My Favorite Scribe

I grew up diligently reading the Star Tribune newspaper sports section reading about the Twins and other Minnesota sports teams. If I happen to walk past a newsstand and see that Patrick Reusse had an article in the St Paul Pioneer Press, I would buy it (it was a quarter… a dime cheaper than the Trib) just for the article written by Reusse. He was a great beat writer for the Twins for a long, long time. He eventually moved to the Star Tribune and wrote for them so I had the best of both worlds then. He has been a finalist for the JG Taylor Spink Award and I hope he someday wins it.
I recently sent him a baseball along with a box to return it in and a donation. I happened to include my Twitter handle on my letter which I rarely do but I am glad I did it this time. Out of the blue I receive a message on Twitter from Patrick telling me he tossed the return box accidently and would use the donation to securely mail it back to me. Sure enough, he went to the UPS Store and shipped it to me. I immediately returned the postage he paid so he can at least buy a Diet Coke on me. Oh, and the cool thing? He followed me on Twitter!