A happenstance meeting at Slim’s gave Blue Ox core some answers it was looking for

A happenstance meeting at Slim’s gave Blue Ox core some answers it was looking for

BEMIDJI — It was supposed to be a quick stop for lunch, but the two of them were there for almost three hours. Bazil Zuehlke, the longtime player/manager of the Bemidji Blue Ox amateur baseball team, stopped into Slim’s Bar and Grill on a regular workday. “I was sitting at the bar by myself,” he said. “This guy walked in, and I go, ‘Gosh, that guy looks familiar.’ We kept looking at each other, and I just couldn’t figure it out.” The familiar fa…