Hero to town ball teams passes away.(SPORTS)(Patrick Reusse) From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: June 6, 2004| Author: Reusse, Patrick | COPYRIGHT 2004 Star Tribune Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Patrick Reusse; Staff Writer

Tim Fristrom was a source of agitation to Twin Cities sportswriters. He did not know that, and neither did we.

Fristrom went to the Twins and the operators of the Metrodome in 1985 with an idea: Why not use this all-weather facility to give town teamers, high schoolers and beer-league softballers the thrill of playing on a major league field?

"The teams and the small towns can buy an allotment of tickets to Twin...