Metrodome

This is one of the parks I have attended only one game at. It was the last game of the 2007 Midwest tour I did with John and Gue. To put it mildly, it’s a dump. There’s talk about making a new park in Minneapolis, one without a dome. At first I thought, “why no dome in Minnesota?” After seeing the Metrodome, any park is an improvement. First, baseball is not meant to be played indoors…unless it’s snowing or perhaps 115 degrees outside. But I do believe the retractable dome technology has been perfected! Please see Houston, Milwaukee, Phoenix, and Seattle. Even Toronto has a dome…but I digress. Second, the seats are not only uncomfortable, but the seat back in front jams into your shins. Also, the seats folded into right field are ugly.


The Twins would finish just below .500 this year and would not threaten for the division title. They had Torii Hunter, Joe Mauer, Johan Santana, and Joe Nathan. The Blue Jays were in a similar place except they finished above .500 while not contending for the division title. The Jays had Troy Glaus, Alex Rios, Frank Thomas, AJ Burnett, and Roy Halladay. Not an exciting matchup. But this was the end of a fantastic baseball road trip and it was potential history in the making! Frank Thomas hit home run #499 two nights ago and the Jays were going against a guy with an ERA over 6.50. The stars were aligned!


We didn’t see history that night. In four at bats, Frank was 0-4 with two strikeouts. We did see a great game. Two no-name pitchers went 7.0 and 8.0 innings each giving up only one run. The game would be decided in the 12th with a win for the home team.