MINNEAPOLIS — The longtime voice of the Minnesota Twins is stepping away from the microphone, although he’ll nonetheless be a part of the workforce.
The Twins introduced Tuesday Dick Bremer will depart the printed sales space behind in favor of a particular assistant function within the workforce’s entrance workplace.
“For 40 years, I have been blessed to completely immerse myself within the sport that I like for the workforce that I like,” mentioned Bremer. “I hope in my last season, I proved that ‘I’ve nonetheless received my fastball,’ a aim I set after I began with the Twins in 1983. I sit up for the following chapter in my life with the Twins and thank Twins Territory for 40 unbelievable seasons! God bless.”
Apart from a 12 months off within the mid-80s, Bremer has referred to as Twins video games on tv since 1983 — 4,972 of them, by his rely. The Twins mentioned he is retiring because the longest-tenured play-by-play voice for a single workforce in MLB.
“Dick Bremer’s legacy because the hometown tv voice of the Minnesota Twins for 4 a long time will undoubtedly sometime lead to his deserved induction into the Twins Corridor of Fame,” Twins President and CEO Dave St. Peter mentioned. “Whereas one chapter of his Twins profession is closing, we’re excited that Dick will proceed to jot down his legacy across the Twins on this particular assistant function.”
Bremer’s last season within the sales space noticed the Twins lastly break their postseason shedding streak with a collection win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Bremer is a Minnesota native who has additionally referred to as video games for the North Stars, Vikings, Gophers and extra.
The Twins mentioned they’re at the moment each broadcast choices and potential successors to Bremer for the upcoming season. Whereas the workforce did not specify what Bremer’s new function is, it mentioned the function “ensures that Bremer continues as an envoy of Minnesota Twins baseball by way of his storytelling talents, whereas additionally remaining a key consultant at Twins neighborhood and fan occasions that maintain particular significance to each Bremer and the group.”
Observe: The video above initially aired on Oct. 11, 2023.
