Today is my birthday. To celebrate, a few years ago, we started going to watch the Twins. Because of this, I thought I might introduce you to my love of major league baseball... and especially the Twins. I love rooting for the underdogs [however, who can say we are the underdogs this year?!].
Today we are playing the Royals, a team that has not been very good for awhile, but we tend to have a fair amount of trouble with from time to time. We have great seats just behind home plate. I've enjoyed a fair number of games at Target Field this year already, but this is the closest we have been able to get to the action.
We are at the game just in time to catch the national anthem and to have it start raining on us. This will continue multiple times throughout the game, but I am neither leaving my seat nor going to be put-off by a little rain. Clearly, neither are the Twins. Despite a disappointing outing by Slowey, the starter, the bullpen and the offense pulled through. Jason Kubel hits a go-ahead home run and Jim Thome hits his 585th career home run just after.... a monster off the flag pole in right-center... and that is about all we needed to enusre a win. Thome is now one homer shy of the number 8th all time spot, and I still cannot believe we landed this guy on our roster.
Twins win 5-4. What a memorable day.
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