The Twins announced Frank White has won the Terry Ryan "Play Ball!" Award and Dick Bremer will receive the team's annual Herb Carneal Lifetime Achievement Award.
Frank White, Dick Bremer will be honored by Twins at Diamond Awards
White ran the team's RBI program for 23 years, and Bremer was on the TV broadcast for 40 seasons.
November 22, 2023 at 3:39AM
The pair will be recognized at the Diamond Awards on Jan. 25 at the Armory along with the Twins individual player honorees.
White has worked to help underserved youth play sports, and carried on stories of great local athletes. He ran the Twins' Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) program for 23 years before retiring recently. He is author of the book "They Played for the Love of the Game: Untold Stories of Black Baseball in Minnesota." He was inducted into the Minnesota Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Honor in 2013.
The previously announced Twins award winners are: MVP and top pitcher, Sonny Gray; best defensive player and leadership, Carlos Correa; rookie of the year, Royce Lewis; most improved, Ryan Jeffers; media good guy, Pablo López; top major league from the Upper Midwest, Pittsburgh pitcher Mitch Keller; minor league player of the year, Brooks Lee; and minor league pitcher of the year, Cory Lewis.
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