EasyTen

Cheers fella, I'm counting the days.

You're a gentleman and a scholar sir, thanks for taking the time to tap that out. The biking around the trails of the Mississippi definitely appeals amongst many things there. Really appreciate it, thank you. I knew I'd come to the right place for advice !

So, any recommendations on what to see and do in the Twin Cities for a few days ? Baseball will take centre stage for me (naturally), but we'll be looking to explore and really get the most out of our visit there.

Cheers chap, its really whetting my appetite hearing about Target Field and Citi Field. I go to football (soccer) all the time here, but I've never been to a baseball game before. Looking forward to sampling the atmosphere, the food, the beer (we're not allowed beer in our seats at football!), and hopefully expanding my knowledge of the game by chatting with some of the locals. I'm also taking in Chicago on this trip, so if I'm really pushing my luck I might see if I can get to a Cubs game.

I'm from Brighton, which is a tourist town on the south coast, about 50 miles directly south of London.

Well, I have a friend in Minnesota who turned me onto baseball a few years ago, and I just really took to it. I wasn't interested in adopting one of the "big" franchises to follow, I'm certainly no glory-hunter! I'm an underdog kind of guy. So I started watching the Twins and, well, they just really grew on me. Plus I'm a stats nerd at heart, and one thing this game gives you is stats upon stats. I'm 6 hours ahead of you guys though, so I don't often get to see the evening games, other than the first couple of innings. So first thing I do most mornings is to switch my phone on, take a deeeep breath, and check the score. Then either slump my shoulders (usually), or punch the air (occasionally). Once I've seen the Twins play live, I think my addiction will be complete.

Thanks guys, really appreciate your replies. Its a bit of a shame that TF will in all likelihood be pretty sparse come September when I'm there, but I still just can't wait to visit. Its bucket list stuff, and I'm excited about exploring Minneapolis too. First port of call may have to be the club shop though, stock up on some shirts and tat for my stay !

I don’t know if this’d work stateside, but over here in the UK, I can always get my Twins “fix” through a betting site I use called Bet365.com - they do live streams of EVERY game, without fail. There’s a catch though – you can’t see it full screen, you just get a window probably a little under a quarter size. But you get the box score, you get the usual commentary, and its free. And if I’ve bet on the game, I get the live in-play odds updating (always amazes me how short our odds suddenly go when the Twins actually get their noses in front – don’t they WATCH this team ??). Anyway, its not perfect by any means being as its not full screen. But I often have the game on there just to keep half an eye on it with the commentary turned up so I can dash over if something happens. Decent fallback option if there’s ever another “blackout” on the coverage over there. You may have to open an account and put $5 in or something though. Just an idea (if indeed the live streams on that site work the same in the USA as they do here).

Hi all, long time lurker here (well, I did post on here a while back under Easy 10, but danged if I could remember the signon details). Anyhoo, I’m a Twins fan over here in England who has FINALLY gotten around to booking a trip to the Twin Cities to take in a couple of games there. To say I’m excited about seeing them live at Target Field would be an understatement, even despite the teams very best efforts to totally put me off this season. I’m hoping we’ll somehow be in contention to dodge the giant wooden spoon at least, by the time I’m there… So I’m already all booked up to see us play @ the Mets in NYC on Sunday 18th September, but I’ll be in Minneapolis from 19th-23rd September, with a view to seeing us play the Tigers at least a couple of times out of the 3 games on the Tues/Weds/Thurs. So here’s the thing. I could book tickets in advance, but with a wife in tow who may be getting rapidly fed up with our wonderful game by that stage, I’d kind of prefer to have the flexibility of deciding on the day which of those game(s) to go to. I’m certainly aiming to get to 2 of the 3 for sure. So how are things as regards ticket sales on the day ? Can I just rock up at Target Field on the day of the game and buy a couple of tickets easily enough ? I wanted to check, as being a football (soccer) fan over here, you almost always have to buy tickets in advance. Any info and advice you guys can offer on this and anything else in general would be very gratefully received ! Cheers