Way back in the Dark Ages my dad took me to a game at the Met to see the Twins play the Senators. We were sitting in the "box seats" along the left field line which were nothing more than glorified bleacher seats that were close to the field. During warm-up Frank Howard came by and tossed a ball to me when I wasn't looking so I didn't see it--it either bounced off a seat or my head and went farther up into the bleachers and someone else got it. That's as close as I've gotten in all my 60+ years. But one of these days............
Miscellaneous: Buxton was 3 for 5 today with NO strikeouts. Between 30 July and 9 August the Twins play the Indians 7 times. 3 at home, then 3 at home against the Royals, then 4 against the Indians at Cleveland.