When the Minnesota Twins took on the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night, there was a distinctly local flavor with the ceremonial first pitch.
University of Connecticut women's basketball star Paige Bueckers threw out the first pitch on Tuesday night when the Minnesota Twins played the Kansas City Royals.
Bueckers is a Minnesota native, having starred at Hopkins High School. With the departure of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese to the WNBA, she is likely the most recognizable player currently in the women's college game.She's also likely the best player in the women's game. Despite multiple serious injuries in her career, she's put together an incredible resume and is one of the reasons why UConn still a very real threat to win a National Championship in 2024-2025.
That was all just this past season as UConn got to the Final Four, falling against Clark and Iowa. She was also a first-team All-American and the Big East Player of the Year.Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University.
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