Minnesota spring sports have been off to a rough start thanks to the weather this year. The winter weather did not want to give up resulting in late season snow storms that delayed the start of spring sports in the state of Minnesota. The Minnesota Twins have had to postpone three games due to the weather. The games have been postponed until this summer (“Makeup Dates Announced…”). This year is not the only year that games at Target Field have been forced to be postponed due to weather. There have been 20 games postponed in Target Field’s short history; Thirteen of those games have been in April. The MLB notices this, so the Twins have opened at home just twice since Target Field’s beginning (Shipley).

Despite the late start, Brian Dozier set the club record for the longest hitting streak to start a season on April 22nd, 2018. Dozier has hit in 23 straight games dating back to September 22 of last season. Dozier also has a 33-game on-base streak which dates back to September 12 against the Padres. Currently, Dozier has a .445 on-base percentage (mlb.com). Dozier passed some great baseball players with his achievement. Brian Dozier has the longest active hitting streak in the Majors, and he passed Kirby Puckett (1994) and Josh Willingham (2012). Kirby Puckett and Josh Willingham each had 15-game hitting streaks to start a season (mlb.com). Even though Dozier has hit some milestones this year, the twins season has been off to a rough start. …show more content…
Their record is 9-14 with their record for their last ten games being 1-9. They are currently third in the AL Central and 3.5 games behind (“Regular Season Standings”). It is still early in the season, so the Twins have time to make up for their losses and improve their overall record to above