♪♪ >> ERIC: I REMEMBER THAT READING LIKE IT WAS JUST YESTERDAY.

SPEAKING OF DAYS GONE BY, IT'S TIME FOR THE HISTORY PORTION OF TONIGHT'S SHOW.

SPRING TRAINING IS IN FULL SWING DOWN SOUTH, AND PLAYERS HAVE MORE ON THEIR MINDS THAN BATTING PRACTICE THIS YEAR.

THE NEW UNIFORMS UNVEILED BY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ARE NOT GETTING RAVE REVIEWS.

WHICH LEADS US TO THIS WEEK'S INDEX FILE QUERY.

WE TRAVEL BACK IN TIME 30 YEARS.

IT'S 1994.

OUR QUESTION CONCERNS A MINNESOTAN INVOLVED IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AND AN ITEM THAT WAS ONCE PART OF A BALLPLAYER'S OFFICIAL UNIFORM.

THE MINNESOTAN IN QUESTION WAS SO STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT HE OR SHE WORKED TIRELESSLY AND SUCCESSFULLY TO HAVE ITS REMOVAL WRITTEN INTO THE NEW LABOR AGREEMENT FOLLOWING THAT YEAR'S STRIKE.

OUR TASK FOR YOU: WHO IS THIS MINNESOTAN IN QUESTION, AND WHAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WAS REMOVED FROM THE UNIFORM CODE?

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHETHER YOU ARE CALLING FROM HAT POINT, SHIRT LAKE, OR THE SHORES OF STOCKING LAKE.

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JUST ENOUGH TIME TO LEAVE YOU WITH SOME MUSIC FROM THOSE ARCHIVES.

BILL STAINES HAS A GREAT SET OF PIPES.

AND HE SHOWED THEM OFF IN THIS VERY STUDIO THIS WEEK BACK IN THE YEAR 2000.

HERE'S STAINES ON THE OLD "NEWSNIGHT MINNESOTA" PROGRAM.

TAKE A LISTEN.

BE CAREFUL.

>> ♪ WELL, OLD PEN WAS A FRIEND OF MINE ♪ ♪ HE USED TO SIT DOWN BY THE SQUARE ♪ ♪ HE WAS KIND OF A LOCAL MONUMENT ♪ ♪ YOU KNOW, YOU'D ALWAYS FIND HIM THERE ♪ ♪ HE NEVER CAUSED ANYBODY ANY TROUBLE ♪ ♪ TOWN FOLKS JUST PASSING BY ♪ ♪ SOMETIMES YOU'D HEAR HIM LAUGHING TO HIMSELF ♪ ♪ AND SOMETIMES YOU'D SEE HIM CRY ♪ ♪ WELL, US KIDS, WE USED TO GO TO HIM ♪ ♪ WE'D LISTEN TO HIS SONGS ♪ ♪ WELL, SOME OF THEM WERE HAPPY ♪ ♪ WELL, SOME WERE JUST PLAIN LONG ♪ ♪ HE USED TO PICK 'EM OUT ON THIS OLD GUITAR ♪ ♪ THAT HE'D WON ONCE WHEN HE'D BEEN OUT AT SEA ♪ ♪ I CAN STILL REMEMBER ALL THE WORDS ♪ ♪ THAT OLD PEN SPOKE TO ME ♪ ♪ HE SAID "SON, WELL, LISTEN TO ME ♪ ♪ AND DON'T YOU GO TELLING NO LIES ♪ ♪ THEY GET YOU IN DEEP TROUBLE ♪ ♪ THEY JUST FOLLOW YOU LIKE FLIES" ♪ ♪ HE SAID, "SON, WATCH WHERE YOU'RE WALKING ♪ ♪ AND DON'T BE AFRAID TO LOSE ♪ ♪ PUT YOUR MEMORIES IN YOUR TRAVELING BAG ♪ ♪ AND MILES UPON YOUR SHOES ♪ ♪ PUT YOUR MEMORIES IN YOUR TRAVELING BAG ♪ ♪ AND MILES UPON YOUR SHOES" ♪ >> "ALMANAC" IS MADE POSSIBLE BY MEMBERS OF THIS PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION.

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