October 9, 2002 [LINK]

[Twins use Metrodome's noise]

The Twins made maximum advantage of the Metrodome's noise factor in beating the Angels last night. Much as I love the Twins, it's hard to cheer for a team whose home field is so blatantly contrary to baseball aesthetics. You have to hand it to those Minnesota fans for packing that ample football (!) venue game after game. Now why can't they drum up support for at least a little public funding for a new stadium? By the way, how ironic that MLB Commissioner Bud Selig watched the game with Twins' owner Carl Pohlad, who had agreed to cash in on the proposed "contraction" of the Twins last year. The two most hated men in Minnesota...