
Index File + Machinery Hill
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We reveal the pro baseball record setting Minnesotan and share music from the archives.
We reveal the pro baseball record setting Minnesotan and share music from the archives.
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Index File + Machinery Hill
Clip: Season 2024 Episode 23 | 4m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
We reveal the pro baseball record setting Minnesotan and share music from the archives.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipWAS THE RIGHT VOTE.
>> CATHY: THAT WAS THE LATE SENATOR PAUL WELLSTONE A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO.
LET'S TURN OUR ATTENTION TO A TIME IN MINNESOTA HISTORY MORE THAN A FULL CENTURY AGO.
FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, WE HAVE ASKED YOU ABOUT A MYSTERY MINNESOTAN IN HONOR OF PITCHERS AND CATCHERS REPORTING TO SPRING TRAINING ON VALENTINE'S DAY.
THIS FORMER MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER WAS BORN IN ST. PAUL IN THE 1800S.
HE ACCOMPLISHED A FEAT WITH THE BAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL DURING A 1889 GAME IN HIS HOMETOWN OF ST. PAUL WHILE PLAYING FOR THE OMAHA OMAHOGS.
SEVERAL OTHER PLAYERS WOULD JOIN THIS ELITE GROUP OF HITTERS OVER TIME BUT ONLY ONE OF THEM CAN CLAIM TO BE FIRST.
OUR QUESTION, WHO IS THIS MYSTERY PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER?
EVEN WITH TWO WEEKS WORTH OF HINTS, THESE NEXT FOUR CALLERS STRUCK OUT.
>> CATHY: THE PRODUCERS WANT ME TO POINT OUT THAT NOT ONLY ARE ALL FOUR OF THOSE ANSWERS CLEARLY WRONG, JOE MAUER WAS THE MOST COMMON WRONG ANSWER LAST WEEK SO AT LEAST ONE OF YOU WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION.
FOR THIS WEEK'S RIGHT ANSWER, WE TURN TO LONGTIME VIEWER DANIEL.
>> CATHY: YES, DANIEL, YOU ARE CORRECT.
AND GLAD TO HELP YOU DEFEND BASEBALL-CARD COLLECTING TO YOUR MOM.
THERE'S A NICE PHOTO OF JACK CROOKS IN A WASHINGTON SENATORS UNIFORM DURING ONE OF HIS EIGHT MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STINTS.
A PROLIFIC HOMERUN HITTER OF HIS TIME, HE ONCE HIT NOT ONE BUT TWO HOMERUNS OFF OF CY YOUNG.
A COUPLE OF QUICK TUNE-IN NOTES FOR YOU BEFORE WE ROLL OUR CREDITS TONIGHT.
TWIN CITIES VIEWERS, MAKE SURE TO TUNE IN TO "HOPE IN THE STRUGGLE: THE JOSIE JOHNSON STORY" TUESDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 ON MINNESOTA EXPERIENCE.
GREATER MINNESOTA VIEWERS CAN HOP ONLINE AND CHECK IT OUT.
DON'T FORGET TO TUNE INTO "ALMANAC AT THE CAPITOL" ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 P.M. ON THE STATEWIDE MINNESOTA CHANNEL.
HOUSE LEADERS WILL JOIN MARY LAHAMMER LIVE FROM THE GALLERY.
JUST ENOUGH TIME LEFT TO ROLE A LITTLE BIT OF MUSIC FROM THE ARCHIVES.
THIS WEEK BACK IN 2011 THE GROUP "MACHINERY HILL" APPEARED ON MINNESOTA ORIGINAL.
TAKE A LISTEN... AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
♪♪ ♪ WAS THE BEST JOB I EVER HAD DOWN AT THE JON DEERE PLANT ♪ ♪ THIRD SHIFT WAS ALL THEY HAD, THEIR SHIFT WAS NOT THAT BAD, MY BENDED STEEL AND METAL WORK WAS CLEAN ♪ ♪♪
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