Saturday, June 6, 2009

Twins Tradition Wall of Fame...and Shame?

As construction progresses on the Twins' new outdoor stadium, a few marketing plans have been announced to get fans more involved in Target Field. One such plan is the unveiling of the Twins' Tradition Wall. For only $245, you can have your name alongside every player who's ever put on a Twins uniform in a wall of eight eight-foot-high glass panels (you get a "commemorative glass replica" for another 80 bucks).

While this may be fun to have your name alongside Twins greats like Harmon Killebrew, Kirby Puckett, Tony Oliva, Bert Blyleven, Cesar Tovar, Torii Hunter, Frank Viola, Johan Santana, Jim Kaat and many others, I wonder what the Twins fans would have to say about having their names to much less notable Twins like Sal Butera, Terry Felton (0-16 lifetime record), Bombo Rivera, "Disco" Dan Ford, Steve Lombardozzi, Tom Herr, Wally Backman, Chip Hale, Steve Carlton (who was well past his prime when the Twins had him), Eric Bullock, Kelvin Torve, and many other infamous players? Any thoughts? Other than this, I hope the stadium construction goes well - it'll be great to have outdoor major league baseball back in Minnesota!

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