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TEAM ::: MINNESOTA TWINS
LOCATION
::: MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
MY FIRST GAME ::: AUGUST 17,1990
OPPONENT ::: TORONTO BLUE JAYS
RATINGS
BALLFIELD ... D
SCOREBOARD ... B+
FOOD ...
B
FACILITIES ... A-
MLB STADIUM RANK ... 39 OF 40
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| Twins Greats how they are remembered |
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| Twins Greats making one last pitch together |
MY TAKE ON THE PARK
THE MINNESOTA TWINS ARE MY TEAM, SO AFTER MY INITIAL VISIT BACK
IN THE
EARLY 90s THE ONLY REASON TO RETURN WAS TO SEE MY TEAM. WELL, IT SEEMS
THE TWINS AGREE WITH MY OPINION
OF THE PLACE BECAUSE SINCE MY FIRST
VISIT THE TWINS HAVE DONE SOMETHING INCREDIBLE. THEY KEEP YOU FROM GOING
INTO THE
GAME UNTIL YOU HAVE TO. IT DOES NOTHING TO IMPROVE MY OPINION
ON THE PARK, BUT THE TRIP WAS MORE ENJOYABLE.
THERE ARE A FEW WAYS TO GET TO THE METRODOME AND REALLY, DRIVING
MAY NOT
BE THE BEST WAY. PARKING AT THE DOME IS $15 AND THERE SEEMS TO BE
SUFFICIENT PARKING TO ACCOMMODATE THE CROWDS.
BUT WITH THE NEWLY
INSTALLED LIGHT RAIL STOPPING RIGHT OUTSIDE THE METRODOME, THE LIGHT
RAIL IS THE WAY TO GO. A
THOUGHT WOULD BE TO PARK AT THE MALL AND TAKE
THE LIGHT RAIL, SAVING A FEW DOLLARS AND SOME TRAFFIC PROBLEMS.
ONCE INSIDE THE METRODOME
THINGS BEGIN TO TUMBLE, THE CONCOURSE LEVEL IS
EXTREMELY CLEAN BUT THE AISLE WAYS ARE A BIT NARROW IF THE GAME IS
CROWDED.
CONCESSION STANDS SET UP IN THE CONCOURSE AREA MAKE THE CROWDED
AREAS MORE CONGESTED.
ONCE INTO THE SEATING AREA THINGS CONTINUE TO GET WORSE, THE
SEATING IS
TIGHT, THE AISLE WAYS NARROW AND THE ROWS SEEMINGLY ENDLESS. MAKING A
BATHROOM RUN WHEN SITTING IN SEAT 14
COULD BE A 10 MINUTE PROCESS JUST
TO GET TO THE END OF THE ROW. IF YOU ARE TALLER THAN 5'5" YOUR KNEES
WILL MOST
LIKELY BE UNDER THE ARMS OF THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU, AND IF
YOU ARE WALKING UP THE AISLE AND SOMEONE IS WALKING DOWN
WITH A COUPLE
OF BEVERAGES, SOME WILL BE GETTING WET.
WHEN LOOKING AT THE TWINS TICKET PLANS, YOU WILL SEE A
$4 TICKET FOR
CERTAIN GAMES, A $4 TICKET FOR A MAJOR LEAGUE GAME IS UNHEARD OF, BUT AT
THE METRODOME IT ONLY SEEMS TO
PUT YOU IN THE SAME AREA CODE. THE $4
SEATS ARE OVER THE RIGHT FIELD WALL AND HANG OVER THE PLAYING SURFACE.
ANY BALL
TO RIGHT FIELD IS LOST ON THE WAY, MAKING ME REALIZE THE
CURTAINS IN THE UPPER DECK AREN'T SUCH A BAD THING.
SADLY FOR BASEBALL, BEATING UP THE METRODOME IS ALMOST TOO EASY SO LET
ME
SAY SOME POSITIVE THINGS.
AS MENTIONED THE PARK IS VERY CLEAN.
THE DOME DOG IS A GIANT HOT DOG THAT IS EDIBLE AND AFTER ONE YOU WON'T
NEED
ANOTHER.
THE TWINS RESPECT THE GAME AND KEEP THE BETWEEN INNING
PROMOTIONS
TO A MINIMUM. BETWEEN INNINGS THERE ARE A FEW CROWD VIDEOS THAT MAKE FUNNY FACES, LOOK AT PEOPLE WITH VARIOUS TWINS GARB,
AND THE
KISS CAM. THE FANS GET REALLY INTO THIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE OF THE TWO ON THE SCREEN REFUSES TO KISS, AN ALL OUT
BOO IS LET OUT. IT REALLY IS A LOT OF FUN AND KIND OF THE SECOND MOST ENJOYABLE THING ABOUT HEADING OUT TO THE DOME.
THE
BEST PART OF THE DOME? LEAVING! LEAVING THE DOME ISN'T WHAT IS SO GREAT, IT IS THE FACT THAT THIS BUILDING, HELD UP BY AIR
PRESSURE, THROWS YOU OUT ONTO THE SIDEWALK AFTER THE GAME. SOMETHING TO STICK AROUND FOR AT THE END OF EVERY GAME.
Of the 40 Parks I have visited, I've made a change and feel that
the Twins no longer deserve to be in last place. I think they realize just how bad a ballpark this is and they keep the fans
outside until game time. Plus, once inside, thery do not pipe in cowbell sounds or fake noise to excite the crowd. they do
that in Tropicana Field and well, that knocked the Trop down below the Metrodome.
Plus, the Metrodome is in its final year so we only have a few
more games to worry about a ball getting lost in the white roof or a ball being misdirected by a fly ball after hitting off
a speaker.
The concern with playing outdoors is the weather in Minneapolis in April
or late october, it can be tough.
So, in the final few games in the Dome, forget about what
could go wrong and enjoy the Kiss Cam and have fun watching Twins fans get thrown onto the sidewalk as they leave the
Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome.
THE LINE UPS
TORONTO BLUE JAYS MANAGER
43 CITO GASTON
MINNESOTA TWINS MANAGER
10 TOM KELLY
TORONTO BLUE JAYS
47 Junior Felix rf
1 Tony Fernandez ss
17 Kelly Gruber 3b
11 George Bell lf
19 Fred McGriff 1b
9 John Olerud dh
21 Greg Myers c
4 Manny Lee 2b
3 Mookie Wilson cf
37 Dave Stieb p / WP
31 Duane Ward S
MINNESOTA
TWINS
32 Dan Gladden lf
2 Nelson Liriano 2b
34 Kirby Puckett cf
14 Kent Hrbek 1b
8 Gary Gaetti 3b
25 Randy Bush dh
9 Gene Larkin rf
0 Junior Ortiz c
26 Al Newman ss
46 Scott Erickson p / LP
BLUE JAYS 000 200 003
5 16 0
MIN TWINS 000 000 100 1 5 0
TIME
:: 2:41
ATTENDANCE :: 28,173
WEATHER :: (OUTSIDE) COOL, DAMP
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