It was a glorious 65 degree day with warm Midwestern sunshine engulfing Target field. Unfortunately for the 41,000 who turned out for the Minnesota Twins home opener against the Kansas City Royals, the weather was about all they had to enjoy.
The final score didn’t even indicate the one-sidedness of the contest. The real victim of the game was Trevor May, who threw strikes and did not seem phased by a big occasion and sellout crowd. The box score didn’t capture a might have been force play at second which got under Dozier’s glove, a should have been double play between Dozier and Santana with a slightly too slow relay, or Oswaldo Arcia’s awkward route, sprint and stab at a fly ball that fell agonizingly fair.