Twins and the Target Dog Victorious

Wide angle view from 320

Fans in 320

Wide angle view of concessions

After a less than stellar performance on the road, the Twins were probably happy to get back to Target Field.  Apparently all the offense that was lacking in Yankee Stadium and elsewhere was all pent up.  The Twins could hardly keep from scoring.  They defeated the Brewers 15-3.    It was the biggest Twins blowout I've ever seen.

The Twins scored 7 runs in the first inning.  After awhile you couldn't help but feel sorry for the Brewers pitcher, Bush.   I wanted to put him out of his misery.    That movie "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"  kept coming to mind.      A few fans in Section 320 were razzing him pretty badly.     Unfortunately for the Brewers, the next guy they put in to pitch didn't do much better.

It was a good night for improving your batting average and everyone except Millionaire Joe got a hit.  Even the newbie, Plouffe, got his first major league hit.  In fact, the first two outs of the top half of the 1st inning were grounders to Mr. Trevor.    The crowd quickly started chanting Plooooof" when he came to bat.  Must have been exciting for him.     Since there hasn't been much reason to yell "Kuuuuub" lately, this was a nice consolation.

Hubby and I tried out some new food at the stadium since we arrived in time to do a little wandering.  He tried Tony O's Cuban sandwich and I tried out the beef burrito at the Mexican joint.   Neither one of us was very impressed.  The Cuban sandwich tasted good but was a bit overpriced.  My burrito was big and filling, but not very tasty.  Certainly not worth the calories.  So now I'm going to have to starve for a day to make up for it.

We were so far ahead that Hubby and I left a little early so we missed all the hullabaloo with Go Go.  Good thing the Twins have a history with Gomez or things might have gone down a little differently.    I suppose if someone had to hit the homer and spoil the shutout, a former Twinkie was the guy to do it.

On a side note, the Target Dog finally beat the Skeeta in the Scoreboard race.  I thought that Skeeta was the Yankee of the Minnesota mascots because it never seemed to lose.   I also got to try out my new wide angle lens.  Pretty cool I think.