blogs2.startribune.com - 10/12/2009
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Several baseball writers ended up at Maxwell’s on Sunday night after bidding goodbye to Major League Baseball at the Metrodome. The Phillies and Rockies were tangled in a close late-inning ballgame on TV, and it was heartening to hear the temperature at Coors Field was 27 degrees. That ...
Riding The Metrodome
joeposnanski.com 10/6/2009 — The place won’t die. That’s how it should be, I suppose. That’s how it goes in horror movies. The killer gets burned, drowned, chopped in half, run over by a car, crushed by a tree, shot 12 times in the chest … but the ...
Twins and the Metrodome
kingsofkauffman.com 10/5/2009 — The Tigers and Twins are set to hook up at the Metrodome on Tuesday afternoon to decide the AL Central. I was born and raised in Minnesota, so while the Royals may be the team of my adulthood, the Twins were the team of my childhood. I still have a place in the pantheon of [...]
Twins Loss Sees End of MLB for the Metrodome
bizofbaseball.com 10/12/2009 — With the Yankees sweeping the Minnesota Twins in Game 3, 4-1, the final MLB game was played at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Twins will begin play next season at the new open-air Target Field.
With the final out, two events were caught on camera by TBS, framing the swan song for what ...
Greatest game in Metrodome history?
hardballtimes.com 10/7/2009 — Earlier this year, I wrote a column for THT titled: " The 10 greatest games in Metrodome history ."
Looks like I spoke too soon.
Clearly, today's game belongs high on the list.
Where? Well, it's a judgement call of course. You have to weigh the quality of the game alongside its ...
Goofy ideas and World Series wins: A Metrodome memorial
sports.yahoo.com 10/2/2009 — Last season, our good friend Tim Snips beautifully eulogized the passing of New York's Shea Stadium . Since he enjoys remembering ballparks that most won't miss, Tim returns this year to wax eloquent on his hometown Metrodome, which could be ...
The Grandstand: Will I miss the Metrodome? Yes and no
sports.yahoo.com 9/22/2009 — I just played my last regular season game and series at the Metrodome last weekend. There are so many different opinions about not having to play there anymore that I figured I would discuss some of the pros and cons of playing there since we are ...
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome: 1982-2009.
spartyandfriends.com 10/7/2009 — Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to pay our final respects to our great good friend, the big concrete monstrosity known as the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. It was taken from us far too late, but now that it is gone we remember it, despite all its flaws, as providing some memorable ...
Metrodome Magic Just Some Dude in the Upper Deck with a Magic 8 Ball
realfakesports.blogspot.com 10/7/2009 — The Twins continued their improbable late season run, with a one game playoff victory over the Detroit Tigers in extra innings. Many are attributing the Twins victory to Metrodome magic, as this is the last season the Twins will play in the dome. Today, it was revealed that Metrodome magic was ...
Tigers won't miss playing in Twins' Metrodome
mlive.com 9/18/2009 — AP Photo The Detroit Tigers will start a three-game series at the Metrodome, above, on Friday. It will be the last time they play there because the Minnesota Twins are moving out at the end of the season. DETROIT --...
Baseball History
yankeesredsox.com 10/5/2009 — I was reading an article about the Twins today and it mentioned how the Metrodome is the 7th-oldest baseball stadium and That kind of blew my mind. But it makes sense considering how many new parks have been built in the last 20 years. Now, just for fun, take a guess at the ...
