Target Field to host first concert: Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw!

You read it right! Target Field has announced that the first concert the venue hosts will be country music singer superstars Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney.

Target Field made the announcement on Monday! This will be the very first concert to ever take place at Target Field. The Kenny Chesney Tim McGraw Target Field concert will take place on July 8th, 2012, which is a Sunday night.

Touring together is nothing new for Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney! They have toured together before, and the two superstars put on an excellent night of music!

Target Field concert ticket details have yet to be released, so I don't know when the event will go on sale or how much the tickets will be.

Tim McGraw has 32 No. 1 singles and three Grammy awards, and has also acted in popular movies such as The Blind Side and Friday Night Lights!

Kenny Chesney has been the CMA Entertainer of the Year winner FOUR TIMES! If you have not seen Kenny Chesney on tour yet, you are missing out! He puts on an amazing show!

The Chesney/McGraw tour is called the "Brothers of the Sun" tour and kicks off June 2 in Tampa, Florida. If you thought Kenny and Tim were good, you're in for even more of a treat! Opening for the mega country stars are Grace Potter & the Nocturnal as well as uber popular new-comer Jake Owen!

Keep yourself updated on when Kenny Chesney tickets and Tim McGraw tickets go on sale for the tour stop at Target Field!

Minnesota Twins baseball GM Bill Smith replaced by former GM Terry Ryan

On Monday, the Minnesota Twins announced that Twins general manager Bill Smith is being replaced by Terry Ryan on an interim basis. Ryan was the Minnesota Twins GM from 1994-2007, which is when Terry Ryan moved on to a role of senior adviser to the general manager.

The reason behind the replacement is being cited as "philosophical differences" by the Minnesota Twins team president Dave St. Peter. Twins owner, Jim Pohlad, would give no specific details, other than the public reaction to the Twins 99-loss season did not prompt the change.

Bill Smith has been offered a difference position within the Twins orgnazation, although he has not yet decided if he will accept that job.

Cory Brewers Provus new voice of Twins Target Field broadcast

The Brewers may have beat our Minnesota Twins this year, but we have their announcer!

Cory Provus has been hired as the new radio play-by-play voice for the Twins. Previously, Provus, 33, worked as the No. 2 radio voice for the Brewers, next to Bob Uecker, for the past three years.

Since the retirement of John Gordon at the end of this last baseball season, the Twins needed a new broadcast guy. Provus will join Dan Gladden. Cory will handle play-by-play duties for either five or six innings, with Gladden doing the rest of the innings. The two of them will always serve as a two-man booth.

Perhaps Provus will help shake things up for the Twins 2012 season!

Target Field address

Target Field is the baseball park for the Minnesota twins. Target Field is located at 1 Twins Way in Minneapolis. This is on 3rd Avenue North, between 5th Street North and 7th Street North.

Minnesota Twins Tickets Schedule 2012

The Minnesota Twins schedule is out for the 2012 season! You can check out the full Twins schedule at www.MinnesotaTwinsTickets.com!

Some of the highlights of the Twins 2012 schedule at Target Field are below:

Twins Home Opener for 2012 Season and first Home Series:
Vs. LA Angels Monday April 9, 2012

Vs. LA Angels Wednesday April 11, 2012

Vs. LA Angels Thursday April 12, 2012

Twins 2nd Home Series:
Vs. Rangers Friday April 13, 2012

Vs. Rangers Saturday April 14, 2012

Vs. Rangers Sunday April 15, 2012

Target Field- Twins Off Season Questions

Still disappointed with the past Twins season--the Minnesota Vikings record isn't doing anything to help me out of this post-season funk. Salt in the wound...our neighbors to the East may be making the World Series--coming off a Super Bowl win this year, the state has had a good sports related year!

I've been looking at the Minnesota Twins website, reading up on what we can expect over the off season and into next season. I know all of us Twins fans have lots of questions. Will Morneau be able to play next year? Will he have to retire due to his concussion symptoms returning? It sounds like, if he cannot play at first, he will be moved to the club's DH position for next season. It's not likely he would be traded, as he has two more seasons in his six-year contract, being owed $14 million each of those two seasons. Who would want to pick up that contract to finish? Hopefully he gets rested, but conditioned during the off season and comes back for an injury free season next year.

Speaking of the off season and conditioning, someone asked this question on the Twins site, which I have been thinking about as well: "Any indication the Twins will look seriously at their offseason in regards to their strength and conditioning regimen?" A good friend of mine had the same idea talking about his beloved Red Sox that he is upset with after their season ending September. He is hoping they get a new strength and conditioning coach. If there are an unreal number of injuries across a whole team, you need to believe that their conditioning is not good enough to get the team members through a whole baseball season.

Sounds like Twins Manager Bill Smith has a plan to talk about finding a solution to keep players healthy in the coming seasons.

Being a Minnesota sports fan, disappointment isn't new to us. I guess it's time to turn on the glass half full mentaility! Looking forward to next season!

Minnesota Twins at Target Field

The Minnesota Twins sent out an email to season ticket holders this past weekend.

The email summarized what every Twins fan agonized through this past season; the email summarized everything that we already knew. The Twins were terrible this year and could claim few positive events: Liriano's no-no, Revere's 'web gem' of a catch as highlighted by ESPN, Thome's 600 HR, Blyleven's HOF recognition and Nathan's 255th record save. Yes, all were incredible, but we would be lying to ourselves if we said it wasn't easier to focus on the 99 losses.

To be frank, the email upset me in a pissed-off kind of way. It was too soon. I'm still too mad and too disappointed. Some would say I'm overly competitive and some would say I need to learn to let go. I'm not saying those people are right because I consider my competitiveness and keen memory to be assets, but perhaps I should be focusing on next year.

Unfortunately, the injuries were too much and the losses too heartbreaking. I was disappointed beyond words, making this post tough to formulate. Our sights were high heading in and so blocked by the end, it seemed as though the whole organization was drowning.

Twins fans deserve better. We deserve the commitmentduring the offseason in order to prevent injuries. We deserve honesty from players about their conditions. We deserve more than disappointment. We deserve Division Champs.

The Twins will rally? They damn well better.