YOU JUST HOPE FOR A WIN AT
THE TWINS GAME.
THAT'S ABOUT IT.
IF WE CAN GET ONE, WE'RE GOOD.
WELL THE TWINS OPEN THE
SEASON AT HOME TODAY.
HARD TO BELIEVE THIS IS
ALREADY THE EIGHTH SEASON AT
TARGET FIELD.
MARY McGUIRE IS LIVE OUTSIDE
TARGET FIELD.
GOOD MORNING, MARY.
Reporter: GOOD MORNING, YOU
GUYS.
WELL, SO FAR IT'S JUST MYSELF
AND MY GOOD PAL TC BEAR OUT
HERE.
BUT IN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS
THERE WILL BE THOUSANDS OF TWINS
FANS GETTING READY FOR ALL OF
THE OPENING DAY EXCITEMENT.
AND OF COURSE THERE WILL BE
FESTIVITIES LOTS OF HONOR, A
FREE BREAKFAST FOR FANS, AND A
FEW FAMOUS FACES.
THE FIRST PITCH WILL BE THROWN
OUT BY FORMER TWINS COACH
STELLY.
HE SPENT 32 CONSECUTIVE SEASONS
WITH THE TWINS FROM 1982 TO 2012
ON THE TWINS COACHING STAFF.
THAT'S THE LONGEST TENURED COACH
IN CLUB HISTORY.
BY DESA.
SHE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY
MEMBERS OF THE MINNESOTA
ORCHESTRA.
THERE WILL BE TRIBUTES TO A
PITCHER AND ROYALS PITCHER.
THEY WERE BOTH TRAGICALLY KILLED
IN OFF-SEASON AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENTS AND THE TWINS WILL
WEAR SPECIAL OPENING DAY UNIFORM
PATCHES HONORING THEM AND THE
ROYALS WILL ALSO BE WEARING A
PATCH AS WELL.
THERE WILL BE LOTS OF FESTIVES
BEFORE THE FIRST PITCH.
FROM 6:00 TO 9:00 A.M.
THERE
WILL BE A FREE BRECK.
THERE WILL BE A LIVE DEEJAY.
AND THE FIRST 30,000 FANS CAN
GRAB A FREE TWINS LONG SLEEVE
HOODED T.
SO YOU MAY WANT TO HEAD OUT A
LITTLE BIT EARLY.
THE TWINS DO ENCOURAGE FANS TO
COME HERE AT 1:00 P.M.
THIS
AFTERNOON.
THEY DO EXPECT THIS A SELL-OUT
CROWD.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A
SELFIE WITH THEIR CAP, THEY ARE
ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO USE THE
#CAPSON TO SHOW THEIR PRIDE.
THAT WILL BE USED ALL DAY AT
NATIONAL BASEBALL PARKS ALL
ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO CELEBRATE
THE EXCITING OPENING DAY.
I HEARD YOU SAY THIS IS THE BEST
MONDAY OF ALL MONDAYS.
YES.
A.
Reporter: A LOT OF PEOPLE
AREN'T LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING
INTO MONDAY.
I COULD HARDLY SLEEP LAST NIGHT.
THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN
BASEBALL, RIGHT?
COULD -- WHAT'S ON YOUR HAT?
HAT.
Reporter: I KNOW.
THIS IS ACTUALLY -- I AM
MATCHING TC BEAR RIGHT NOW.
THIS HAS EARS ON IT.
I COULD NOT WEAR IT.
THAT'S ADORABLE.
THAT'S THE BEST.
MARY, YOU HAVE TO WEAR THAT
ALL DAY.
Reporter: I KNOW.
HOW IT GREW AS BIG AS IT DID.
THAT MAN FACES ARSON AND
PROPERTY DAMAGE CHARGES.
WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR THE
START OF BASEBALL SEASON.
BLANK SLATE THIS MORNING FOR THE
TWINS.
SO FAR UNDEFEATED.
WE LOVE NEW BEGINNINGS.
MARY McGUIRE IS LIVE OUTSIDE
TARGET FIELD WHERE JUST ABOUT AN
HOUR, THE TEAM WILL BE SERVING
UP A FREE BREAKFAST FOR FANS.
WHAT ARE THEY SERVING UP?
BE.
WELL IF YOU'RE THINKING YOU'RE
GOING TO COME HERE AND GET
CEREAL, EGGS, BACON THAT
TRADITIONAL BREAKFAST FOOD, YOU
ARE DEFINITELY WRONG.
I JUST CHECKED IN WITH THE
ORGANIZERS HERE AND THEY ARE
SERVED UP BRATS, HOT DOGS, DILLY
BARS, JUST EVERYTHING TO GIVE
YOU MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF
HEARTBURN BEFORE YOU COME OUT TO
TARGET FIELD AND WATCH THE TWINS
HOPEFULLY WIN AGAINST THE KANSAS
CITY ROYALS.
THAT'S NOT ALL THE FUN THEY WILL
HAVE.
THEY WILL A VARIETY OF
FESTIVITIES AND HONORS AND SOME
VERY FAMOUS FACES HERE IN THE
STATE.
THE FIRST PITCH WILL BE THROWN
OUT BY FORMER TWINS COACH
STELLY.
NAME.
HE SPENT 32 CONSECUTIVE SEASONS
FROM 1982 TO 2012 ON THE TWINS
COACHING STAFF AND IS THE
LONGEST TENURED COACH IN CLUB
HISTORY.
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WILL BE SUNG
BY DECEMBER IS A AND THEY WILL
BE -- DESSA AND SHE WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY THE, STRA.
THERE WILL BE TRIBUTES TO
PITCHERS.
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF
FESTIVITIES FOR FANS BEFORE THE
FIRST PITCH LIKE WE ENCE MANIED
FROM 6:00 TO 9:00 A.M.
THERE
WILL BE A FREE BREAKFAST FOR
FANS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A LIVE DEEJAY
ON THE PLAZA FROM NOON TO 2:15.
THE FIRST FANS WILL RECEIVE A
FREE TEE.
THE TWINS DO EXPECT A SELL-OUT
CROWD SO THEY ARE ENCOURAGING
FANS TO SHOW UP AROUND 1:00 P.M.
SO THEY CAN GET IN AND ALL OF
THE OPENING DAY FUN.
I WAS JUST THINKING BACK LAST
YEAR I WAS IN FLORIDA REPORTING
ON THE OPENING DAY FOR THE TAMPA
BAY RAISE.
BUT COMING OUT HERE TO TARGET
FIELD TO CHEER ON THE HOMETOWN
MEANING.
I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE VERY
SPECIAL MEMORIES OF GOING TO
BASEBALL GAMES WITH THEIR
FAMILIES.
I HAVE A LOT OF MEMORIES AT THE
METRODOME.
I THINK I'M ONE OF THE ONLY
PEOPLE IN MINNESOTA THAT MISSES
THE METRODOME.
CHOWING DOWN ON A DOME DOG.
I LOVED IT THERE.
BUT TARGET FIELD, AAIN'T BAD.
WELL, I KNOW THIS IS YOUR
FIRST SEASON BACK HOME AS A
REPORTER, SO GIVE TARGET FIELD A
CHANCE MARY.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE IT.