We’re Gonna Miss This Place

A Metrodome double off the bat of Orlando Cabrera set the stage for Minnesota to win its season-high sixth consecutive game, pulling the Twins to within two games of the first place Detroit Tigers. Trailing 2-1 with one out in bottom of the eighth with Cy Young contender Justin Verlander on the mound, the Twins needed a spark. Welcome to the Metrodome. Visiting outfielders have always had problems with the roof at the ‘Dome, and the lights, and the screaming fans — but during day games, with the sun shining bright, the roof is as white as its been since the building opened back in 1982. Tigers left fielder Don Kelly couldn’t locate Cabrera’s lazy fly to left, just missing it with a spralling attempt,...