Vikings have Gardenhire to thank for 'AD'
Published: 7/31/2008 4:23 PM
Last Modified: 7/31/2008 4:23 PM
Cute story courtesy of the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
"Twins manager Ron Gardenhire showed up at the ballpark on Tuesday with an autographed Adrian Peterson Vikings jersey.
"'They asked me [last year] who we should take in the draft, I said Adrian Peterson,' Gardenhire said. 'That's not frontrunning. He played at [Oklahoma]. I grew up an OU fan. He's from Texas. I went to the University of Texas. So I got all bases covered.'
"Gardenhire said he lost a bidding war for a jersey recently at a fundraiser for the Concordia (St. Paul) baseball team.
"'It got up to $1,000 and a guy jumped me to $1,200 and I said, Take it, I'm going to call the Vikings,' Gardenhire said. '(The Vikings) got wind of it and a guy was nice enough to send me a jersey, and I'm very pumped. I didn't use my authority, but I let it be known that I like him."
-- Guerin Emig
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Guerin Emig
Sports Writer
