Take me out to the ball game!
The new Target field, home of Minnesota Twins. Play ball!
My Aunt Stella introduced me to baseball when I was a very little girl. She was the only adult in my family who liked sports and was extroverted, like me.
It was sooo long ago, Houston's team was called the Colt 45s. That's before the first domed stadium was built (the Astrodome), before the Houston Astros, and way before the retractable-roof Enron Field that became Minute Maid Field.
So, I figured it was my turn!
Aunt Stella came to visit for Easter, and the Minnesota Twins had just opened a gorgeous new open air stadium (Target Field) that's clean and green. We watched the Twins smear the St. Louis Cardinals (sorry, Card fans) from our wooden-backed seats, ate hot dogs and popcorn, danced our way through the 7th inning stretch, and hollered like banchees when the Twins beat the famed Cardinals.
Hooray for Aunt Stella, who took the bus with Mr. B and me (wonderfully, bike paths, light rail, and buses all swing right by the the field), braved the chilliness, and continued to explain the technicalities of the game to her Minnesota niece.
We all had a blast!
Oh, yeah...we were bundled up on April 3!!!
Kentucky blue grass in a checkerboard pattern
Hooray for the bongo guy who also moved venues!
Aunt Stella poses before the field's facade,
which is made from stone quarried in Minnesota
I tell ya, everybody needs an Aunt Stella!
I tell ya, everybody needs an Aunt Stella!
Comments
Oh, and that outfield? May I just lay down in it and die please?
Ball games have never had much allure for me (I'm an armchair kinda guy!) but your stadium certainly looks new and shiny. I'm glad you, Mr B and your aunt had a great time.
She looks like she is the most fun. Thanks for sharing.
As much of a baseball fan as I am - rabid - I had totally forgotten that the Twins were opening a new place. It looks nice.
I also remember when the Houston team came into the league as the Colt 45's, being renamed the Astros when the dome opened (which was considered an unbelievable marvel, at the time, as you probably know.)
How's Ginsberg?!