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Belle Plaine, Jordan & Green Isle ~ host sites for the 2024 @MinnBaseball State Amateur Baseball Tournament ⚾️✨ @bptigertown @jordanbrewers @GI_Irish
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This year's attendance of 26,183 is the second-highest since 1954 (2023 had 28,007) and the seventh-highest of all-time! 🫨
From the
@bptigertown
,
@jordanbrewers
,
@GI_Irish
&
@shakopeeindians
communities, committees, players, and volunteers: THANK YOU, FANS‼️ 🫡
Total attendance today was 2202 and 26183 for the tournament
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Look familiar,
#MNTwins
fans?! 👀
Yep: it's Corey Koskie, he of 124 big-league homers, now playing
#MNTownBall
- at age 51 - with his sons, for the
@LorettoLarks
.💥⚾️
Come watch Loretto vs. Sauk Centre this Saturday, Aug. 24, 4:00 pm at Belle Plaine.🎟️
CREDIT: Aggergaard Photo
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You might be cool, but you'll never be playing-the-national-anthem-at-the-state-tournament-in-catchers-gear-on-your-homemade-guitar-with-the-U.S.-flag-flying-in-the-background-while-flanked-by-umpires-with-a-sweet-mullet-&-a-dirty-stache-cool like the
@stjosephjoes
John Huebsch😎
John Huebsch, tonight's starting catcher for the
@stjosephjoes
, with an electric version of the Star-Spangled Banner to begin the second weekend of
@BPJGI2024
here at Belle Plaine's Tiger Park! 🇺🇸✨🎸⚡️🎵
#HendrixLives
🤘
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Sometimes we forget how much good stuff is on the interwebs. To boot, did you realize you can view 38 galleries of
@MinnBaseball
ballparks (drone shots) via
@bracehemmelgarn
Photography -- and order any you might like? It's true.
📸
#FieldsOfMN
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Prepping the historic Mini Met wall in Jordan for a fresh coat of
@hirshfields
paint before
@MinnBaseball
’s State Tourney # 101. First hitter to knock a ball off of the new paint job gets a 12 pack courtesy of the
@JordanMillers21
Good luck to the teams battling for a spot!
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This year's specialty beer lineup, crafted by Brew d'Etat Brewery in Jordan:
🍺 Leading off: Tigertown Sour (
@bptigertown
)
🍻 Batting second: The 101 Pilsner
🍺 The three-stick: Ale Jordan (
@jordanbrewers
)
🍻 Hitting cleanup: Green Isle Gold (
@GI_Irish
)
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SOURCE: Lake City decided to end season bc their manager is getting married next weekend.
Rule No. 1: NEVER get married during playoffs.🤵
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FEEL THE HEAT! 🔥With 2 outs, 2 on in tie game T9, James Fuerniss whacks a 3-run bomb in a 5-2
@NP_Orioles
win over the
@watkinsclippers
.
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The 101st state tournament starts in three weeks‼️ See you all soon at
#BPJGI2024
...
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Milroy vs. Milroy at Target Field? Twins president proposes the idea.
@MilroyIrish
🤔⚾️🤔
@MilroyYankees
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First and only state title for the Belle Plaine Tigers🏆in 1994, with a 4-2 win over the
@MilroyYankees
(Class C)
@bptigertown
#tbt
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Did you know that
@bob_greeley57
compiled an article that was deemed *TOO BIG* for the State Tournament program: 21 pages long! 🙇♂️
But here it is, in its entirety: Questions & Answers from some of the most well-known names in MN town-team baseball. 🧐
↪️
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Etta Schatz (yes, daughter of legendary
@GI_Irish
Nick Schatz, now a
@JordanMillers21
player) certifies the ticket count for the day (at 1,190) in probably the cutest moment of the
@MinnBaseball
tourney so far.
#EttaIsALefty
@jordanbrewers
@JordanMillers21
@CityofJordanMN
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MBA State Tournament held over the weekend
The time-honored state amateur baseball tournament is a slice of Minnesota. With near-perfect weather this weekend, WCCO's Mike Max paid a visit and was reminded that there is nothing like a day at the ballpark.
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Dave Hartmann: "We're almost at 11,000 for the paid attendance ... with good weather we could see 16,000-17,000 (fans) and we haven't had that for 25 years."
LISTEN: Mike Max (
@MaxWCCO
) visits with Dave Hartmann (
@hartmannd0311
) about the state amateur baseball tournament:
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First state title for the
@jordanbrewers
🏆 in 1986, with a 4-3 win over the
@SEIndians
(Class C)
#tbt
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First state title for the Shakopee Indians 🏆 in 1940, with a 6-0 win over Fergus Falls (Class A)
@shakopeeindians
#tbt
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📌 Updated Class B & C brackets (thru the second weekend)
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🏆CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND✨: The Best is Yet to Come!⚾️
After a summer of
#MNTownBall
, 2⃣2⃣ games remain: 7⃣ in Class B ➖ title game @ 6 pm Sunday in Belle Plaine ➖ and 1⃣5⃣ in Class C: championship @ 1 pm Monday in Jordan.🤝
See you at the ballparks! 🏟️
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Taken this morning between BP & Jordan -- anybody else see a right-handed batter in clouds? (submitted by
@bwmeyer39
)
http://t.co/EZQimEc1Wy
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DID YOU KNOW? Belle Plaine & Jordan were the MBA's "original hand shakers" when it hosted the first dual-site state tournament in 1981. 🤝
#tbt
@bptigertown
@jordanbrewers
(Newspaper clip from
@bpherald
)
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This month's meeting was held in Jordan at Brew d'Etat brewery, who will be our specialty beer supplier for the tournament. Four options will be available: a signature beer for Belle Plaine, Jordan, and Green Isle, as well as the State Tournament Special. 🤫Cheers! 🍻
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The handoff from
@MBAState2023
#MBA100
to
@BPJGI2024
#MBA101
after three weekends of an iconic & historic state tournament:
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PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS -- get your PROGRAM‼️ 🗣️
Simply put, a *lot* of work went into these two books: the primary program and the Rosters & Pairings book. Both are yours for just $8! (That's like one Starbucks. ☕️)
Scan the Table of Contents ... you'll be hooked on the books! 🙋♂️
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“We (Jordan/Belle Plaine) try to do it every 10 years and 2023 is a special year for Minnesota Amateur Baseball with it being 100 years,” said Jason Chalupsky. “I think we would be the perfect site for the 100th year anniversary state tournament.”
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R.I.P. to "Radar Gun Guy," Maynard Watkins. He will be missed.
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Thursday night at the Mini Met
(photo credit: Troy Mahoney)
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2024 State Tournament Sponsorship and Program advertisements are now available‼️
If you are interested in being part of the 101st
@MinnBaseball
State Tournament in Belle Plaine, Jordan, Green Isle, & Shakopee, please send us a DM on Facebook or Twitter, or call 612-327-2715. ⚾️
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*BREAKING*: Legendary announcer Dick Jonckowski, who has been battling cancer, will PA the Class 'B' championship Monday in
@bptigertown
!
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The 1940
@shakopeeindians
, the 1986
@jordanbrewers
, the 1994
@bptigertown
, & the 2003
@GI_Irish
-- all first-time champions at the
@MinnBaseball
state tournament. 🏆
Will any team make "the leap" to claim their first state title in 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣?! 🚩
#LeapYear
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Cooler bags $5 -- buy once & use throughout the tournament
Can koozies $2
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We're grateful for our eight ✨PLATINUM SPONSORS✨ -- please support them as they have supported us! (logos at bottom of program cover)
⚾️
@MidwestFire
⚾️
@Dem_Con
⚾️
@GreystoneConst
⚾️
@BrauMotors
⚾️
@SaxeChevyBuick
⚾️ Cambria
⚾️ Rachel Contracting ⚾️ Strains of the Earth
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Presenting Mr. Griffith with a BP-Jordan state tournament jacket. Whatever it takes! 😉
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Our sleeping Twitter account felt a disturbance in The Force this week ... oh, right -- state tournament time! 🙇♂️ Listen to Mike
@MaxWCCO
's interview with Dave Hartmann, previewing
@NPShakJor2018
:
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Jordan Mini Met photo from top of flag pole in right center field. Photo by Jordan co-chair Joe Bares. 3 more weeks!
http://t.co/q0rBP29nLE
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@MinnBaseball
State Tourney Vets Were Asked: "What Is Your Best State Tournament Memory?"
http://t.co/gxaHmPVzq1
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* * * Championship weekend * * * is here!
'B' bracket:
http://t.co/J63Z3VZXCY
'C' bracket:
http://t.co/yQbLERiFJV
http://t.co/vImeXbqvbX
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ONE MORE PLUG FOR THE PROGRAMS: Did you know that the Rosters & Pairings book (a second book that comes with the program) has interesting nuggets about *every* team in the tourney?
Check out these on
@yacardinals
@BuckmanGoats
@freightbaseball
&
@MtkaMonarchs
❕🫨
@MinnBaseball
PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS -- get your PROGRAM‼️ 🗣️
Simply put, a *lot* of work went into these two books: the primary program and the Rosters & Pairings book. Both are yours for just $8! (That's like one Starbucks. ☕️)
Scan the Table of Contents ... you'll be hooked on the books! 🙋♂️
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Photo albums for all eight games played in Jordan this past weekend:
@jordanbrewers
@MinnBaseball
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Hey, we remember this guy! 2014 Class C MVP Tyler Jendro chucking today for
@SobieskiSkis
.
As expected. 😏
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@MBAState2023
@eagles_regal
@MillersofNYM
@FrazeeLoons
@Sartell_Muskies
The state tournament fog has finally lifted. Congrats
@MillersofNYM
! 😶🌫️
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📌 Updated Class B & C brackets (through Saturday, Aug. 24)
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Check out the
@MinnBaseball
photo gallery of Cold Spring & Watkins ballparks
@CS_Watkins2015
http://t.co/9dDK5SMTrp
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⚾️
@HutchHuskies
🐕 Qualified for 7 of last 8 state tournaments
🐕 Finished runner-up in 2019
🐕 Has won at least 2 state games 4 times since 2016
🐕 Has won 20+ games in every season since 2015 (other than the shortened 2020 season), including finishing 26-11 in 2023
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History of
@jordanbrewers
' Mini Met and
@bptigertown
's Tiger Park:
@MinnBaseball
http://t.co/d8kzPAlux5
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Koskie at bat against Atwater, at the Mini Met in Jordan, on Aug. 18.
PHOTO CREDIT:
@SportsandSongs1
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Nice night for ball in Norwood 🙌
New Prague vs. Watkins
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One more official game planned for Litchfield this tourney. Maynard would have loved it.
@LitchfieldBlues
@ZP_35
R.I.P. to "Radar Gun Guy," Maynard Watkins. He will be missed.
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With a nod to our recent look at first-time
@MinnBaseball
state championship teams, which of these four leading Class C contenders is most likely to be a first-time state title winner at
@BPJGI2024
? 🏆
🧵See replies for stat nuggets on each team ...
Bird Island BULLFROGS
88
Waconia LAKERS
73
Luverne REDBIRDS
40
Hutchinson HUSKIES
43
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With a tip of the cap to our recent look at first-time
@MinnBaseball
state championship teams, which of these four leading Class B contenders is most likely to be a first-time state title winner at
@BPJGI2024
? 🏆
Moorhead BREWERS
32
Champlin LOGATORS
69
Baseball 365
51
St. Patrick IRISH
71
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Today we pass the torch ... looking forward to
@CS_Watkins2015
!!
(But first:
http://t.co/pE8RsHB1oY)
@MinnBaseball
http://t.co/Y0gVU9le2w
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Forecast is perfect for Championship Monday!
'B' bracket:
http://t.co/209SdlvDW9
'C' bracket:
http://t.co/sFuxt3HECr
http://t.co/6sG76oiyJC
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Fans, let's start a thing:
#BPJordaning
. Send in your own logo-like handshakes!
@MinnBaseball
@bkru
@bphof21
http://t.co/039FAkhCB8
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⚾️
@LogatorBaseball
🐊 Qualified for 8 straight Class B state tournaments
🐊 Won 8 State tournament games from 2020-2022, including a Class B 2nd-place finish in 2022
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*TONIGHT!* 91st state tourney opens w/ the first two of 62 games to come next three weekends:
http://t.co/aTtzFIghkQ
http://t.co/zSGRptZmyJ
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What a scene here at the Mini Met for the National Anthem. Mora vs. New Market. Let's get this started!
http://t.co/ByYB6AvPSg
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We've got the receipts -- or is it the retweets?! Starting today, we'll kick out a weekly
#ThrowbackThursday
#tbt
or a
#FlashbackFriday
#fbf
post to our social media accounts on Twitter (er✖️) & Facebook:
📸 2014 C MVP Tyler Jendro, Sobieski (at Jordan)
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⚾️
@WestonkaWaves
🌊 Entering their third year of existence, and their first year being playoff-eligible
🌊 Finished 9-11 in 2023
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The only thing Kelly Leak is missing is the cigarette 🐻
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⚾️
@StPatrickIrish
☘️ Has won 11 games at state over the last 4 years, including 2 games in last year's Class B tournament, their first time playing in Class B
☘️ Has not finished worse than 5th in any of the last 4 years (2020-2022 in C, 2023 in B)
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@SobieskiSkis
added a TON of great pics from the state tourney:
1)
http://t.co/rZT7hLnEft
2)
http://t.co/rwL5wYDIZN
http://t.co/AVa6HGSjWE
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