: bladesgal21@...
Date: Sun Dec 19, 2004 10:49 am
Subject: Patrick Reusse: Baseball footnote is 82 fmmiraclegal
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Patrick Reusse
Star Tribune

Howie Schultz graduated from St. Paul Central High School in 1940. He was nearly 6-6, a giant for that generation. Later, the sportswriters covering the Brooklyn Dodgers would refer to him as "The Steeple."

Schultz was headed for Hamline to play basketball for the revered coach, Joe Hutton, out of high school.

Lou McKenna was a St. Paul sportswriter. He also worked for the St. Paul Saints, a Dodgers' Class AAA farm club.

McKenna told the 17-year-old Schultz that he had a summer job for him playing for Grand Forks in the Northern League.

Schultz was there for a third summer in 1942. Come August, the Saints were caught short of players, so he was signed to complete the season in St. Paul.

"I was putting up some decent numbers for a terrible team in St. Paul in 1943," Schultz said. "The Dodgers brought me up in August, just a few weeks after my 21st birthday."

There were two categories on Schultz's r�sum� that interested Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey: A) those good numbers in St. Paul; and B) 4F status with his draft board.

"I was measured at 6-6 and one-eighth, and the limit was 6-6," he said.

Schultz had his busiest and most productive season for the Dodgers in 1944, when he was 22: 138 games, 526 at-bats, .255, with 11 home runs and 83 RBI.

The Battle of the Bulge created enough apprehension that draft boards relaxed their requirements. Schultz was called back and reclassified 1A.

He was told not to leave Minnesota to attend spring training. He finished his degree at Hamline that spring. He was to be inducted in May 1945, but the War in Europe ended, and the draft board told him he wasn't needed.

The Steeple went back to the Dodgers. He played in only 39 big-league games that season, batting .239. A year later, he played in 90 games and batted .253.

Schultz also had starred at Hamline on the 1942 team that won the first of Hutton's three National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball championships.

The small city of Anderson, Ind., had a team in the National Basketball League called the Packers. Schultz started playing there in 1946. In the spring of '47, he finished the Packers' season and showed up late for Dodgers' spring training in Havana, Cuba.

The Dodgers were training there to minimize the problems for Jackie Robinson, the player who was about to integrate major league baseball.

"His first year, Jackie played first base," Schultz said. "I'm a footnote in history -- the guy who was benched to allow baseball to be integrated."

On May 9, 1947, the Dodgers sold Schultz to Philadelphia for $50,000. He intended to retire from baseball after that season. Then, in 1948, Philadelphia's first baseman was hurt, and Schultz was convinced to return. He later would qualify for a major league pension because of his service time earned that season.

Schultz served as Anderson's player-coach in 1948-49. That summer, the NBL was absorbed into the Basketball Association of America to form the NBA. Schultz finished that season with another Indiana team, the Fort Wayne Pistons.

Some businessmen in St. Paul decided to try a team, the Lights, in another upstart league (NPBL). Schultz signed on as the player-coach.

"We lasted 20 games ... made it to Christmas," he said.

Schultz then played two seasons with the Minneapolis Lakers -- quite a bit on the title team of 1952, not so much on the title team of 1953.

When Schultz's professional career was over, he shared this distinction with Gene Conley: The only players to serve enough time to qualify for pensions from both major league baseball and the NBA.

Later, Schultz would coach at St. Paul Mechanic Arts, and then he would replace the legend, Hutton, as Hamline's coach in 1965. He stayed seven seasons at his alma mater, coached a little more in the St. Paul high schools, and then retired.

OK, readers, if you have made it this far, you might be expecting bad news on Howie.

Nope. This interview was conducted Saturday. He's 82 and doing fine. Howie and Gloria, his wife of soon-to-be 60 years, will stay in Minnesota through the holidays to be with family, then head to their winter place in Naples, Fla. There, Howie will play his three or four rounds per week on the adjacent Foxfire golf course.

"I shot my age for the first time when I was 73 and haven't missed a year since," Schultz said. "I got there [82] a couple of times this year. I can't wait until I turn 83 in July. That one stroke can make all the difference for me these days."

December 19, 2004

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#296 From: bladesgal21@...
Date: Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:10 am
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Third baseman Corey Koskie, who left the Twins for Toronto and a $17 million, three-year contract, turned down the Los Angeles Dodgers' offer of $18 million for three years. Koskie's deal with the Blue Jays includes a fourth year for $6.5 million if he achieves a certain number of at-bats.

Koskie was no fan of the cement like Metrodome field until its artificial turf was replaced this year. But at the SkyDome in Toronto, he'll have to endure a cement like field.

While in Anaheim, Calif., for baseball's winter meetings last weekend, St. Paul Saints co-owner Mike Veeck tentatively scheduled legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan for a July 29 performance at Midway Stadium. Veeck surprised officials by showing up at baseball's trade show meetings in Anaheim.

Wayne Terwilliger, who spent nine seasons as a Twins coach and seven as a coach for the St. Paul Saints, will turn 80 in June, when he'll manage the Fort Worth (Texas) Cats' independent minor league club. "Twig" has been diagnosed with bladder cancer, but said he's doing fine.

"The doctor told me I'll probably die of something else," Terwilliger said Monday from his home in Weatherford, Texas. "This probably will be my last year; it will depend on how I feel. I want to go out a winner."

Terwilliger, who still throws batting practice to his team, has more energy than most teenagers. His secret?

"Stay active," he said. "And I drink a cold beer and a small glass of wine every day. I told my doctor that and he said, 'Don't stop.' "

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#295 From: bladesgal21@...
Date: Thu Dec 2, 2004 7:09 pm
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St. Paul Saints (Northern League/Independent) - Acquired outfielder Abner Arroyo from the Brockton Rox and infielder John Ballon from the New Jersey Jackals of the CanAm League to complete previous trades; traded Arroyo and Ballon to the Sioux Falls Canaries to complete a previous trade.

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#294 From: bladesgal21@...
Date: Sun Nov 28, 2004 4:20 pm
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St. Paul Saints Press Release

ST. PAUL, MN -- The 2005 Northern League season will pick up where the 2004 season left off. Eight months and a day after the St. Paul Saints rallied for seven runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat Schaumburg, 10-6, to win the league title, the two teams will face off again to start a new year.

"All I can say is I hope they don't have the same lineup next year," said manager George Tsamis, who begins his third year at the helm of the Saints against the Flyers on Friday, May 20 at Midway Stadium. "That was as tough a series as I have even seen in independent ball. But I have a lot of respect for the Schaumburg organization and am sure they will be a solid team again in 2005."

The Saints opens the 96-game 2005 slate with a 10-game homestand. After the Flyers start it off with a four-game set, expansion foe Calgary and Kansas City visit for three games each. The Saints move into the newly formed South Division in 2005. In addition to the Flyers, Kansas City, Joliet, Gary and Lincoln will make two trips each to Midway.

Old rivals Winnipeg, Fargo-Moorhead, Sioux City and Sioux Falls have moved to the North Division with the expansion teams of Calgary and Edmonton. All but the latter visit Midway for one series in 2005.

The 48-game home schedule features a little every but of everything -- including 38 night games and 10 day games. One of those daytime affairs -- Thursday, May 26 against Calgary -- will be played at 11:05 a.m. with tickets directed towards kids.

There are two other midweek day games -- July 26 vs. Gary and August 18 vs. Schaumburg. As in the past, Sunday games will be played at 1:05 p.m. with the exception of a Fireworks Night game against Kansas City on May 29. With the exception of three games noted earlier, all Monday-Saturday starts are scheduled for 7:05 p.m. starts.

There are eight weekend series. The team is also home on Monday, July 4 for a 7:05 p.m. Fireworks Night game with Joliet. The first half of the regular season ends July 10 with a home game against Lincoln. The final regular season home game is Monday, August 29 against Sioux City. The regular season ends with a six-game road trip that finishes Sept. 4 at, ironically, Schaumburg.

The promotional schedule isn't complete yet. However, Derek Sharrer, the team's Executive Vice President/General Manager, said returning players and coaching staff will receive their rings in a pre-game ceremony prior to the game with longtime rival Winnipeg on Friday, June 24, the only regular season visit by the Goldeyes. Fargo-Moorhead, the team St. Paul defeated in the NL semifinals, makes its lone trip June 13-15 for a three-game series.

St. Paul, which set a team record with 61 wins last year, won its fourth NL title in its 12-year history when they outlasted the Flyers in a thrilling five-game series capped by Marc Mirizzi's gamewinning, grandslam home run.. It was the third NL postseason championship in four seasons for Tsamis, who skippered New Jersey to the titles in 2001-02. "We'll have a target on our backs next summer but that goes with the territory," said Tsamis, who pitched for the Minnesota Twins in 1993. "I'm looking forward to being back at Midway next summer."

The Saints report to training camp on Thursday, May 5. An eight-game preseason schedule opens two days later when Sioux Falls visits Midway Stadium for a 4:05 p.m. game.

November 17, 2004

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#293 From: bladesgal21@...
Date: Wed Nov 3, 2004 6:46 pm
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St. Paul Saints Press Release

ST. PAUL, MN -- Eben Yager has been named Assistant General Manager of the Northern League team. Yager's promotion was one of several announced by the team as the off-field restructuring begins for the 2005 season. The announcements were made by Derek Sharrer, the team's Executive Vice President and General Manager. Yager, 27, has served as Ticket Sales Director for the past two seasons.

"Eben had done a tremendous job over the past two seasons reorganizing and revitalizing our ticket sales department." Sharrer said. "He has earned the opportunity to take a more comprehensive leadership role on our staff. I'm confident he will do a great job."

Sharrer also said that Matt Hansen will replace John Kuhn (now general manager at Sioux Falls) as Director of Corporate Sales. Hansen assisted Kuhn last year in that department. Matt Bomberg will become Director of Group Ticket Sales. It will be the fourth year for each with the team, their third on a fulltime basis.

Jack Weatherman and Ron Wade, who were Sales Representatives last year, have been promoted to the titles of Corporate Sales Manager and Group Sales Manager respectively. Both joined the team prior to the 2004 season.

Dan Lehv has been hired as the team's new Director of Marketing. Lehv comes to the team after working for the past three seasons with Charleston (SC). Matt Teske, who previously interned with the team, has been hired as a Sales Representative. Both will join the club on a full-time basis in December.

The Saints, who won their first Northern League title in eight seasons in late September, expect to announce their 2005 schedule shortly. The club has been told they will open the season at home May 20 against Schaumburg, the team they defeated in the Northern League Championship Series.

November 1, 2004

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#292 From: bladesgal21@...
Date: Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:34 pm
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"Fun is Good!" the slogan used last year by the St. Paul Saints during their Northen League Championship Season, will be the slogan used by ALL Goldklang owned clubs this year.

If you ask me, Veeck is slipping!

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#291 From: bladesgal21@...
Date: Wed Sep 29, 2004 7:20 am
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Jim Souhan
Star Tribune

NEW YORK -- You can call it The House That Ruth Built. Those living in the new millennium should call it The House That Brown Punched.

On Sept. 3, pitcher Kevin Brown -- the latest overpriced, overexposed Yankees free agent -- got pulled from a game and went looking to smack something that doesn't retaliate like an American League batter.

He found a wall deep in Yankee Stadium and, employing a bizarre combination of recklessness and prudence, hit it with his left hand, not the one with which he is overpaid to pitch. If there were MENSA chapters for those who stop just short of criminal stupidity, Brown would be its treasurer.

So Brown convalesces, having failed to last one inning while wearing a padded glove against Boston last weekend, and wouldn't it have been better if he had worn one of those foam We're No. 1 hands, with the index finger pointing skyward, indicating the number of healthy and reliable starters available to Yankees manager Joe Torre?

Look at the Yankees rotation heading into October, and you envision Saints manager George Tsamis drooling, wondering which will start for him next Opening Day at Midway Stadium.

Somehow boss George Steinbrenner spent $185 million trying to win the World Series, and wound up with a rotation that might not make it out of the first round. George made his money building ships. So why would he build a yacht without a propeller?

Oh, there's nothing wrong with Mike Mussina, other than an un-Moose-like 4.59 ERA and a season cleaved by arm problems. He would make a good No. 2 or 3 starter in the playoffs. Problem is, he'll have to start Game 1, perhaps against the Twins' Johan Santana. If that were a boxing match, Mussina's relatives would ask him to buy extra life insurance.

So Mussina pitches Game 1. Who pitches Game 2? (Whitey Ford is not eligible.)

The answer -- and this is not a reality show in which your next-door neighbor wins a chance to pitch in an American League playoff game -- is Jon Lieber. His primary qualification is that he has pitched well at Yankee Stadium this year, which would be an even more impressive qualification if his name weren't Jon Lieber.

Game 3? (This is going to make George so mad he's going to invent a new nickname for Dave Winfield.) Answer: Righthander Orlando (El Duque) Hernandez.

Oops. Hernandez got scratched Tuesday from his scheduled start, citing a "tired" right shoulder. I think he's using "tired" as a euphemism for "Call me 'Lefty.' "

Tired? Completely understandable. These things happen when you turn 52.

So if El Duque can't pitch in Game 3, the Yankees' top choice would be Javier Vazquez.

Last year, he was one of the best pitchers in the National League. Exposed to the Bronx, he has become Jeff Weaver.

Game 4? A choice between "Encyclopedia" Brown and Esteban Loaiza.

For Twins fans who remember Loaiza coughing up the biggest game of the 2003 season, or turning bad body language into performance art, I'll admit I don't think a Yankees season can come to that.

Tuesday, while teammates chatted in the Yankees clubhouse, Loaiza watched a TV in his locker. It was playing "8-Mile," the distance balls travel when he throws them.

All that payroll, and the Yankees rank seventh in the AL in ERA. The other contenders -- the Twins, Oakland, Boston, Anaheim and Texas -- rank first through fifth.

According to the New York Times, the Yankees are three victories away from becoming the first 100-victory team to lack a 15-game winner, although Vazquez has 14.

Even the bullpen looks vulnerable. You wouldn't trade any closer for Mariano Rivera, yet six Twins (Grant Balfour, Jesse Crain, Joe Nathan, Juan Rincon, J.C. Romero and Santana) have held hitters to lower batting averages.

Setup man Tom Gordon has excelled. He has also pitched 87 innings, 10 more than any Twins reliever.

Paul Quantrill has taken the Loaiza Expressway to Slopsville, and the other Yankees relievers have names like Sturtze, Proctor, Nitkowski and Heredia. Tsamis has them all on speed-dial.

And yet the Yankees scare you. The lineup is filled with class and power. They've set a record for most comeback victories in a season, and lead the majors in homers.

You would think the Twins would want the Yankees, because of their pitching, but a few told me that there's nothing like facing that lineup in the late innings in Yankee Stadium, when the umpire grows pinstripes and the game's most competitive hitters crowd the plate.

As for me, I think the Twins match up well. Santana vs. Mussina? Radke vs. Lieber? Silva vs. Vazquez?

George: Why would you build a yacht without a propeller?

September 29, 2004

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SCHAUMBURG, IL - The Schaumburg Flyers released their 2005 schedule on September 22 as the club prepares for its seventh Northern League season next spring. Fresh off a runner-up showing in the Northern League playoffs, the Flyers will once again play a 96-game regular season schedule in 2005 in a newly aligned league that features two expansion clubs in western Canada. Northern League officials worked on the 2005 schedule throughout the just concluded season, readying the slate for an early autumn release.

The schedule has dealt an ironic twist to the Flyers as Schaumburg will return to St. Paul, site of their heartbreaking championship loss on September 19, to open their 2005 season. The Flyers & Saints will start a four-game Finals rematch on Friday, May 20 at Midway Stadium as Schaumburg opens a season on the road for the first time since 2000.

Fans will have their first chance to greet the South Division champions on Tuesday, May 24 when Fargo-Moorhead arrives at Alexian Field for the ’05 home opener. Chicagoland rival Gary will arrive later on that homestand from May 27-29 as the Flyers open the year with a six-game home set. Other highlights on the 48-game slate include the annual 4th of July celebration at Alexian Field as Schaumburg hosts Kansas City on Monday, July 4.

The Northern League is welcoming expansion franchises in Calgary and Edmonton for the 2005 season. As a result, there is a new format, featuring two six-team divisions. Defending champ St. Paul is moving from the North Division to join Schaumburg in the South Division and create more matchups in what is rapidly becoming a great rivalry.

The new clubs from Canada are joining the North Division.

South Division
Schaumburg
Joliet
Gary
Kansas City
Lincoln
St. Paul

North Division
Calgary
Edmonton
Fargo-Moorhead
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Winnipeg

The Flyers will play St. Paul 12 times during the 2005 regular season. The Saints will make their first appearances at Alexian Field from June 21-23. After an August series at Midway Stadium, the Saints will return to Schaumburg to conclude the regular season from September 2-4. Schaumburg will play Gary 14 times and Joliet 13 times in ’05. Including the July 4 game, there are 13 meetings scheduled with 2004 playoff foe Kansas City, none after July 24. The first half will end on Sunday, July 10 in Joliet.

The Flyers will play the expansion clubs for the first time on a Canadian road trip from June 28-July 3. Calgary will make their first appearance in Schaumburg on July 25 while Edmonton will arrive on August 26. As part of the unbalanced schedule, one North Division city is ‘skipped’ and the Flyers will not visit Sioux City during the 2005 regular season. The Flyers and Explorers will play just three games, a June 24-26 series at Alexian Field. Schaumburg has always visited every Northern League city at least once in a season since their inception in 1999.

2005 game times will be announced at a later time and promotional plans will be developed over the course of the off-season.

Notes: The Flyers have played St. Paul in one previous season opener, the club’s inaugural game on May 28, 1999…Schaumburg played their home opener against the Saints in 2000 after starting the year with a three-game series in Duluth…The Flyers won both meetings…

September 22, 2004

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Slam by Mirizzi caps 7-run ninth

BY CHRIS MATT
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There are two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning of the championship game. The bases are loaded, and an intimidating left-handed pitcher comes in from the bullpen to try to kill the rally. Fans chant the batter's name before each pitch crosses the plate.

Here comes a fastball down the middle, and the ball is drilled just inside the left-field foul pole for a grand slam and the championship. Teammates rush from the dugout and swarm the hero as he crosses the plate.

Every kid's dream, right?

Except this wasn't a dream. This was Marc Mirizzi's final at-bat in the bottom of the ninth inning, and it lifted the St. Paul Saints over the Schaumburg Flyers 10-6 Sunday at Midway Stadium for the Northern League championship.

The Saints won the playoff series three games to two for their first championship since 1996.

"Unbelievable. I'm speechless," the champagne-saturated Mirizzi said. "I thought I was gonna faint after I hit it."

So did 1,106 Saints fans who watched their team begin the bottom of the ninth trailing 6-3 with Flyers closer Brett Weber entering the game.

Tim Marks led off the inning with a double, but Chas Terni flied out and Josh Renick lined to second base. Then Justin Hall doubled home Marks, and the rally was on.

Adam Olow singled home Hall, Nick Gretz hit the first pitch and Tonayne Brown, to the chants of, "T, T, T," coming from the re-energized crowd, tied the score 6-6 with a single.

Lou Lucca walked to load the bases. Lyle Prempas then was summoned from the bullpen to replace an obviously shaken Weber as Mirizzi came to the plate.

Mirizzi, a late-season acquisition from Sioux Falls, hammered a 1-1 pitch over the wall in left to complete the most dramatic finish in the history of the Northern League playoffs.

The Saints rushed the field, popped champagne and began to celebrate the franchise's fourth championship. Schaumburg, a 5-year-old transplant of the Thunder Bay Whiskey Jacks, was denied its first title in franchise history despite Tim Merritt's three doubles and a single.

The victory went to closer Chris Chavez, who pitched a scoreless top of the ninth.

George Tsamis now has won three championships as a manager, the first two with New Jersey when the Northern League included a conference of teams from the Northeast.

"In my six years and three championships, this was the best team I've faced," he said, pointing toward the Flyers' dugout.

Tsamis later said that of his three championship series, this one was the most draining because it came down to the final at-bat.

The championship series was only the second in league history that went a full five games.

Hall was chosen the most outstanding player of the series.

The Saints, led by Olow, the league batting champion, qualified for the playoffs by winning the second-half title in the North Division with a 31-17 record. Their overall record of 61-34 led the league.

The Flyers knocked Saints starter Bryan Gaal out of the game with a three-run fifth inning that included a two-run double by Kirk Pierce and run-scoring double by T.J. Staton. Schaumburg made it 6-2 in the sixth when Merrritt singled home a run.

St. Paul cut it to 6-3 with an unearned run off starter Hank Woodman in the seventh. Woodman allowed seven hits and three runs in his seven innings.

Tim Hummel pitched a scoreless eighth for the Flyers.

Gaal allowed seven hits and five runs in 4 1/3 innngs. Julio Perez kept the Saints in the game by permitting just three hits and a run in 3 2/3 innings.

Pierce was 2 for 5 with three RBIs for Schaumburg. Gretz and Marks each had three hits for the Saints, who won the Northern League title on their home field for the first time since 1993.

Sep. 20, 2004

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BY CHRIS MATT
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It could be the human bowling ball contest, the peanut toss during the seventh-inning stretch or the occasional rumbling of the trains behind Midway Stadium that makes the St. Paul Saints so tough to beat at home.

Whatever it is, the Saints hope the home cooking will help them prevail in the Northern League championship series against the Schaumburg Flyers.

The Saints have lost back-to-back home games only twice this season, and their defense of the home turf didn't stop Saturday night in front of 1,524 fans at Midway Stadium.

Saints starter Jason Verdugo controlled the Flyers' lineup, allowing only four hits and striking out a season-high eight batters on the way to a 7-0 Saints victory in Game 4 of the championship series.

The winner-takes-all Game 5 is at 1:05 p.m. today at Midway Stadium.

"The head groundskeeper asked us if we could take a look at (Verdugo), so we took a look, liked what we saw and we wouldn't be here without him," Saints manager George Tsamis said.

The Saints' offense jumped on the Flyers for three runs on four hits in the first inning. The first three batters singled, and Tonayne Brown kept the singles party going with a two-run base hit, which scored Justin Hall and Adam Olow and gave the Saints a 3-0 lead.

Not that Verdugo needed it, but the offense returned in the fifth, when Olow drilled a solo home run over the hot tub in left field. Home runs equal victories for the Saints, who have a 41-11 record and have won 26 of their past 29 games when they homer.

Olow, who entered the game with only five hits in the playoffs, had four hits and two runs batted in.

Verdugo, who took a four-year layoff before this season, cruised through nine innings of shutout baseball, combining power and control with his fastball consistently topping out at 94 mph. The shutout was the first in Saints playoff history.

"Early in the season, I gave up four home runs against these guys here," said Verdugo, the head baseball coach at Hamline. "The difference is I figured out how to pitch. After a four-year layoff, you tend to forget what to throw to different hitters in different counts."

Sep. 19, 2004

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Schaumburg leads series 2-1

BY CHRIS MATT
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When teams as evenly matched as the St. Paul Saints and the Schaumburg Flyers meet, players and coaches know it's not only a game of hitting the ball and playing defense, but a game of momentum swings. Friday night's Northern League championship series game at Midway Stadium was no different, as the Flyers, behind a six-run fifth inning, beat the Saints 8-7 and a took 2-1 series lead.

The Saints snapped a 1-1 tie with a five-run, seven-hit third inning. Josh Renick led off with a double and Justin Hall followed with a single, scoring Renick putting the Saints ahead 2-1. After Adam Olow struck out and Nick Gretz flied out to center, Tonaye Brown started a two-out hitting trend with a single. Lou Lucca laced a two-run triple, scoring Hall and Brown and putting the Saints ahead 4-1. When it went to 5-1, they appeared to have a comfortable lead, but Saints manager George Tsamis knew the Schaumburg lineup was stacked.

"They don't lead the league in home runs for nothing," Tsamis said. "Those guys can swing it."

That potential turned into production for the Flyers in the fifth inning. With the bases loaded, Northern League player of the year Mario Delgado cleaned up with a grand slam just inside of the right-field foul pole.

Suddenly the Saints' lead was cut to one run, and the momentum had shifted.

"He's such a good hitter and I got him out twice before on fastballs inside and I threw another fastball inside hoping to jam him and ground into a double play," Saints starting pitcher Mike Meyer said. "He was sitting on the fastball -- I think I through him nine straight -- and he just turned on one."

The Saints could not mount a comeback, scoring only one more run in the seventh inning. Brett Weber came on in the ninth inning for the Flyers and shut down the middle of the Saints order, sending 1,487 Saints fans home knowing their team faces elimination tonight at Midway Stadium.

"We didn't play a bad game; they just got one more extra big hit than we did, and that was the difference," Tsamis said.

Sep. 18, 2004

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The Northern League title will be decided this weekend at Midway Stadium. The Saints and Schaumburg are tied 1-1 in their best-of-five series with Game 3 at 7:05 tonight.

Right-handers Mike Meyer (1-0 in the postseason) of St. Paul and Matt Bailie (2-0) will pitch tonight. Tickets are available.

Marc Turndorf, who earned a preseason roster spot on the Saints by bidding for it on eBay, has been invited back to throw a ceremonial first pitch.

Sep. 17, 2004

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