Behind the Lines: by David Heiller

David Heiller Two years ago I went to the Metrodome to do an interview with Kent Hrbek. His parents are from Willow River, and his grandmother, Evelyn Kiminski, still lives west of Rutledge. The local angle looked good for a write-up in the American. But Kent had other things on his mind as he sat in the dugout before that 1985 game. He grunted at me, in Clan of the Cave Bear dialogue. I didn’t understand it, but wrote it up anyway. So I tried again last Sunday, with the help of a press pass from the Twins. My brother, Glenn, came along to take pictures. We arrived about an hour before game time, so we would have plenty of time for an interview and pictures. First we went into the press box, where I said hello to Charlie Crepeau, an old Twins fan from Finlayson who I interviewed last year. “Hello Charlie, remember me, I’m David Heiller, Askov American .” “Who?” He looked at me blankly. “David Heiller, Askov American. I did a story on you last year.” “You did?” “Yea...

David Heiller I went to a Minnesota Twins game last week, with the help of the power of the press, which got me and photographer David Landwehr into the press gate for free. My goal was twofold: 1. Get an interview with local-boy-made-good Kent Hrbek. 2. Enjoy the game. David wrote: "Ace Reporter met Ace  Baseball Star  for a brief interview at the  Dome last week.  Mr. Reporter wanted to  ask Mr. Baseball Star some  Willow River-type questions,  but infield practice got in the way." One out of two wasn’t bad. Interviewing Kent Hrbek didn’t go so well. Dave and I got onto the field at 6:40 p.m. after showing our press passes to three ushers and two policemen in the press box and bowels of the Metrodome. We walked over to the Twins’ dugout. Some of the players were tossing the ball in front of the dugout, others were just standing around talking, waiting to take their infield practice. I recognized some of the players, but could...