Memo To Twins – Stadium Opener Idea Umbrella Day
First off, congrats on pulling out one heck of a comeback his year. But let’s consider taking in the moments before the big 163 playoff game to look into the future through the rain soaked seats of Target Field.
I beg that one of the local stations or national media schleps takes a remote over to Target Field this afternoon to show Minnesotans and Twin Fans what they have to look forward to next year, should the Twins find themselves needing one more game to win the division. Look you could be here, kind of reporting/mocking. Yes, the braintrust built a new stadium with out a roof, in Minnesota, for a sports team that plays a long season that bookends our vibrant but limited “Summer”. (and I use the term “Summer” loosely.)
For readers not in the Twin Cities today, it has been pouring all day, all week, and we should have snow this weekend. Wet sloppy snow, that soaks you to the core and you couldn’t be paid enough to sit in while it pelts you in the face.
But hey! if you go to the new Target Field webcam and zoom in, you can see the puddles on the infield. Ahhh, and look at those seats, all exposed top the sky above, rain or shine, of course.
I hope the Twins’ home opener next year is free umbrella night, or maybe here’s a towel to wipe off your seat night.
Ahhhh, the sights, sounds, and sloppy mud puddles of outdoor baseball. Can’t wait!
But good luck today.
Yes, so games will be rained out. Everyone knows it rains. You don’t need a remote for people to notice. Big deal, it happens in stadiums all over the country every season. I don’t think fans here will be any more put out by it then any other teams fans. It’ll just be part of baseball.
The straw poll voting rules were changed at the recent Minnesota GOP convention, which resulted in the front-runner, Marty Seifert, being penalized. The rules were changed so that if you voted for a gubernatorial candidate as your 1st choice you were forbidden to vote for that same gubernatorial candidate as your 2nd choice. Thus, Marty Seifert had the most “ineligible” ballots on the 2nd choice, because he was so popular as delegate’s 1st choice. See the below chart for details.
VOTERS’ COMBINED CHOICES
Rank Percent Total 1st CD 2nd CD 3rd CD 4th CD 5th CD 6th CD 7th CD 8th CD
M. Seifert 1 26% 625 99 71 88 66 28 73 109 91
T. Emmer 2 20% 490 36 98 65 37 39 130 54 31
D. Hann 3 15% 362 38 48 73 37 19 62 48 37
P. Anderson 4 15% 356 31 68 44 47 39 61 38 28
“NONE” 5 10% 233 14 24 67 20 4 44 29 31
P. Kohls 6 8% 186 23 55 32 20 10 27 7 12
B. Haas 7 2% 56 6 13 11 4 1 11 7 3
“OTHERS” 8 2% 50 3 3 5 10 2 7 9 1
M. Jungbauer 9 1% 47 5 5 9 4 4 12 6 2
L. Davis 10 1% 39 2 3 5 8 7 10 4 0
P. Herwig 11 1% 34 3 4 7 3 1 3 3 10
39 “OTHERS”: Steve Sviggum (10), Laura Brod (10), Norm Coleman (5), Sue Jeffers (4), Morrie Lanning (2), Jim Ramstad (2), Brian Sullivan (2), Erin B (1), Phil Krinkie (1), Carol Molnau (1), “Steve Hann” (1).