On a perfect Saturday afternoon, The St. Paul Saints had their hands full with the Central Minnesota All-Stars. It was a 2-0 game after six, but then the Saints got rolling scoring theee in the seventh, two in the eighth and one in the ninth for an 8-1 final score. Click here for Tom Elliott's story in the St. Cloud Times.
"It was great...great turnout, it had to be the best day of the Spring," said Steve Huls. "Based on our raffle tickets we had between 850 to 950 in attendance...we had a bunch of different give-aways, Erik Decker signed footballs and baseballs and cards, St. Paul Saints hats and Killebrew Rootbeer prizes."
"The Saints had a lot of good things to say and based on the fact that it was early (in the season) we were proud of the way our pitchers threw, they threw the heck out of the ball," continued Huls. "We didn't swing the bats like we wanted."
"I will tell you one little story" said Huls, "Femrite started the game and threw the first three innings. He struck out two in the first and the second hitter went back to the dugout and said, This guy's an Amateur? We better dial it up a notch."
"We appreciate the Saints coming up and tried to give them the best experience possible...maybe they will come back again sometime in the next five or six years."
On Sunday, the Springers were rained out and had to postpone their game for the second straight week in. Last week they had snow on the field and it was too cold to play. Huls, a University of Minnesota alum, said that he is back playing with the Springers this year. "I like our Springer's team now with some additions we made," he stated. He said that he will also spend some time with the over 35 Cold Spring team.
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