Patrick Reusse
Columnist
SportsPatrick Reusse is a sports columnist who writes three columns per week.
Latest from Patrick Reusse
Reusse: MIAC baseball playoffs feature coaches making exits and leaving plenty behind
Brad Baker will retire once Gustavus finishes the Division III tournament it reached. He and Jerry Haugen of St. John's have more in common: big ties to new ballparks.
May 11, 2025
Reusse: Twins play Giants, triggering Mays memories and a question: Can we get the Black players back?
Willie Mays headlined an era when Black athletes were an outsized portion of baseball’s best.
May 10, 2025
Reusse: Twins have pitching, Buxton and (perhaps) sage advice to draw on
Modern strategy causes a certain observer to shake his head, or worse. This observer is far less negative about the arms on the mound and the center fielder’s exploits.
May 9, 2025
Reusse: Timberwolves fans are left with a loss to lament and a villain to jeer
Jimmy Butler is experiencing contract comfort, so he played with enthusiasm, and his coach spoke of him that way. Minnesota followers know him another way.
May 7, 2025
Reusse: Twins and pitcher Canterino agree his full major league opportunity is worth waiting on
The righthander will miss 2025, his fifth season in a row stopped by elbow and shoulder troubles. The team re-signed him anyway last week, in case 2026 is his year.
May 4, 2025
Reusse: Wild and Wolves gives Minnesotans reasons for joy despite the expected heartbreak
What we have seen over the last two weeks — ongoing with the Timberwolves, ending unhappily with the Wild — is two sports at their zenith when offering springtime playoff competition.
May 2, 2025
Reusse: Wolves’ success noticed by Minnesota hoops royalty
Following the success of the Lynx last October, the Timberwolves look like a team capable of making a deep postseason run... again.
April 29, 2025
Reusse: The Twins, leaking fans and competing with NBA and NHL playoffs, needed that prospect
The baseball hopes that remain after Luke Keaschall's broken forearm are these: Two series won in a row, lots of baserunners lately and those four powerful righthanded relief pitchers.
April 26, 2025
Reusse: Twins and pitcher Canterino agree his full major league opportunity is worth waiting on
The righthander will miss 2025, his fifth season in a row stopped by elbow and shoulder troubles. The team re-signed him anyway last week, in case 2026 is his year.
May 4, 2025
Reusse: Wild and Wolves gives Minnesotans reasons for joy despite the expected heartbreak
What we have seen over the last two weeks — ongoing with the Timberwolves, ending unhappily with the Wild — is two sports at their zenith when offering springtime playoff competition.
May 2, 2025
Reusse: Wolves’ success noticed by Minnesota hoops royalty
Following the success of the Lynx last October, the Timberwolves look like a team capable of making a deep postseason run... again.
April 29, 2025
Reusse: The Twins, leaking fans and competing with NBA and NHL playoffs, needed that prospect
The baseball hopes that remain after Luke Keaschall's broken forearm are these: Two series won in a row, lots of baserunners lately and those four powerful righthanded relief pitchers.
April 26, 2025