On Tuesday in Omaha, the St. Paul Saints will play their first game as a Minnesota Twins farm club. On May 11, the Saints will play their first home game as the Twins AAA affiliate, at CHS Field.
The franchise known for pigs delivering baseballs to home plate and nuns giving massages or is it the other way around? is becoming part of the machine it once took delight in raging against.
Can the Saints do the serious work of developing prospects for a big-league team while honoring their longtime slogan, Fun is Good ? I think the change will make us both better, said Saints president and co-owner Mike Veeck. Left to our own devices, I think we can monetize things and introduce things that will make sense to all of Major League Baseball.