Target Field/Minnesota Twins

Product

2012

I had the opportunity to go to a Twins game Thursday night - May10th. I had not yet seen the new park in person. I come away thoroughly impressed. It was so enjoyable watching a professional baseball team outdoors in the cool, crisp night air. Oh yeah, and the Twins were there too. The Twins were pathetic. It is truly no wonder they sport the worst record in all of Major League Baseball. It was literally like watching the Bad News Bears.

Target Field is a first class facility that has a lot going for it. The layout, the accessibility, the food, the cup holders, the scoreboards and big screens and of course the field itself are all fabulous. Unfortunately the tenants are stinking up the place.

I must also say the fans were either completely bored with the product on the field or we just have the most unserious fans in all the major leagues. No one honored the simple etiquette where you keep your butt in the seat when someone is batting as to not block the view for real fans at a critical moment. However, it was such a terrible game that there were no critical moments to miss. We'll give the fans a pass on this one.

The Twins pitcher, Marqis, was awful. The catcher (not Joe) could not catch the ball - I have never seen so many dropped balls in my life - it actually became annoying. The fielding was atrocious. The Blue Jays stole bases at will, advanced bases at will and respected no one's throwing arm as the scored runs at will. As bad as the pitching and the fielding was the batting was even worse. At least 4 players laid down bunts - guess how many were successful? Yeah, none. Only the DH Willingham really drove the ball hitting his 7th home run. That was the sole highlight. The team looked uninspired, distracted, and bored. The Blue Jays on the other hand hustled on every play, they deserved to win.

And yeah the mighty Joe Mauer sucked too...

I remain skeptical that the Twins are going to turn things around, they have absolutely nothing going for them that I can see. It's a shame that the whole experience of going to this really first rate ball park is tainted by this truly lousy team.

Target Field 5 of 5 stars


Twins 1 of 5 stars


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