{"id":454179,"date":"2026-02-02T19:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/454179\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T19:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:27:10","slug":"the-twins-are-packing-up-trucks-for-spring-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/454179\/","title":{"rendered":"The Twins are packing up trucks for Spring Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cml5ikvqm006h01qolz24ge06@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/wccoradio\/news\/national\/punxsutawney-phil-is-said-to-have-seen-his-shadow-forecasting-6-more-weeks-of-wintry-weather\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Skip the groundhog<\/a>. You want a sure sign of spring?<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cml5ikzak000h357vd8t2w61l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">Boxes and boxes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/wccoradio\/topic\/minnesota-twins\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Minnesota Twins<\/a> baseball gear are being loaded onto an 18-wheeler on Monday, which will take everything down to Fort Myers for Spring Training.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cml5ikzco000i357vy4id4epd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">Joe Fisher has been coordinating equipment packing day since 2017, and kept working while he talked with WCCO&#8217;s Al Schoch on Monday.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cml5ikzfi000j357v2vdlf97i@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">&#8220;Well, the most important thing today is to get all this gear on the truck so the guys can get down to Florida and play some ball,&#8221; said Fisher.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cml5ikzhj000k357v9xc4fvk0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">Fisher will leave Minneapolis Tuesday, bound for Florida.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cml5ikzub000l357vs5irgn5j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">The goal is to have everything unpacked and ready to go for Twins players by the end of the week.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cml5ikzwf000m357vxp42zatf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">&#8220;When I get there I get greeted by the entire crew of the trainers, the clubhouse staff, and all of the grounds crew down there in Florida, and we make light work of getting all this stuff ready for the fellas to play ball,&#8221; Fisher added.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cml5ikzzb000n357v2pqthc2s@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">He says the trip down south is a little boring, and it should be smooth unless bad weather gets in the way.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cml5imj81001v357vnwkhgdcw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">Twins pitchers and catchers report to spring training in about a week. The first spring training game is Feb. 20 against the University of Minnesota, which can be heard on 830 WCCO and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/stations\/wccoradio\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Audacy App<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n          Featured Image Photo Credit: (Audacy \/ Dan Cook)\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Skip the groundhog. You want a sure sign of spring? 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