🌱 How a simple handshake ritual is powering Wayzata baseball’s success
Wayzata, Minnesota Patch AM: a 4 min readHello again Wayzata! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a simple handshake ritual is powering Wayzata baseball’s success
Also on today's calendar: Gaja Wine Seminar and 1 more event.
Today's riddle: What is something you always have, but also leave behind? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 63 and low of 42 degrees.
- Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 60, low: 49.
- Sunday: Cloudy, with a high of 67 and low of 53 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Wayzata baseball builds connection through handshake tradition (startribune.com) — Wayzata baseball fans might notice a unique ritual: every Trojan connects with each teammate after practices and games through handshakes, fist bumps, or dances. Coach Bobby DeWitt introduced the tradition to rebuild connection after Covid disruptions, and the team has since consistently reached the Section 6 championship, including a 2025 state third-place finish. 
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Independent Book Store Day 2026
The Thinking Spot, 3311 County Rd 101 #4, Wayzata
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Saturday April 25
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Energy & Environment Committee Meeting
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Housing & Redevelopment Authority Meeting
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Gaja Wine Seminar
Haskell's Wine & Spirits - Minnetonka , 12900 Wayzata Blvd , Minnetonka
6:00 pm
Tuesday April 28
Wednesday April 29
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Baseball: Varsity vs. ERA/UCA vs. NLA/LILA (Away)
Forest Lake Fenway Athletic Fields
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Gleason Lake Carnival
Gleason Lake Elementary School , 310 County Road 101 , North Plymouth
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Global Explorers Night
Oakwood Elementary School , 17340 County Road 6 , Plymouth
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Maple Grove vs Minnetonka
Minnetonka High School , 18301 MN-7 , Minnetonka
6:30 pm -
Spring Fling Dance
Minnetonka Community Education Center , 4584 Vine Hill Rd , Excelsior
6:30 pm -
"Blithe Spirit" Performance
Orono High School , 795 Old Crystal Bay Rd N , Orono
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WMS Spring Musical
Westonka Performing Arts Center , 5905 Sunnyfield Rd E , Minnetrista
7:00 pm -
Friday Night Acoustic with Bjorn Briel in the Brewhouse
Birch's on the Lake Brewhouse & Supperclub , 1310 Wayzata Blvd , Long Lake
7:30 pm
Friday April 24
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- "They drew first blood, not me.
” Rambo was living his best life with his family when he was picked up by a hawk during an outdoor outing! He is a big guy, and was too much for the… (Nextdoor Willow) - Safe - but owner unknown.
See comment below. See Picture - Anyone missing a small dog with white, kinda curly fur? It’s been seen a couple of times at dead end circle of… (Nextdoor Medina)
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🗞 Nearby News
Minnetonka
- DEVELOPING: 3 men arrested for fatal shooting near Southdale Mall (hometownsource.com)
- Short Documentary Program: Greenfield, Meet Me in Silence, Salt Marsh, A Song Between the Gardens & Entre Luz – Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 7PM! (newjerseystage.com)
- Hoop Habits opens new basketball training center in Minnetonka to develop athletes on and off court (cbsnews.com)
Orono
- Chaos, Comedy, and a Séance: Blithe Spirit Arrives at Orono (spartanspeaks.com)
- Minnetrista hears LID pushback, concerns about enforcement (hometownsource.com)
Edina
- 3 Arrested In Connection With Deadly Edina Shooting (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Footprints. (Thank you LAURIE T. for sending it in!)
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