Quite the roller coaster ride

My parents, Gina and myself all attended the Twins game yesterday. I must say, it was the greatest game I have ever been to.

To start things off, there was touching pre-game ceremony honoring Brad Radke.

Once the game started there was a lot of things going on. First off all, Mauer was trying to win the batting title (which he did!). But, on top of that they had a special place on the scoreboard showing exactly what was happening in the Tigers game (pitcher, batter, where runners were on base, outs, etc.). It was great.

However, the Tigers early 6-0 lead and the Twins 1-0 deficit after three innings took a little wind out of the crowd.

About the time Royals started coming back the Twins had started to take control of their game. While everyone still watched the Twinkies, ooohs and aaahs let everyone know how the other game was going.

There were even random times where the crowd would go absolutely crazy because the Royals did something good. Batters would step out of the box because it was so loud, etc.

Once the Twins game finished, the Metrodome switched the Tigers game on the big screen. It was the bottom of the 11th with one out and the Tigers had the bases loaded. Of the 45,000 in attendance, at least 40,000 stuck around. We all watched the end of the 11th and then the 12th inning together. The whole time, Twins players were running out of the dugout getting the crowd into it. When the game finished, the whole team poured out onto the field and celebrated by giving fans high fives, etc.

It was an incredible experience.

This team feels different..more like '87 or '91 then teams from the last five years. I have a feeling we are in for an amazing ride with them over the next month or so.

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Beno said...
It was an incredible experience watching it on TV, I can't imagine what it was like being at the Dome.

Shane said...
Bless you, Jimmy Gobble!

Rory said...
From 12 games back to overcome a Tigers team that was in first place for 161 games... that's not normal.

Shannon said...
Very cool story!

Soopa said...
I watched this on tv as well, it gave me chills.