The baseball jones is rampant, the fever is at high pitch, and like the dawn of my early addiction to this sport, it is spawned from visits to an outdoor Major League stadium in Minnesota. I have attended two games at the Twins fans’ baseball lair called Target Field this week, and I have to admit that I am craving even more.

Words were hard to write after the opening day game with the Red Sox. All I could really do is post pictures and let them speak for themselves.  But as my Vikings Tailgate buddy Brandon wrote on my Facebook,

“Pictures don’t let people feel the breeze hit their face, or the sun shine on it. Pictures don’t let people see the sun glisten off the skyline or hear the crack of the bat. Pictures don’t let people experience everything that is OUTDOOR baseball…the way it, the greatest game ever invented, was meant to be played!!”

I had to agree,  and added to the string on April 12,

“Don’t forget, the taste of polish hot dog, followed by the cold swallow of an ice cold Summit ale, or the smell of ballpark as you hear one of several impromptu bands jammin as you exit the light rail. ”

There is so much more to write about the First Night game vs. Kansas City that I attended last night, but Twins fans should also take note the product on the field is pretty damn good too.

A few months ago, I was in Fort Meyers for the first exhibition of the season with the Red Sox at Hammond Field. The Public Address announcer started rattling off the starting line up, Dennard Span, Orlando Hudson, Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, Jim Thome, Michael Cuddyer, Delmon Young, JJ Hardy and Nick Punto. I turned to the guy sitting next to me and said,

“That line up has a nice ring to it.”

He agreed, and then reminded me that we still had Jason Kubel sitting on the bench. Ah, Mr. Kubel, the dude that hit that first homer at Target Field on Monday afternoon. A fellow So Dak kid playing in Minnesota, and making some history.

I have to admit I am still awe of our new digs, and very stoked to be a fan of this franchise.