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We’re now within 48 hours of a moment that, three years ago, would’ve been considered a certain sign of the Apocalypse.  Everyone who knows what the initials NFL stand for (and probably a sizable percentage of those that don’t) knows that B**tt F**re is making his grand return to the city that made him famous [...]

Sometimes, it’s better to not be watching. On Sunday, I was at a baby shower (insert requisite DirecTV commercial here), sitting toward the back of the room while my dad and I were monitoring the gamecast of the Viking/Steeler game. I was constantly refreshing the game in the 4th quarter with Pittsburgh leading 13-10, but [...]

Well, without the Twins to spin long, rambling tales about, I’ve been kind of at a loss for what to post next.  I’ve also been at a loss for time with the baseball playoffs still going on, with football season cranking up and with a couple nicer days outside to sneak in one last run [...]

At last Sunday’s “Farewell to the Dome (sort of)” celebration, Kent Hrbek got the crowd all riled up by saying “when we needed a win, where did we go?  To the Dome.”  Well, what do you do when you need to close down a Dome?  You bring in the Yanks.  Nine days after the countdown [...]

For three years, I’d been beating myself up about not taking my friends up on the opportunity to catch the final game of the 2006 season at the Metrodome.  I’m sure you’ve all heard the story a zillion times by now- Twins win their final game, forcing Detroit to defeat Kansas City…the Detroit game is [...]