Midday

Tuesday, April 4, 2006

Batter up!
The Minnesota Twins kick off their 2006 season in Toronto on Tuesday evening. Will they make us proud this year?11:06 a.m.
Guests
Howard Sinker: State news editor for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Sinker covered the Twins for many years and was also an official scorer for the team.
Harmon Killebrew: Played for the Twins in the 1960s and early 70s. Killebrew boasts 573 career home runs and in 1984 he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
More from MPR
Howard Sinker's dream Twins team (04/04/2006)
Resources
Bleacher Bums: MPR's baseball blog
The last four years of Martin Luther King's life
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch has finally finished the project he began over a decade and a half ago. "At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68" completes a massive, three-volume history of Martin Luther King's career.12:06 p.m.
Guests
Taylor Branch: Pulitzer Prize-winning author, in an interview at the Commonwealth Club of California.