May 8th, 1998

Friday May 8th, 1998
New York Yankees 5 @ Minnesota Twins 1
Stadium: HHH Metrodome
Current: Same
Gas: 

North Kansas City, MO $7.50

Clear Lake, IA $8.75
Logding: St. Paul, MN

This was an add-on game.  In our original plan, we were planning to travel from Kansas City up to Milwaukee.  We realized though that there was a game in Minnesota that if we traveled expediently, we would be able to make it.  We at first thought that we would be cutting it close to get there by game time, but we ended up there in plenty of time.  We had time to start at the Iowa State Capitol, the Minnesota State Capitol, and spend a little time at my Uncle Leon's and Aunt Sharon's house before the game, who joined us along with my Uncle Scott, Aunt LouAnn, Marlys Wiens, my cousin Jessica, Christina, Deb and her husband Nic at the game.

At the game, the highlight was seeing former Minnesota Twin Chuck Knoblauch come back as a high-priced Yankee, and got roundly booed by the Twin fans.  Also, we got to meet Wally the Beerman.  And although we weren't of drinking age at that time, we got an autographed Beerman card.  The neat thing about the Metrodome is getting blown out of the stadium. Because it is a dome, the inside is pressurized differently than the outside.  So when you walk out the door from the dome to the outside, you literally get "pushed" out by a big gust of air.