Ask anyone in Minnesota - April is eagle season. As likely as humidity in the summer and sleet in the fall, eagles descend from the sky in droves to hector unlucky joggers. It was, of course, a point of contention then, when the Twins sought to replace the bird-proofed Metrodome with an open-air stadium.
“Won’t it be dangerous?” many fretted.
“Of course! But for whom?” conspired Twins GM Thad Levine.
And so the scheme was hatched. Leaving the sky exposed to the elements was easily cared for with heated grass and state-of-the-art drainage systems, but when James Paxton arrived today he was expected to be their unsuspecting victim.