Article: No Juice Podcast #33: Baseball Talk with Amelia Rayno

[Parker Hageman]

On this week's No Juice Podcast, Dan Anderson and Parker Hageman are joined by the Star Tribune's Amelia Rayno. They discuss the Torii Hunter signing, the subsequent press conference, interviewing Chuck Knoblauch and more.

 

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NO JUICE PODCAST, EPISODE #33: BASEBALL TALK WITH AMELIA RAYNO

Rayno, the Gophers Men's Basketball beat writer for the Star Tribune, shares her impressions on the press conference from the perspective of a reporter.

 

In 2011, she wrote a fantastic profile on former Minnesota Twin Chuck Knoblauch, one of the first interactions he had with the media since his retirement. Knoblauch had retreated to his home and family in Houston, eschewing the baseball world since leaving the field.

 

"He's very in his own head," Rayno said about Knoblauch, "I think that's his personality. He kind of relives a lot of things, even now. I think the reason he decided to do it, and now he's even talking about writing a book because he really just wants to get it out, get it off his chest. He feels like he's been misunderstood."

 

"I think he was angry and legitimately confused about how he was treated in Minnesota. He was really young obviously when he asked to be traded," Rayno said regarding the fan reaction. "He's an extremely competitive person and he explained it years later 'I just wanted to win.'"

 

For more on Hunter, Knoblauch and the Minnesota Gophers basketball team, listen below, on iTunes or on Stitcher:

 

NO JUICE PODCAST, EPISODE #33: BASEBALL TALK WITH AMELIA RAYNO

 

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