Tonight, as the entire Midwest holds its collective breath, Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings take on the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football. this quirk of scheduling fortune brought about the need to move the play-in game between the Twins & Tigers to Tuesday.

If the Tigers win, this will be the last major league game in the HHH Dome, and outside of a mirtacuous Twins romp through the Yankees, Red Sox, Angels and the World Series, I can’t think of a better way to close it out.

When the doors do finally close on the Homerdome, and the official countdown clock towards the bran new Target Field begins, one way or another, we’re going to miss the “old girl”..  Hefty Bag and all.

• Construction Cams:  I love construction cams!  Ooh!  there’s sod!…  Ooh…the seats are going in!  Big Fun!
• Find Your Seat: Nice animated views from the seats of every section.  If I were a Minnesotan, I think I’d want Section 121.
• Construction Photos: Under-the grass radiant heating system?  Check!
• The Sod is Coming!  The Sod is Coming! All this and more from Twins President Dave St. Peter on his Ballpark Blog

All in all, I’m really excited about Target Field.  I think it needs a “hit it here” target somewhere <groan>, but it should be a very nice addition to the AL Central. The team has contributed more than $180 million towards the construction costs, so it looks like a pretty fair balance of public and private money. As far as I’m concerned, the Hefty Bag RF wall can’t be gone soon enough.