Say what you will about the Metrodome, for some of us, it's the only major league baseball stadium we've ever had. I was only four years old when it was opened, so all of my Twins, Vikings, and Gophers memories have taken place there, and they have been some of the happiest moments of my life. From screaming my head off at Vikings games and singing the rouser in the student section at Gopher games to holding my dad's hand while meandering through the crowds at my first Twins game, I will always think of it as a special place where I learned a love of live sports that I will carry with me all my life. Among all my memories at the Dome, however, one will always stand out as the most phenomenal sports experience I have ever had: October 1, 2006. I attended the game with my cousin Stella, who had returned to Minnesota after having lived in Oregon for most of our lives. She and I took our seats after getting our Dome Dogs and beer, and allowed ourselves to be carried away by the excitement of the crowd. It was a do-or-die game with one catch-we not only had to win the game, but the Royals had to beat Detroit in their game to enable us to win the division. We played the White Sox that day, and we won, but that wasn't what made the game special. Throughout the game, a guy sitting behind us had been listening to the Royals-Tigers game, keeping us updated on the score. We knew it was anything but a given that the Tigers would lose, and the tension built up throughout the game. After the game was over, and the Twins were ready to clear the field, someone had the brilliant idea of putting the Royals-Tigers game up on the Jumbotron for all of us to watch...so we stayed. So did about 15,000 other people, and the Twins players came out on the field and watched with us. It was like sitting in an enormous living room, all of us fixated on the big screen, waiting to see what would happen. After what seemed like an eternity, the final score was posted: the Royals, whose record that year finished at 62-100, had managed to beat the Tigers 10-8 in Detroit. The Twins players ran around the field high-fiving the fans, we all cheered like we'd just won all over again, and we finally left the stadium full of the knowledge that we had just witnessed something none of us would be likely to ever see again in our lives.
Monday, October 5, 2009
The Dome
Say what you will about the Metrodome, for some of us, it's the only major league baseball stadium we've ever had. I was only four years old when it was opened, so all of my Twins, Vikings, and Gophers memories have taken place there, and they have been some of the happiest moments of my life. From screaming my head off at Vikings games and singing the rouser in the student section at Gopher games to holding my dad's hand while meandering through the crowds at my first Twins game, I will always think of it as a special place where I learned a love of live sports that I will carry with me all my life. Among all my memories at the Dome, however, one will always stand out as the most phenomenal sports experience I have ever had: October 1, 2006. I attended the game with my cousin Stella, who had returned to Minnesota after having lived in Oregon for most of our lives. She and I took our seats after getting our Dome Dogs and beer, and allowed ourselves to be carried away by the excitement of the crowd. It was a do-or-die game with one catch-we not only had to win the game, but the Royals had to beat Detroit in their game to enable us to win the division. We played the White Sox that day, and we won, but that wasn't what made the game special. Throughout the game, a guy sitting behind us had been listening to the Royals-Tigers game, keeping us updated on the score. We knew it was anything but a given that the Tigers would lose, and the tension built up throughout the game. After the game was over, and the Twins were ready to clear the field, someone had the brilliant idea of putting the Royals-Tigers game up on the Jumbotron for all of us to watch...so we stayed. So did about 15,000 other people, and the Twins players came out on the field and watched with us. It was like sitting in an enormous living room, all of us fixated on the big screen, waiting to see what would happen. After what seemed like an eternity, the final score was posted: the Royals, whose record that year finished at 62-100, had managed to beat the Tigers 10-8 in Detroit. The Twins players ran around the field high-fiving the fans, we all cheered like we'd just won all over again, and we finally left the stadium full of the knowledge that we had just witnessed something none of us would be likely to ever see again in our lives.
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