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Twins are built to contend this year, and with a new ball park have some money to spend. No doubt the Twins will over pay for a closer, but they have no one in the system who can be a strong closer now.Perkins attitude make him prime to be traded
Wait until 3 days before the playoffs start and the Twins have a shot. Wooderson goes from 2 to 200. Twins go 75-87, that count remains at 2.
DD you have no idea what your talking about. The past couple years I have been the one to start the Twins thread so I don't just jump on the bandwagon. I don't live in the Twins area anymore so I don't get to see many games. But like I have said before this has been my one and only team since a kid so you can say what you want I will still post whenever I get a chance and cheer for my Twins.Speaking of I get alot of information about the Twins in this thread thanks to the locals for posting the articles.
How was the open house? I was busy on Saturday and gave my tickets to a few other people in our season ticket group. One guy call me and said it was unreal.And Joe Mauer is finally signed...niiiice.
It is a nice stadium, however, there are some terrible sight lines from what you would expect would be great seats. Left field and right field have the ridiculous 10 feet of space between the first row and the playing field (I'm guessing to keep grubby fan hands off of potential homeruns). Well, what that does is not allow you to see all of the playing field. Having the first row in the lower deck should be fantastic seats in any stadium. Not here.The upper deck in LF has the same issues, only multiplied by 10. I will never buy a ticket to sit anywhere in LF. RF is a little better, for in right center, the upper deck is much steeper. And RF only has a dozen rows or so. But even those have a limited view of plays in deep RF.Centerfield has no seats, but there is a large standing area with a bar. However, the wall looking onto the field is probably 5 and a half feet tall. I am 5'10" and I struggled to see over the thing without standing on my toes.My tickets are upper deck, 3rd base. A good friend did some research and these, IMO, are the best of the 20 dollar seats. Skyline view, no obstructions, no sight line issues.There are some fantastic bars between 1st and 3rd base, second level. Windows that open, or close for when it is cold, and great views on the field. I imagine these spots will be outrageously crowded. The metropolitan club, between 3rd base and the foul pole, is pretty sweet. It is only available to season ticket holders (although each season ticket holder can bring 3 guests). It has an great views of the field, a nice looking bar, and table seating on a balcony overlooking the field. They take reservations 2 weeks in advance, it is only like 29 dollars per person. They have 2 seatings. The first is 1.5 hours before the game, up until the first pitch. The second is from the first pitch to the end of the game. There is a buffet dinner and waiter service at the table. I think it is first come first serve as far as where you grab a table, if you have a reservation. There are some great seats here, for sure.Games that I go to without using my tickets (I only have a 20 game pack), I will definitely buy standing room or the cheap seats (or pay good money and sit behind the dugout). I say this because there are plenty of spots to stand and watch the game. There are bars and empty spaces all over the place with great views. You can nearly touch the left field foul pole in one area where there are stools and a bar set up. Seriously, the pole is maybe 6 feet away from the railing.The train drops you off right at the entrance gate. It is about a 15 step walk once you exit the light rail.The suites looked pretty damn nice. The club section seemed to have quite a large area to themselves with nice food and plenty of bars.Someone told me that the field is built on the smallest footprint of any major league ballpark. I believe it. They really did find a way to fit it in bettwen 2 freeways, the Target Center, and the hood.I am excited. Less than 2 weeks until the first exhibition game against the Cardinals!
Liriano has been lights out this spring, lets hope he can keep it upWooderson said:
I scored some tickets for Saturdays game, woooo wooooGet to experience the full thing tomorrow afternoon. Twins vs Cardinals at the new stadium. Gonna be almost 70 degrees.
Another report:#New player notes Fri, Apr 2Rauch will be Minnesota's primary closer, manager Ron Gardenhire told Dave Schwartz of KARE 11 TV in Minneapolis.Recommendation: We wouldn't get overly excited about this report as the Minnesota closer role is pretty fluid and Gardenhire could change his mind after each save opportunity. Still, it sounds like Rauch will be given the first chance to take the job and run with it.(Rotowire.com)As Twins fan I really want to trade for Rauch. But I know I may be jumping the gun a little.Gopher State said:
So how was it?I need to find a way to get to a game this year.Get to experience the full thing tomorrow afternoon. Twins vs Cardinals at the new stadium. Gonna be almost 70 degrees.
Unless you can get him dirt cheap, and I mean dirt cheap, don't waste your time. I can see Rauch losing the job and multiple players getting a shot until they decide to make a trade for a "real" closer.
It asn't quite 70 degrees, and it was very windy, but it was definitely warm enough fro some baseball. Twins looked terrible, Cardinals looked good. Holliday was smoking the ball every at bat. Pat Neshek got hammered.The concession stands are a nightmare right now. I know they are still trying to sort it all out, but they really shouldn't have gone down to the local methadone clinic to hire some of their workers.A friend and I were in line, second in line, for 4 Summit EPAs (they have a surprisingly non abundance of decent beer in the whole damn place). We waited at least 10 minutes. Again we were second in line. There were 3 people working this little stand. One pouring beer, one taking cash and one taking credit cards. We thought it would be faster to go in the cash line. Wrong. We finally get our turn, I order 2 Summits from the guy pouring, my buddy orders 2 from the cash lady. Beers are 7.50 a piece. The ####### girl breaks out a calculator! That's not even the worst part. She didnt even know how to use the damn thing. I now have my 2 beers in hand, my buddy is holding a 20 dollar bill out, waiting for this moron to figure the change bit out. Nope. After we, and the rest of the folks in line got a good laugh for about 2 minutes, he tells her to give him 5 dollars back. She still doesnt get it. He then quickly explains that 2 beers cost 15, and 5 is the change from a 20. She gave him the 5, and we walked away. They also failed to charge me for my beers.We went back to this lady again in the 4th or 5th inning. Same #### show. Only this time I actually had to pay.Another friend took the light rail in. They didnt have enough train cars, and he couldnt even get on the train down at the Franklin stop. He had to wait 10 minutes for the next one. They also let you off the wrong side of the tracks at the stadium, and make you walk around the train.We biked downtown. There are apparently 350 bike racks, but they are all located on the eats side of the stadium. On the west side, there were none. We had to cross over 7th and lock it to a random pole. Not a huge deal, but annoying nevertheless.The jumbotron is spectacular. It would suck to sit in left field and not have a view of it. There is a little too much info on the thing, so it takes a little while to figure out where previous at bats were, and who is up next, and all that stuff, but the picture is high, high quality.The field looks fantastic. Plush grass. Clean dirt.We have 20 dollar seats on the third base side in the upper deck. It was fairly empty, so we got to walk around and sit in different places and see the views of the game. Knowing what I know now, I would have gone with the 29 dollar seats. I think they are called the home plate terrace.-edit-There was an awesome ovation for Jacque Jones when he came up to bat in the 8th inning. It was a nice moment.So how was it?I need to find a way to get to a game this year.Get to experience the full thing tomorrow afternoon. Twins vs Cardinals at the new stadium. Gonna be almost 70 degrees.
He smashes the ball for crazy power and has excellent plate patience. His low average is definitely a concern, but outside of that his numbers are very good.
The last time the Twins had won a series in Anaheim was May 24-26, 2002, when the winning pitchers were Rick Reed and Eric Milton.
Classic Sid.
