My earliest baseball experience was watching the Reds. The kiddie team I played on was the Reds. I got to watch the Big Red Machine at Wrigley a few times. Bench, Rose, Morgan, Perez, Foster. Fergie Jenkins, Ron Santo, Billy Williams etc for the Cubs. Bruce Sutter may have come later. A lot of HOF talent on the field at once.
I do have one more Mike story to share if I didn't mention it before. Mike played winter ball at the same time Michael Jordan tried his hand at baseball. Jordan is a big gambler and a he would try to get the other ball players to play a round of golf for $5000. Most of the young baseball players salaries were tip money for Jordan. When it was Mike's turn to get challenged in front of his team-mates he countered with "'How about I pitch to you for $5K an at bat?" If I remember correctly Jordan hit about .240 so that was the end of that lol.
I was not a serious Twins fan until 2005 but I've been pretty rabid since then. I've been to the Metrodome, Target Field and US Cellular numerous times to watch them play. I enjoyed the Dome but it needed to go. Not well suited for baseball. It was the slums compared to most any other MLB venue.
I do have one more Mike story to share if I didn't mention it before. Mike played winter ball at the same time Michael Jordan tried his hand at baseball. Jordan is a big gambler and a he would try to get the other ball players to play a round of golf for $5000. Most of the young baseball players salaries were tip money for Jordan. When it was Mike's turn to get challenged in front of his team-mates he countered with "'How about I pitch to you for $5K an at bat?" If I remember correctly Jordan hit about .240 so that was the end of that lol.
I was not a serious Twins fan until 2005 but I've been pretty rabid since then. I've been to the Metrodome, Target Field and US Cellular numerous times to watch them play. I enjoyed the Dome but it needed to go. Not well suited for baseball. It was the slums compared to most any other MLB venue.