Carl Pohlad died today at the age of 93.

Mr. Pohlad bought the Twins from Calvin Griffith in 1984.

The highlights of his ownership included the Twins World Series victories over the Cardinals in 1987 and Braves in 1991 which remains the last major professional championship we've seen here in Minnesota.

Other highlights include the Twins recent run of division championships in the 2000's.

His legacy as Twins owner will also include Target Field which is under construction and set to open for the 2010 season.

Carl was certainly not George Steinbrenner but he did step up and sign some key players such as Kirby Puckett, Brad Radke,Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau over the years.

We can't forget that he did offer the Twins to Major League Baseball for $150 million so that the club could be contracted in 2001.

We can forgive him though.

Rest in peace Mr. Pohlad

T Jack showed yesterday that he's not the answer at QB for the Vikes.

After good games against the Falcons and Giants, T Jack played yesterday like he did at the beginning of this season in losses to Green Bay and Indy.

He was inaccurate, indecisive and inept, sometimes all on the same play.

I don't believe Gus Frerotte would've fared any better against the Eagles and isn't the solution for our QB issue.

Quarterback just moved to the top of the Vikings offseason to-do list

 

Discussion about a Vikings stadium has begun again, this time centering around Minneapolis.

I believe the Vikings will eventually either end up remodeling the Metrodome or tearing it down and building a new stadium on the same site -- similar to what happened in St. Paul when the Xcel Center was built at the site of the St. Paul Civic Center.

Currently the problem with remodeling the Metrodome or building a new stadium on that site is that the Vikings would not have anywhere to play while construction is underway.

That problem will be solved when the University of Minnesota opens its new stadium in 2009 which is 2 years before the Vikings lease runs out.

The Vikings could play at the Gophers stadium until their new stadium was finished, much like the Bears did when they played at the University of Illinois while Soldier Field was renovated.

The biggest advantage that Minneapolis has over the other sites such as Blaine is that the necessary infrastructure is already in place.

Adequate highway access along with the light rail system, which will most likely expand, are already available.

The other sites would need millions of dollars to improve roads and other infrastructure in addition to the money already needed to build the stadium.

I doubt that the legislature would approve building a new stadium in the suburbs once building in downtown Minneapolis becomes a viable option.

It'll be interesting how this story unfolds over the next year or two.