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Read more about FLASHBACK 1986: Weather Delay in the Dome

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FLASHBACK 1986: Weather Delay in the Dome

36 years ago today, Twins fans had a frightening experience at the Metrodome. And Ron Davis hadn't even entered the game yet! It was a Saturday night in April 1986, and the stadium was unusually crowded with fans for that era, with an announced attendance of 31,996. I'd like to report that a mass of Twins faithful had shown up to support a young, exciting team building towards a World Series championship the following year, but Howard Sinker in the next morning's Star Tribune likened it to

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• April 26, 20224 yr

Read more about FLASHBACK 1991: Twins Pioneer the Opt-Out

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FLASHBACK 1991: Twins Pioneer the Opt-Out

"The Twins have signed a free agent to a 3-year contract with two opt-outs." Sound familiar? It might. Image courtesy of the Star Tribune The seeds of today's Carlos Correa contract were planted on Feb. 5, 1991, with the Twins signing of Jack Morris. Technically the opt-outs were called "player options" at the time, but they were functionally the same: they empowered the player, alone, to turn a shorter-term contract into a longer-term one. According to a  2016 NY Daily

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• March 19, 20224 yr