Genealogy, baseball, and the Hall of Fame

In case you don’t know, I am a big fan of the Minnesota Twins. Thanks, Dad, for taking me to Twins games when the Twins arrived in Minnesota. In 1987, I attended three World Series games here at the old Metrodome. I am a big fan of my birth and home city, Saint Paul, Minnesota. Baseball games on playgrounds and high school fields everywhere in the city. I grew up a few blocks from the Ford Little League Fields and watched some games there. I’ve watched my kids and grandkids play baseball and softball. My great grandson is a pretty good baseball player.

I’ve been to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York and saw the displays for Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew, Kirby Puckett and others who I was fortunate to have watched in the game. Thank you to my friend and colleague Karen Mauer Jones for that and our genealogy trip. I now go to 6-8 Twins games a year with my friend and genealogy colleague Alice Eichholz. Thank you for moving to Minnesota and being a baseball fan, Alice. We enjoy the game and also have some genealogy discussions. I get to talk baseball with other friends on Facebook. I am going to a game soon with one of my grandsons and another one with most of my family. Special times. Then a game in August honoring Joe Mauer for what took place today.

Speaking of special times and today, today was one of those in a big way. I listened to one more St. Paul connection, Joe Mauer, be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Thanks to MLB for broadcasting that online today. I was fortunate to see him play for the Twins many times and to be inducted into the HOF today. FOUR St. Paul boys playing baseball over time at fields in close proximity to each other grew into men who excelled at the game and are now Hall of Famers. Joe Mauer, Paul Molitor, Jack Morris, and Dave Winfield. Baseball and Saint Paul. That’s quite a history for one city. some links for more on the Twins and the Hall of Fame:

https://baseballhall.org/nine/minnesota-twins

https://www.mlb.com/twins/history/baseball-hall-of-famers

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2 comments on “Genealogy, baseball, and the Hall of Fame”

I’m also a baseball fan. The Mets are my team. One of my favorite memories is waiting after a game to see Willie Mays with the family. Juan Marichal came to the fence and talking to all the kids