more Metrodome baseball...soon

I'm a huge fan of the Minnesota Twins and today they played their last "official regular season game" in the Metrodome. They won in easy fashion and are now set for a one game dual at the dome to determine the division champs. This is the second year in a row that the Twins have had to play an extra game to determine the division champs. While I have not been a huge fan for my whole life, getting into it more in the past few years, I have been bred to love the Twins, and thus the Metrodome. One of my earliest memories of the Metrodome was going with my family on a mini-vacation and throwing a fit because my brother wanted to go to the Twins game and I wanted to shop. Well, my parents bribed me with new shoes to get me to the dome. Which I wore, at the dome, and worked very hard to not get anything spilled on them. I then remember making a special trip with my dad to the cities to see the twins play. Even then, I was not a huge fan but it was something I got to do with my dad, plus he took me shopping! As you can see, getting me to the dome usually involved spending money at the Mall of America on me. But today's a different day. And I'm a different girl now. While I still LOVE shopping, you could get me to the dome without having to buy me new shoes. In fact, I tried to get Alex to call in sick to everything the next two days with me and go to the game on Tuesday (she wouldn't let me).

Today, they had the farwell to the dome thingy after the game. I started crying at one point. Not because I had so many amazing memories there, but it represents all of the memories I have watching the twins with my family. I remember watching the twins on tv with my family and cheering them on with my brother. While I didn't always love going to the metrodome, I will be sad that I won't be going for a baseball game there anymore but I'm also looking foward to the new Target Field.

So, GO TWINS, kick some Detroit ass and become the division champs, and then kick some Yankee ass after that.

GO TWINS.

Well done, Metrodome, well done.