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A walking tour of Target Field
by Jim Bickal , Minnesota Public Radio The new Target Field, soon to be home to the Minnesota Twins, is still under construction but very close to completion. MPR producer Jim Bickal took a walking tour of the facility and put together this walking tour of some of the field's more interesting ...
SNEAK PEEK: MINNESOTA TWINS TARGET FIELD PICS
SNEAK PEEK: MINNESOTA TWINS TARGET FIELD PICS
bigleaguescrew.com — After a nice run in 2009, the Twins will leave the Metrodome. The team plans to move... into a new facility called Target Field. The $390 million (plus $132 in infrastructure costs) stadium will host the Twins’ home opener on April 12th. The first concrete slab for Target Field was ... (more) SNEAK PEEK: MINNESOTA TWINS TARGET FIELD PICS
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State With Huge Mall Brings You Ballpark That Feels Like Huge Mall
Walkoff Walk — ... in Minneapolis? Sure! Seats that hang over the playing field? Obstructed views in the right field seats? A Budweiser party deck? These things sound like planning mistakes to me. Radiant heaters? Ash wood back seats? Pork chop on a stick? Sign me up, now you're talking a ballpark with character! For a more folksy, genteel tour of the park without any of that newfangled video, Minnesota Public Radio has got you covered.

Blog Kiosk: 11/15/2009
Blue Heaven — ... did I miss this? Night Owl Cards made a great post back in August celebrating Hideo Nomo's birthday. He shows off a bunch of Nomo cards. It's awesome. Sully writes a great story featuring unlikely pitchers to finish a World Series. Follow GCRL as he tries to complete a signed 1978 Dodgers Topps team set. He just received a signed Elias Sosa card. Here is a video of the Twins new ball field, Target Field. An amazing turn of events. After a 53 ...

MPR News: A walking tour of Target Field
BBTF's Baseball Primer NewsblogMPR News: A walking tour of Target Field The new Target Field, soon to be home to the Minnesota Twins, is still under construction but very close to completion. MPR producer Jim Bickal took a walking tour of the facility and put together this walking tour of some of the field’s more interesting highlights. ...

Round 'em Up: Tuesday 11.17.09
Milwaukee Brewers Blog - Bernie's Crew — ... The Minnesota Twins will unveil Target Field next Spring in (likely) frigid April weather.  If you cannot wait that long to walk through the facilities, however, Minnesota Public Radio has a nice video of inside and outside Target Field.  I expect to attend a few games there next season. ...

Morning Link Dump – Natasha, Kiprusoff, van der Sar, Briggs
TheScore.com Blog — ... I still don’t entirely understand why anybody would want to play outdoor baseball in Minnesota in April, but that’s not stopping the Twins from picking up and moving to Target Field next spring—and even though they’ve left the fielder’s nightmare that was the Metrodome, they haven’t entirely abandoned quirk, as this video from the dulcet tones of Jim Bickal of NPR shows. And… wait. Did he say walleye on a stick? ...

The Twins’ New Home Looks AWESOME
The Slanch Report — ... 2010 baseball season, or more specifically where the Minnesota Twins will be calling home for the next couple decades you’re in luck! Via the local Minnesota Public Radio station comes this video “walking-tour” of the new Target Field and quite frankly, it looks DOPE. I’m more than willing to go to that first game if someone wants to buy me tickets and airfare. I’ll take care of a hotel on my own because I’m that good a guy. [Minnesota Public Radio] Posted in Awesome, Baseball Tagged: Minnesota Twins, ...

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