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The ___MASK34___ Twins are an American professional baseball team based in ___MASK41___ , ___MASK34___ . The Twins compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) Central division . The team is named after the Twin Cities area comprising ___MASK41___ and St . Paul . They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the Hubert H . Humphrey Metrodome from 1982 to 2009 . They played their inaugural game at the newly completed Target Field on April 12 , 2010 . Baseball is a bat - and - ball game played between two teams ___MASK56___ nine players each , who take turns batting and fielding . A ___MASK43___ fielder , abbreviated " CF ", is the outfielder in baseball who plays defense in ___MASK43___ field  the baseball fielding position between left field and right field . In the numbering system used to record defensive plays , the ___MASK43___ fielder is assigned the number 8 . Leo Ernest ___MASK1___ ( born June 13 , 1952 ) is a former Major League Baseball catcher and coach . He is noted for the twelve years he spent as a player with the ___MASK6___ Blue Jays . When he left the team following the season he was the last original Blue Jay left from when ___MASK6___ joined the major leagues in . Ernie ___MASK1___ was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1997 . The ___MASK6___ Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in ___MASK6___ , Ontario . The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . The team plays its home games at the Rogers Centre ( formerly known as the SkyDome ). Target Field is a baseball park located in downtown ___MASK41___ . It is the home ballpark of the Minnesota Twins , the state ' s Major League Baseball ( MLB ) franchise . It is the franchise ' s sixth ballpark and third in Minnesota . The Twins moved to Target Field for the 2010 Major League Baseball season after 28 seasons at the Hubert H . Humphrey Metrodome . It is the first facility built specifically for the Twins since the team moved to the Twin Cities in 1961 ; Metropolitan Stadium was built for the ___MASK41___ Millers five years before the franchise ' s first season in Minnesota , and the Metrodome was built as a multipurpose stadium for the Twins , Minnesota Vikings , and the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football team . The 2010 season was the first since 1936 in which the franchise ( then known as the Washington Senators ) did not share their home stadium with an NFL team . The Twins received the certificate of occupancy from Mortenson Construction on December 22 , 2009 . The Twins staff moved in on January 4 , 2010 . The outfield is a sporting term used in cricket and baseball to refer to the area ___MASK56___ the field ___MASK56___ play further from the batsman or batter than the infield , and in association football to players outside the goal . The American League ___MASK56___ Professional Baseball Clubs , or simply the American League ( AL ), is one ___MASK56___ two leagues that make up Major League Baseball ( MLB ) in the United States and Canada . It developed from the Western League , a minor league based in the Great Lakes states , which eventually aspired to major league status . It is sometimes called the Junior Circuit because it claimed Major League status for the 1901 season , 25 years after the formation ___MASK56___ the National League ( the " Senior Circuit "). In baseball , a left fielder ( LF ) is an outfielder who plays defense in left field . Left field is the area ___MASK56___ the outfield to the left ___MASK56___ a person standing at home plate and facing towards the pitcher ' s mound . In the numbering system used to record defensive plays , the left fielder is assigned the number 7 . The Hubert H . Humphrey Metrodome ( commonly called the Metrodome ) was a domed sports stadium located in downtown ___MASK41___ , Minnesota . It opened in 1982 as a replacement for Metropolitan Stadium , the former home of the National Football League ' s ( NFL ) Minnesota Vikings and Major League Baseball ' s ( MLB ) Minnesota Twins , and Memorial Stadium , the former home of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football and baseball teams . Rene Michael Tosoni ( born July 2 , 1986 ) is a professional baseball outfielder , who is currently with the Sugar Land Skeeters ___MASK56___ the Atlantic Baseball League . He played in Major League Baseball with the Minnesota Twins in 2011 and has also played in International competitions with the Canada national baseball team . He is six feet tall and weighs 194 lbs . He bats left - handed , yet plays his position right - handed . At the end ___MASK56___ each Major League Baseball season , the league leaders ___MASK56___ various statistical categories are announced . Leading the league in a particular category is referred to as a " title ". The ___MASK50___ national baseball team is the baseball team which represents Canada in international tournaments . They are currently ranked sixth in the world . Their manager is Ernie Whitt , a former Major League Baseball catcher for the ___MASK6___ Blue Jays . Metropolitan Stadium ( often referred to as " the Met ", " the Ice Palace " when the ___MASK34___ Vikings played , " Met Stadium ", or now " the Old Met " to distinguish from the Metrodome ) was a sports stadium that ___MASK62___ stood in ___MASK53___ , ___MASK34___ , just outside ___MASK41___ . The ___MASK41___ Millers minor league baseball team played at Met Stadium from 1956 to 1960 . The ___MASK34___ Twins and the ___MASK34___ Vikings then played at the " Met " from 1961 to 1981 . The North American Soccer League soccer team ___MASK34___ Kicks also played there from 1976 to 1981 . An outfielder is a person playing in one ___MASK56___ the three defensive positions in baseball , farthest from the batter . These defenders are the left fielder , the ___MASK43___ fielder , and the right fielder . An outfielder ' s duty is to try to catch long fly balls before they hit the ground or to quickly catch or retrieve and return to the infield any other balls entering the outfield . Outfielders normally play behind the six other members ___MASK56___ the defense who play in or near the infield . Professional baseball is played in leagues throughout the world . In these leagues , and associated farm teams , baseball players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system . ___MASK34___ ( locally ) is a state in the midwestern and northern regions ___MASK56___ the United States . ___MASK34___ was admitted as the 32nd U . S . state on May 11 , 1858 , created from the eastern half ___MASK56___ the ___MASK34___ Territory . The state has a large number ___MASK56___ lakes , and is known by the slogan " Land ___MASK56___ 10 , 000 Lakes ". Its official motto is " L ' Étoile du Nord " ( French : " Star ___MASK56___ the North "). ___MASK34___ is the 12th largest in area and the 21st most populous ___MASK56___ the U . S . states ; nearly 60 percent ___MASK56___ its residents live in the ___MASK41___  ___MASK40___ metropolitan area ( known as the " Twin Cities "), the center ___MASK56___ transportation , business , industry , education , and government and home to an internationally known arts community . The remainder ___MASK56___ the state consists ___MASK56___ western prairies now given over to intensive agriculture ; deciduous forests in the southeast , now partially cleared , farmed and settled ; and the less populated North Woods , used for mining , forestry , and recreation . ___MASK34___ is known for its progressive political orientation and its high rate ___MASK56___ civic participation and voter turnout . Until European settlement , ___MASK34___ was inhabited by the Dakota and Ojibwe / Anishinaabe . During the 19th and early 20th centuries , the large majority ___MASK56___ the European settlers emigrated from Scandinavia and Germany , and the state remains a center ___MASK56___ Scandinavian American and German American culture . In recent decades , immigration from Asia , the ___MASK37___ ___MASK56___ Africa , and Latin America has broadened its historic demographic and cultural composition . ___MASK34___ ' s standard ___MASK56___ living index is among the highest in the United States , and the state is also among the best - educated and wealthiest in the nation . In sports , a farm team , farm system , feeder team , or nursery club , is generally a team or club whose role is to provide experience and training for ___MASK48___ players , with an agreement that any successful players can move on to a higher level at a given point . This system can be implemented in many ways , both formally and informally . A right fielder , abbreviated RF , is the outfielder in baseball or softball who plays defense in right field . Right field is the area ___MASK56___ the outfield to the right ___MASK56___ a person standing at home plate and facing towards the pitcher ' s mound . In the numbering system used to record defensive plays , the right fielder is assigned the number 9 . ___MASK6___ is the most populous city in Canada , the provincial capital of Ontario , and the centre of the Greater ___MASK6___ Area , the most populous metropolitan area in Canada . Growing in population , the 2011 census recorded a population of 2 , 615 , 060 . As of 2015 , the population is now estimated at 2 , 826 , 498 , making ___MASK6___ the fourth - largest city in North America based on the population within its city limits . ___MASK6___ trails only Mexico City , New York City , and Los Angeles by this measure , while it is the fifth - largest ( behind also Chicago ) if ranked by the size of its metropolitan area . An established global city , ___MASK6___ is an international centre of business , finance , arts , and culture , and widely recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world .