 The Minnesota Twins got their fan base fired up for the season ahead as part of the winter caravan which made it stop in Bemidji today. Twins players Eddie Rosario and Jose Barios and new manager Rockle Baldele, created fans, took questions and signed autographs as part of the event. In addition to getting to meet the fans, another perk of the caravan for Baldele is that he's able to get to know some of his new players a little bit better. One of the coolest parts of spending the time with Jose and Eddie and actually getting to have some really good baseball conversations and hearing what they have to say about a lot of different things. We spend pretty good conversation. I feel like we're both really so excited to start the training, start working to it and be great all the time. Baldele says he's eager to get to work with all of his new players, including the Twins off-season acquisitions such as Slugger, Nelson Cruz. The guys that we've gone out and gotten are great compliments. Nelson Cruz, not just a phenomenal hitter, a phenomenal teammate and person and presence in our clubhouse going forward, that we're pretty confident about and we've heard from pretty much everyone, this is a guy that we need to go get and I couldn't be happier going to get him. A full house with all proceeds benefiting Bemidji Youth Baseball. Alright, spring training just around the corner. Maybe just around the corner. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.