Minnesota Twins

assistant coach. From Louisville he did receive a head coaching job at the University of Minnesota. Taking the job, he would replace Tubby Smith. He remains there to this day. Richard and Rick have played coached against each other. Rick has won the game every time. On September 11th, 2001, a lot of people lost loved ones. That includes Rick Pitino. His brother in law, Billy Minardi, was working that day in one of the twin towers. He was a bond trader for Cantor Fitzgerald. The planes hit the…

Breaking The Curse From it’s origination in 1901, the Boston Red Sox has always been one of the most iconic professional baseball teams, even winning the inaugural 1903 World Series (then as the Boston Americans). This fame would only grow in 1914 when they came across a strong left-handed pitcher with an even stronger bat known as George Herman “Babe” Ruth (Britannica 2014). With Ruth, the Red Sox won 515 games and lost 359. They also won 3 World Series in the 6 years in which Ruth played with…

battled with cancer on and off for seven years. He survived colon cancer, but two years ago the doctors found a spot on his lung. They said that they could shrink the spot with radiation, and it wasn’t a big deal. Little did I know our annual Minnesota Twins game last September and my grandpa’s 80th birthday party on November 2nd would be my last fun filled memories of him. Mostly all of our family gathered together at Christmas. Grandpa was on oxygen, but I, along with my siblings and cousins,…

I experienced fear by being separated from my twin sister, Zoë, and when the war started. I hardly remember my father, but I remember a lot about my mother. I remember her flawlessly perfect black hair with brown highlights that were so small you could barely see them, and she had her sky blue eyes…

“Based on data from Minnesota Twin Family Study, Blonigen, Hicks, Krueger, Patrick, and Iacono (2005) found that adolescent psychopathic traits are also differentially predicted by genetic factors” (Copes & Topalli, 2010). Knowing that other studies show that psychopoathic traits…

guests in the Twin Cities area wake to the news of Target 's first grand opening in Roseville, Minnesota. Heralded as a, "new idea in discount stores," Target differentiates itself from other retail stores by combining many of the best department store features: fashion, quality, and service with the low prices of a discounter” ("Target through the years", 7). Target Corporate reports, “by the end of 1962, Target opens additional locations in St. Louis Park, Crystal and Duluth, Minnesota”…

Even before Claussen began pushing his architectural vision, others were busy designing the inner workings of the plant. Jan Knau, an engineer, was only 27 when he was asked to come up with a flexible assembly line for the factory. Knau, then just a junior associate, contacted BMW’s top 15 assembly engineers. He invited them to a two-day workshop at a BMW retreat near the Austrian Alps. After a series of marathon sessions that included discussions of every facet of the ideal assembly line, Knau…