Monday we were bad parents and went to the Twin’s game on Nolan’s birthday. Knowing we were going to be gone for a good portion of the day we celebrated on Sunday and then did our traditional birthday morning stuff before we took them all to daycare and school. It was a crazy morning!
We headed up pretty early because we knew there would be a lot going on, plus we weren’t too familiar with it. We found a perfect parking spot in a lot about a block 1/2 away, however it also cost us a decent amount of money.
We hung out in the plaza for a little while and then went and got in line by one of the gates.
There was this commotion that started in front of us and we realized that we were at gate 34, named after Kirby Puckett, and Kirby Jr. moved to the front of our line. The cameras were all over him. At each gate the first person through it was the person it was named after.
We were some of the first people in the stadium (was told by a few people that we were on TV at a couple different spots) and headed down to the field to watch the Twins warm up. It’s crazy how close this stadium has the fans to the field. It’s awesome.
The boys got t-shirts (you’ve seen them in many posts already) of these three guys from Natey and Diane for Christmas. Connor is Morneau, Jacob is Cuddy, and Nolan is Mauer.
After we watched them warm up, we walked around a bit, went and found our seats (HA! which were 5 rows from the very top row of the stadium. We were WAY up there, but we still had a great view. Thank goodness our season tickets are much better! It didn’t matter though, it was just awesome to be there.)
Trying out our seats.
I got the biggest kick out of these trees in center field. 
I love that it’s open and almost anywhere you go you can still watch the game. Even while you’re in line getting a hot dog!
The 5 men the gates are named after: (Harmon Killebrew Gate 3, Tony Oliva Gate 6, Kent Hrbek Gate 14, Rod Carew Gate 29 and Kirby Puckett Gate 34 –Kirby Jr. represented)
The Twins taking the field officially for the first time
We even got to see the sign light up when Kubel hit the first homeroom.
We had a great day. The forecast was saying rain for many days beforehand, however it turned out to be a beautiful day with sunshine and all. It’s going to be a fun baseball season. We can’t wait to go back and to bring the boys.
2 comments:
Oh my! SOOO COOL! I was so relieved to hear it didn't rain because I knew so many people that were going! Lots of students too.
So fun to see all your photos. I imagine it was an incredible experience to be there on the home opener. Amazing!!
Mike is still trying to get tickets. He's trying to get me to pin down some summer visits to friends I have planned so we can arrange a day. Not as easy as it once was to get tickets!!
Thanks for posting so many pics! I loved every one!
That looks like it was awesome!! I love that big flag and fly overs are always COOL!
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