Fans from Minneapolis, St. Paul and three suburbs purchase the most Twins season tickets. Minneapolis is No. 1 with 17.6 percent of season tickets, followed by St. Paul at 6.4, Plymouth 2.6, Eden Prairie 2.5 and Bloomington 2.4. Hennepin County fans purchase 43.2 percent of the approximately 24,500 season tickets.
Among the design successes of Target Field is that the ballpark was built to “turn its back” to the nearby county garbage incinerator.
The Twins dugout at Target Field is located near first base as it was at Met Stadium. The team’s dugout at the Metrodome was located near third base.
The Twins began a four series schedule against Central Division teams last week in Kansas City. After their current series in Detroit, the Twins play at Cleveland over the weekend and then come home to face Detroit again. The Twins play 72 games against division teams.
The Twins have committed only two errors, the best total by seven in major league baseball. The Twins franchise record for fewest errors in a season is 74 in 2002.
Luke Hughes, recalled last week from AAA Rochester, is the kind of versatile bench player the Twins prefer. He can play third or second base, and also the outfield. Hughes was hitting .267 with five RBI playing for Rochester.
Augsburg senior first baseman Joe Pierce (Eden Prairie) extended his consecutive-game hitting streak to 31 with hits in all five of Augsburg’s most recent games, including a 5-for-7 performance in a doubleheader against Saint John’s on Sunday. Pierce’s streak of 31 straight games is the 16th longest in NCAA Division III history. His .477 batting average was best in the MIAC at the beginning of this week.
The Vikings can’t use inclement late season weather as an excuse if the team doesn’t finish well in its last several games. The Vikings must play outside in Philadelphia on December 26, but three other December games are in the Metrodome and the last game of the season, January 2, will be at Detroit’s Ford Field, a covered facility.
Nathan Tow-Arnett, the Gophers redshirt junior walk-on safety, was born July 25, 1982 and will be 29 years old when he plays his senior season.
Gophers redshirt freshman walk-on tight end Sahr Ngekia is a cousin of former Vikings and Gophers running back Thomas Tapeh. Ngekia has only been playing football for three years.
Wild prospect Kris Foucault has 14 points (eight goals, six assists) in 18 playoff games and helped the Calgary Hitmen advance to the Western Hockey League finals versus the Tri-City Americans.
Wild wing Antti Miettinen will represent Finland at next month’s IIHF World Men’s Championship. He will join defenseman Brent Burns (Canada), coach Todd Richards (USA) and assistant equipment manager Brent Proulx (USA) as other Wild representatives at the tournament.