MARTINS FERRY Mayor John Davies swore in Spencer Echemann to represent the 2nd Ward during the Martins Ferry City Council meeting Wednesday. At 21 years o
MARTINS FERRY Martins Ferry Fire Chief Tom Kelly Jr. announced that the Martins Ferry Volunteer Fire Department’s 36th annual Christmas parade will be hos
Charley Walters: Twins likely to decline trade offers for Jose Berrios, Byron Buxton
Saint Paul Pioneer Press (MN)
Jul. 24 Besides
Nelson Cruz, who as expected was traded to Tampa Bay last week, the most sought-after Minnesota Twin as Friday s trade deadline approaches is starter
Jose Berrios. Outfielder
Byron Buxton would be, too, if he were made available, but that s unlikely.
The Twins have made multiple contract offers to Berrios, 27, who is under club control for 2022. The same for Buxton, 27, also under control for 2022. Expect both to be in Twins uniforms next year.
The Twins
It ll be surprising if shortstop
Andrelton Simmons and starter
Detroit was at Target Field for five games in four days over Labor Day weekend. Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire ran into a bout of food poisoning and still wasn t feeling well 10 days later.
The Tigers were in the middle of a four-game home series vs. Cleveland. General Manager Al Avila came for a meeting with Gardenhire and heard this: I said to Al, I m done, Gardenhire said. He was great, as always, talking about the end of the season, and I said, No, Al, I m done right now. I can t do this for another game. I feel terrible. I m afraid I might have a heart attack.
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The 42-year-old son of former New Jersey resident and Minnesota Twins manager Tom Kelly was found dead in Arizona last week.
Tom Kelly, Jr. was on a golf trip when his body was found in a Scottsdale hotel room, after he missed a tee-time,
Kelly s father grew up in Sayreville and attended Saint Mary s in South Amboy.
Kelly himself was a bat boy for the Twins and attended Hill-Murray. He later served as a pitcher for St. Thomas, winning the 2001 NCAA Division III baseball title.
He had been living in Tampa, Fl. working as a mortgage broker at the time of his death.