Twins TV Broadcaster Dick Bremer to Hold Book Signing In Staples on October 9th

(KDLM) – Since 1983, if you’ve watched a Minnesota Twins game on TV you’ve heard Minnesota’s own Dick Bremer describing the action on the field. Whether the Twins are competing deep into October or are rebuilding for the next season, Bremer has been the constant for players and fans.

With nearly 40 seasons of Twins baseball under his belt comes a myriad of stories, from plays on the field, to personalities off of it…all of them detailed in Bremer’s book, ‘Game Used: My Life In Stitches With The Minnesota Twins.”

After Bremer’s hometown of Dumont hosted a book signing for Bremer in August, the town where Bremer graduated from high school, Staples, will now host a book signing on Saturday, October 9th.

“It was intended to be a light-hearted look at the first 60 years of the team and my involvement, first as a fan growing up in Dumont. I followed the team religiously through my adolescence. And, a wonder of wonders, I have been able to make a career through a closer association with the Twins.”

Bremer released his book in March of 2020 during what would have been Opening Week of the 2020 major league baseball season, but the season was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And with the world opening back up, Bremer has had the opportunity to do a number of public book signings.

Bremer’s book details his younger years in Dumont, moving to Staples in 1971 and playing high school baseball at Staples High School for legendary coach Jerry Riewer.

“A Jerry Riewer story that I like to tell that’s not in the book is this time that the team was going through a rough stretch where guys were missing signs,” recalls Bremer. “I remember he dressed us down and scolded us a little bit for missing signs. We were playing a game after that, and somehow I ended up at third base. Coach Riewer was coaching in the third base coaches box, and he gives the steal sign. I was the only runner on base. But he gave the steal sign. I wasn’t one of those guys that missed the signs. I wasn’t a very good player, but I paid attention to the signs. I couldn’t communicate with him, obviously, because the third baseman is standing right there. The pitcher goes into the wind-up, I take off, and thankfully the ball goes to the backstop and I get a steal of home. Jerry came up to me and asked why I had taken off. I told him he gave me the steal sign. He responded with ‘Whoops. My mistake.'”

Bremer will be signing copies of his book at Pine Grove Park in Staples on October 9th from 1-4 pm. Bremer will have copies of his book available for purchase, and $5 for every book will go to the Staples-Motley Athletic Hall of Fame.