Almanac: At the Capitol

A new Twins stadium is in the news and that makes it a perfect opportunity to share some great old clips of Met Stadium. The Twins played their first major league game in Bloomington in April of 1961. Thanks to the KSTP news archive, we have a great clip of Governor Elmer L. Andersen throwing out the first ball at that first game. Notice how the newsies tell the Governor to do it again so they could get a better shot ... note, too, how Twins Owner Cal Griffith can't ever seem to look in the direction of the cameras.