The Old Met Stadium
I liked the crowd and the excitement of the crowd. Of course, I couldn’t see anything, but I could hear a lot better then. We got to go down on the field and meet the players like Harmon Killebrew. When I think of Harmon, I think of his hands. He had the hugest hands! I went with different people. At the time, I was working at the Society for Blind – they had groups that would take us places. We’d have hot dogs and beer – gotta have hot dogs at the ballpark. Sometimes I’d go out there, just the kids and I. We’d take the bus out. My youngest girl, Bonnie, her and I went out one time. After the game was over, we were looking at the different trinket signs; we had to go out that day because the kids all got free bats. I’ve got Kirby Puckett’s autographed baseball. I almost caught a ball, it came right down in the back of my seat, before I could get it, someone reached in and grabbed it. One of the guys that worked at the stadium told me I could have anything I wanted since that happened. I told him I wanted an autographed Kirby Puckett baseball. It came in the mail a few weeks later, so I came out the winner after all. I still listen to games in the radio all the time. I don’t go anymore ‘cause now that I’m older I don’t get around very well. I kind of had to turn down the offers. I hope the Twins stay here because they belong here. They belong in Minnesota.
Photograph: Crowd at Metropolitian Stadium for Twins Game, Russell Schweitzer, Minnesota Historical Society