Baseball Season in Minneapolis March 26th, 2010
Last year, we were staying in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The weather there is crazy cold, indescribably cold. I don’t know why people live here. But, my boyfriend and I wanted to see The Minnesota Twins play baseball, yes baseball! Lucky for both the Twins and the Vikings, because they make their home in the Metrodome , it’s an all enclosed dome to keep the freezing snow out. It was March 31st, the first day of baseball season and Minneapolis just received 5 inches of snow!
At first I thought my boyfriend was kidding about watching a baseball game in Minneapolis, but he was very serious. The Minnesota Twins are his favorite baseball team. We made it to the Metrodome via the Hiawatha Light Rail, straight from the airport. So, we didn’t have to deal much with the very freezing weather conditions. We were really impressed with the Minneapolis transportation system. Very progressive and very efficient. We made it on half-price Tuesday, so we only paid $10 per ticket. Although, we were very disappointed because the Twin lost 9 to 1 to the LA Angels! Plus,the entertainment was somewhat lacking, the Twins mascot, a Bear was only on the field about 3 times, one time the Bear drove around in a golf cart, and another time the Bear shot t-shirts out into the crowd. We didn’t get shot at, which really would’ve been a great story to tell about how I was shot by a Bear.
The food at the Metrodome was surprisingly good. I got a half-pound Bratwurst hot dog, and that lasted me for the whole nine innings. My boyfriend had the Famous Daves BBQ chicken sandwich and he too had a hard time finishing the sandwich, it was big and messy. The only aspect of the food that let us down was the ice cream. We were hoping for a sundae served in a waffle cone with tons of chocolate syrup and whipped cream with a cherry on top, as the advertisement picture shows, but when we got to the counter, all they had was soft-serve ice cream!
After the game, we once again took the light rail to a downtown area where we could check into one of the better Minneapolis luxury hotels for the night. We made no reservations, this was a very last minute trip, where we barely had time to pack enough warm clothes for a one night stay.
This year, we planned ahead and have reservations at the same hotel and we purchased advance tickets online forthe March 18th game.
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