a new expansion franchise, along with the Los Angeles Angels. Calvin realized his wish when the American League OK’d the move of the Senators to the Twin Cities, and granting Washington D.C. Millers manager, Eddie Stanky, argues to no avail vs the Wichita Braves, with a packed house at Metropolitan Stadium in the later 1950’s.Ĭalvin Griffith, looking for new means of better revenue streams, focused his efforts on moving his Senators club out of Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington had opened as the home to the Minneapolis Millers from 1956 to 1960, but the town and the state yearned for their first attempt at big league baseball. – Note, yes, this is where the Mall of America stands today (Below).Ī view of the Mall of America, from the same angle/direction, as the grading picture of the Metropolitan Stadium construction above. (Above): The original grading of Metropolitan Stadium, circa 1955. Paul would welcome the Twins and the team would play their games equal distance from both cities, on the prairie by the major airport in Bloomington, MN. The 1960 Washington Senators closed out their existence in D.C., and moved to the Twin Cities of Minnesota.
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