Give Target Field this Valentine's Day

I would like to take a moment to express how EXCITED I am to spend at least 120 hours at Target Field this spring and summer as I utilize my 40-game season ticket plan... as well as go to Opening Day!

Opening Day is a holiday similar to that of Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day is essentially a holiday made up by retailers, but it has importance to a large portion of the country. Opening Day is a holiday made up by baseball fans, which make up a large portion of the country. In that sense, Valentine's Day and Opening Day are similar. While Valentine's Day favors the woman in your life, it seems as though Opening Day might favor the man - though I am an exception: give me Opening Day any day...

Take a moment to consider, then, whether or not you should be buying Opening Day tickets for the man in your life. If you answered 'yes', then you should buy those right now, wrap them up and gift them this Valentine's Day. Did I just kill two birds with one baseball? Yes. People need to think more like me, honestly.

If you answered 'no', you need to reevaluate your position.

Spring Training Almost Here!

If you don't have a fire in your belly for spring training and the greatest sport known to mankind, consider this: Rich Anderson, the pitching coach for the Minnesota Twins, has already set the starting pitching for the Twins' first three exhibition games. Carl Pavano, Francisco Liriano and Jason Marquis will start the exhibition games 1, 2, and 3, respectively.

The Minnesota Twins, who struggled with, among other things, starting pitching last year, have 33 pitchers coming in to spring training. A couple of those guys have to be able to pitch... At least enough to round out the starting rotation.

If Scott Baker and Nick Blackburn are healthy, they'll round out the rotation, at least for the beginning of the season. Essentially that would mean Brian Duensing would go back to the bullpen, where he will join Glen Perkins, Joel Zumaya and Matt Capps. This is assuming, of course, that all of the aforementioned pitchers remain healthy and on top of their game... Or that their game is at least better than the next person's game.

Anderson spoke out about Matt Capps and his relationship with the mound and Minnesota Twins fans, "It broke my heart every time people booed him before he even got to the mound." I believe that fans didn't completely grasp what Matt Capps was going through last season, meaning that we booed him in ignorance. Which... is brutal. I also think there is a point to be made that Twins fans were so frustrated and disappointed in the Twins that it was easy to boo Capps because he was often at the transition point that led the Twins from a win to a loss.

Basically, the Twins have to play better this year. And Twins fans need to remain some of the most loyal fans in the MLB.

Target Field Area Benched From Vikings Plan

There had been talk of relocating the Vikings' new stadium to areas near Target Field. Those plans tentatively had my vote. Now, however, it appears as though those plans have been scratched... to my disappointment.

Yes, traffic would have been terrible on the nights where events overlap. Sure, parking would have been a nightmare.

Let's try to think about the positive aspects of having the Wolves, Twins and Vikings within walking distance of each other.

The light rail - hey, people might actually start using it regularly seeing as the traffic and parking would have been horrendous.

The Block E economy - as we have seen by the closing of several key restaurants, the Wolves and the Twins aren't enough to sustain all the entertainment on the block of entertainment. Adding Vikings fans could help. Think of all the new restaurants and bars that would spring up in the name of purple and gold.

The atmosphere - I personally believe Vikings and Twins fans are some of the most energetic and fun to be around. The Wolves fans are clearly loyal. Combine those three and you have the best party and fanatic atmosphere around. I would thrive in it!

If it were up to me, I would build the new Vikings stadium by Target Field for sure. I need to be president.

Target Field Hub

The Interchange project, Hennepin County's proposed rail transit hub in downtown Minneapolis that officials want to begin building this year, will go up for public review Wednesday.

Citizens' input will be collected during a hearing to discuss possible effects of the almost $70 million proposal. The project is designed to be downtown's premier transfer point for thousands of commuter and light-rail train passengers outside Target Field in the North Loop district.

Twins Spring Training tickets

Spring Training is just around the corner! Who is excited to get baseball going again!? This guy!

There are plenty of Twins Spring Training tickets available out there! Head out of the cold of Minnesota and see the Twins play in Florida at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers!

The first spring training game for the Minnesota Twins is on Saturday March 3 against the Tampa Bay Rays at 1:05pm.

March 18 the Twins take on the Pirates at 1:05pm on Minnesota Day! You can buy Twins Spring Training tickets at www.minnesotatwinstickets.com! Hammond Stadium tickets are available for every game! Let's go Twins!

2012 Twinsfest schedule

It's almost here! Twinsfest 2012 is right around the corner! Twinsfest 2012 will be held at the Metrodome from January 27 through 29th, 2012.

There are more than 60 Twins players expected at Twinsfest 2012, current, former and future Twins players! There will, of course, be autograph stations to get your favorite Twins players autographs. You'll also be able to get your picture of with of these Twins players!

Those who enjoy singing and the Twins, you will have the chance to audition to sing the National Anthem and "God Bless America" at Twinsfest, for a Twins game during the 2012 season.

What is the point of Twinsfest? Well, besides the fans getting to rub elbows with some famous Twins players, the main point is to raise money for the Minnesota Twins Community Fund. Twinsfest started in 1989 and the Twins Community Fund started in 1989. Twinsfest alone has raised more than 4.2 million dollars for the Twins Community Fund! That is a lot of support from fans like you!

Just a few of the Minnesota Twins former players expected to be at Twinsfest are Jacque Jones, Shannon Stewart, Rod Carew, Kent Hrbek, Corey Koskie, Al Newman and Tony Oliva. You better believe crowd favorites Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau will be there representing the current players!

Let's kick off the 2012 Twins baseball season the right way, let's get in the spirit by attending Twinsfest, while at the same time, helping a great cause!

Target Field Brothers Of The Sun Tour: Kenny Chesney & Tim McGraw

Guess who received some concert tickets for Christmas!? Me! Me!

I'm stoked to be going to the Brothers Of The Sun Tour to see Country music hot shots Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw at Target Field!

I follow country music here and there, and I know quite a few of the bigger songs that Chesney and McGraw have done, but what I'm most excited about is to see the Twins stadium Target Field be turned into a concert venue! The Brothers Of The Sun tour is the first concert that will be played at Target Field, and I'm so excited to see how it turns out! Will we have good weather? Will the music sound good in the stadium? Will seats in the stands actually be good seats, or will they be too far away to have a good view?

The Target Field concert seating chart shows that the stage will be in center field, with general admission seats on the floor right by the stage, these seats are called Sandbar general admission seats. Only people with these sandbar tickets are going to be able to get right up next to the stage. Then there are floor seats that are reserved. Then, there are all the different areas of the stands where you sit for a Twins game, the dugout boxes, 100, 200, 300, and Legends Club seats.

It will be interesting to see what happens with this outdoor concert at Target Field. There is so much unpredictability with an outdoor event. The last huge outdoor show in the Minneapolis area was the U2 concert at TCF Bank Stadium, and that ended up having to be rescheduled, but went off without a hitch on the rescheduled date.

The Brothers Of The Sun tour is wildly popular, and I wouldn't wait too long to get your tickets, if you're hoping to see two great country acts tour together and see the first ever concert at Target Field. It will be an event that will forever be talked about--since it's the first concert in this venue!