2DAY WRITTEN AND COMPILED BY MICHAEL RAND • MRAND@STARTRIBUNE.COM
03.27.13 RANDBALL'S WORLD WIDE WEB
Online: Michael Rand explores the soft underbelly of sports in his blog at startribune.com/randball
The weather.com forecast for the Twins' first home series could go either way. It's apparently either going to be really cold or brutally cold. As of Tuesday evening, the forecast for next Monday's opener calls for a high of 37, with 16 mph winds from the northwest. It will get better, but that's a rough start. Don't forget to bring your gloves — not to catch a foul ball, but to stay warm. Other Web highlights:
ready, aim, fire Minor League Baseball's Lehigh Valley IronPigs are installing "Urinal Gaming Systems" in their men's rooms, per milb.com. And yes, it's what it sounds like.
next generation At SI.com, there is a profile on four student reporters for the LaSalle paper who received donations to cover the Sweet 16 after adventures in the early rounds.
and another thing ... The New York Times article on Florida Gulf Coast's victory over Georgetown had so many errors the correction read like a story, thebiglead.com notes.
