HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WAS ALREADY 15 YEARS AGO.

I REALLY MISS THOSE TWO.

IT'S TIME NOW FOR THE INTERACTIVE HISTORY PORTION OF THE PROGRAM.

OUR LAST QUESTION TOOK US BACK IN TIME TO THE SUMMER OF 2003.

WE TOLD YOU A CURRENT "MINNESOTAN" WAS IN TOWN 'PERFORMING' BEFORE A CROWD.

ON THE DAY IN QUESTION, HE OR SHE ACCOMPLISHED A CAREER "FIRST" AND IT BECAME PART OF THEIR ROOKIE YEAR RECORD-SETTING FEAT.

OUR MYSTERY PERSON WOULD RETURN TO MINNESOTA INTERMITTENTLY FOR NEARLY A DECADE, BUT DUE TO HEALTH ISSUES WOULD NEVER PERFORM AS WELL AS THEY DID IN THE SUMMER OF 2003.

15 YEARS LATER HE OR SHE BEGAN SPENDING SEVERAL MONTHS EACH YEAR HERE IN MINNESOTA.

WHICH IS WHY WE CAN CLAIM THEM AS OUR OWN.

OUR QUESTION FOR YOU WAS, WHO IS THIS MYSTERY "MINNESOTAN" AND WHAT DID HE OR SHE ACCOMPLISH IN THE TWIN CITIES IN JUNE OF 2003?

THESE NEXT FOUR CALLERS MISSED THE MARK, SOME OF THEM EVER SO SLIGHTLY.

>> CATHY: NO, ACTUALLY, JOE, YOU WERE ON THE RIGHT TRACK BUT HAD THE WRONG MANAGER.

AND WITH APOLOGIES TO YOU AND ALL OF OUR OTHER CALLERS, THE PRODUCER HAS A CONFESSION TO MAKE.

OUR PRODUCER DIDN'T MAKE THIS ONE EASY FOR ANY OF YOU.

BY TRUSTING A SECONDARY INTERNET SOURCE, THERE WAS AN ERROR IN THE DETAILS.

THE "FIRST" WE ASKED ABOUT HAPPENED IN APRIL OF 2003 AND NOT IN JUNE OF 2003.

ALAS, SHE PROMISES TO RETURN TO INDEX FILE SCHOOL AND BRUSH UP ON THOSE RESEARCH SKILLS.

THANK YOU TO LONGTIME VIEWER MITCHELL, THE POET, FOR SHOWING HER THE ERROR AND PENNING A RIGHT ANSWER POEM.

>> Cathy: MITCHELL, WELL DONE, YES, THANK YOU.

CURRENT TWINS MANAGER ROCCO BALDELLI WAS THE "MINNESOTAN" WE SOUGHT.

THERE HE IS IN HIS PLAYING DAYS FOR THE TAMPA BAY RAYS AND NOW AS THE TWINS SKIPPER.

BALDELLI'S HOME RUN SET A RECORD FOR MOST HITS BY A ROOKIE IN THE MONTH OF APRIL.

BUT HEALTH ISSUES WOULD DERAIL ROCCO'S PROMISING ON-FIELD CAREER.

QUICK TUNE-IN REMINDER FOR YOU BEFORE WE GO.

COMING UP RIGHT AFTER OUR CREDITS ROLL, TWIN CITIES VIEWERS CAN WATCH THE FIRST TWO EPISODES OF "EMPIRE BUILDER" AT 8:00 & 9:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY NIGHT ON TWIN CITIES PBS.

GREATER MINNESOTA VIEWERS CAN TUNE IN TO THE STATEWIDE MINNESOTA CHANNEL SUNDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 AND 9:00 P.M. WE HAVE JUST ENOUGH TIME FOR SOME SHOW-ENDING MUSIC.

IT WAS THIS WEEK BACK IN 2006 WHEN DAN ISRAEL AND THE CULTIVATORS STOPPED BY STUDIO B TO PLAY FOR US.

TAKE A LISTEN AND THANKS FOR JOINING US.

SEE YOU LATER.

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