Sep. 4—DELANO — In the end, this was simple. Bird Island was trying to make history and Maple Lake was attempting to sustain one of amateur baseball's most impressive legacies. On this steaming hot ...

Trace Bright's day was done, so he noticed the bird early. It's fitting that he was the one to anoint it with its official nickname after the game. "Maybe a little rally bird?" The baby bird appeared ...

Bird Island native Jim Kahmann has penned a book full of "you can't make this up" stories from his time as an athletic trainer in minor league . His years in the minors propelled him to his days as ...

ENOUGH FOR YOU, THE SUN IS GIVING US ANOTHER ROUND THIS WEEK. THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. I’M JULIE CORNELL. METRO HOSPITALS REPORT A TOTAL OF 35 PATIENTS BROUGHT IN FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESS THIS ...

To our knowledge, birds and baseball games had been able to coexist this season without incident up until May 17 when Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen accidentally killed a bird with a warmup pitch. It ...

Bird Island advances to the Class C final for the first time at 1 p.m. Monday in Delano after beating St. Martin 3-0 and Buckman 7-1 Sunday. Buckman's Jack Suska, top, looks for the safe call before ...

Jun. 19—GRANITE FALLS — The Bird Island Bullfrogs needed seven innings to beat the Granite Falls Kilowatts 16-0 Friday night in a Corn Belt League amateur baseball game at Richter Field. The Bullfrogs ...

An "inappropriate" social media post by an Alabama baseball player after a come-from-behind victory over Ohio State on Sunday to stay undefeated in the 2025 season turned into an apology. After ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chris Gomez’s misfortune proved to be Craig Wilson’s gain — and led to an Olympic-sized adventure. After Gomez broke his arm in the spring of 1991, Wilson, a junior baseball player ...

Maple Lake's Grant Mergen (right) leaps into the air as his teammates (left) join him in celebrating the Lakers' Class C state amateur baseball title victory over Bird Island on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, ...