Wednesday,
June 24
Day
78
Happy
Birthday Jack! My husband turns 61 today, I am very grateful for him
and this fun trip he planned! We woke up at 4:30 to hit the road to
get to Minneapolis for the noon game. We got into Minneapolis by 10:15. We were able to find a parking
place very close to Target Field, but we had no idea how close we
were until we started heading there. We were hoping to find the Loon Cafe and after we got out of our car we saw it was right across the
street!
Target Field was built on a smaller space than normal as
they had to acquire downtown space in order to do it. It is right
next to Target Center which hid it from our view. We followed the
crowds and were surprised we were so close.
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| Harmon Killebrew |
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| Instead of red brick, Target Field is built with Minnesota Limestone |
Jodi took pictures of
the players she remembered from her youth growing up in Minneapolis
and being a Twins fan. We even found a picture of Bob Allison who
was our neighbor 3 houses down back in the days when baseball players
were ordinary people making just a little bit more than ordinary
people.
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| Bob Allison, our neighbor when growing up |
We partook in a dollar dog at the park. We enjoyed the
display in center field of Minnie and Paul which is the emblem for
the Twins. The guy who designed it received $15.00 for his work.
Yes, you read that right. Minnie and Paul represent the Twin cities
of Minneapolis and St. Paul shaking hands over the Mississippi River
which has it's headwaters in Minnesota and divides the two cities. I
think this is the most unique board we have seen along the way. It
would have been nice to see it light up at night but with a noon game
on a sunny bright day it was hard to see the lights.
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| Minnie and Paul shake hands over the Mississippi River |
This was the second shortest game we attended, running just 2 hours and 20 minutes with a Twins victory over the White Sox.
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| Twins victory |
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