The rain delay was in effect at Target Field on Friday afternoon and a search was underway to find a Cuban sandwich. There was a belief this sandwich concocted in honor of Tony Oliva could be found on the rarely visited third deck.
Sadly, there was no Tony O. sandwich available up there on this day, but what was there: a fierce, freezing wind blowing through the open concourse.
"What's with this howling wind?" I asked a security person.
He shrugged and said: "Normal day up here. Unless it's one of those still summer days, it always blows."
This served as a personal exclamation mark on the Twins' failed attempt to test the potential for "Happy Hour" ballgames on future Fridays.
The Twins decided to try a 3:10 p.m. start, rather than a night game, on this April Friday to find out if it might attract the leave-work-early and/or live-downtown crowd.
They received no meaningful insights. There was a cold rain leading all the way to the advertised happy hour, which ended at the 3:10 p.m. game time.
Unfortunately, due to the rain, there would be another 115 minutes before the first pitch was thrown, and the few thousand customers loitering in the ballpark were back to paying retail for food and drink.