Twins game

We attended a Minnesota Twins baseball game.  I was very careful to select an afternoon game as we had not attended Target field during a day game.  Game time was 12:10 PM on a Thursday.  Day games are not unusual on Thursday as at least one team is leaving town for a weekend series somewhere else.  It is called "get away day" and the idea is to play the game early enough for the team(s) to travel get to the new city and be rested for the next day.  As usual we arrived at the ball park very early.  It began to rain well before game time and the teams did not take batting or fielding practice.  The rain continued and the game was delayed 4 hours and 50 mins.  So the first pitch that was supposed to have happened at 12:10 occurred at 5:00.  Had the game started on time, it would have been over by then.  So for almost 6.5 hours (remember we get to a game early) we wandered the stadium, bought food and hit the Twins pro shop.  The Twins pro shop proved to be very expensive as I bought a new hat, a shirt and a jacket.  Diana was more constrained and only bought a jacket.


I seriously considered a new suit.

But reconsidered and did not.

Tarp on the field with Minneapolis sky line

The folks I really felt sorry for were all the kids that came.  Being a day game a lot of summer day care programs take the kids to see the game.  Looking in the stands you could see a group of kids all in blue shirts.  Over there was a group with yellow shirts, another with red and so on.  All these groups had to leave before the game started so they could be back at daycare for mom or dad to pick them up.  They seemed to be having fun all afternoon, especially when they were shown on the big screen,  but they missed the game.

This was the longest rain delay we have experienced and the longest in Twins history.  Finally, when the game started the Twins got crushed 9 - 0.  They fell way behind early and it did not get better.  It is great to be a baseball fan!

GO TWINS!!