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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In “My Life in Baseball,” Jim Kahmann tells the stories of his years in the minors on his way to becoming head athletic trainer for Minnesota Twins.

It’s been a rough week for birds who enjoy a good game of baseball. You might even call it fowl play. Not one, but two birds tragically (and against very slim odds) lost their lives at the bad end of ...

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 ...

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, ...