The Twins
returned home after a tough road trip. The question in the last few days was
would the Twins and New York Mets be able to get the game in with all the snow
and cold weather we have been getting.
The Mets are
coming to Target Field for the first time ever. I won tickets at work for the
Friday night game so I was hoping no cancellation.
I was so
pumped to see a team come to Target Field for the first time in history. I was also
anxious to see how long I could make it through a game with the temps to get
down in the low 30’s.
It snowed
all the way up to the game. We entered gate 29 and to the right of the gate was
a station set up with free coffee and hot chocolate for those brave enough to
face the weather elements.
I had gone
to the Vikings-Packers playoff game in Lambeau on January 5th and
now Friday April 12th I was at Target Field for a baseball game with
the same weather like conditions. We had snow and cold for both games.
I dressed
the same for both games the only difference is I had a Twins jacket instead of a
Vikings jacket on. I had a facemask on with my Twins hat on top of my facemask.
The way the
game started with batting practice for the Mets and a terrible error committed
by 3rd baseman, Trevor Plouffe the fans were colder than the weather
to the Twins.
What a disastrous
way to start a historical series. I do not believe I have been to a baseball
game where a team scored 5 runs in each of the first two innings of a game.
It was so
fun to look around and see just how warm people would dress. I saw a few
snowmobile suits, and tons of warm weather hats. I even saw a couple young men
who sat behind the first base dugout with no shits on. The one guy decided he
wanted to keep his face warm so he had a scarf wrapped around his face. That
makes a lot of sense.
The 6th
inning the scoreboard was scanning the crowd while playing the Winter
Wonderland song. This is wrong to be watching a baseball game in football
weather.
As cold as
it was and I could not feel my feet after the 5th inning I am so
glad to be part of the crazy crowd.
The
announced crowd of 23,000 plus was nice to see the number but the actual people
in attendance had to be 12-15,000. I looked at the left field 2nd
level in the first inning and counted 29 fans. I looked in the 5th
inning and counted 7. I did notice 2 fans in the very top which looked so funny
since the hundreds of open seats available.
The Twins
were getting trounced late when I heard a lot of commotion from across in left
field. Here the wave began. We were doing the wave in the 8th and 9th
inning. It did help warm my feet up.
That’s a
wrap on the night I call Winter Baseball. If I had a chance to do something
like this again I would do it in a heartbeat. I love the Twins and the beautiful
stadium they play in.
Thanks for
reading
Purplestick
GO TWINS!!!!
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