Minnesota Twins Baseball
The team came into existence in the year 1894, as a Kansas City, Missouri franchise in the minor Western League. With an expansion team all ready to begin play in Washington in 1961 the old Senators who have played in the Nation's Capital for 60 years gets the go ahead to move to Minnesota, as Metropolitan Stadium built originally for minor league baseball was renovated and expanded for Major League Baseball in the Twin Cities.
The Minnesota Twins reached the playoffs three times from 1961 to 1970, during the franchise's first 10 years. In 1965, the Twins would go on to win franchise best 102-60 record.
Despite Minnesota finished last in 1990, pitchers Scott Erickson and Jack Morris helped turn the team around in 1991, taking the Twins to another AL pennant. Erickson won a club-record 12 consecutive games. The Twins became World Champions for the 2nd time in 5 seasons, as Morris was awarded the MVP trophy for his brilliant pitching effort.
The Minnesota Twins also had some great season from 2001 to 2004. They complied a string of winning season records since they moved to Minnesota as in 2001 they made a score of 85-77, in 2002 they registered 94-67 record, made a score of 90-72 in 2003, in 2004 they made a score of 92-70 and scored 83-79 in 2005. Some of the major winnings of the team include six Division Titles, six American League pennants, one Western League pennants and three World Series Championships.
The Metrodome
Opened on April 3, 1982, the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome has been home to the Twins for the past 20 years. It was the third domed facility in baseball and remains the only air-supported structure among the 28 in use. It is covered by more than 10 acres of Teflon-coated fiberglass. The roof requires 250,000 cubic feet of air pressure per minute to remain inflated.
A Plaza was added along Kirby Puckett Place on the west side of the Metrodome prior to the 1996 season and serves as a gathering spot for Twins fans before each home game. The area offers tents for groups of 100 to 1,000 and features a wide variety of food and beverage items.
On May 4, 1984, in the top of the fourth inning, Oakland A’s batter Dave Kingman hit a ball through the roof. It should have been a homer, but Kingman was only credited with a double. The 1987 Playoffs and World Series set new decibel records for sound in the "Thunderdome."