Since attending my first major league baseball game at the age of 9 back in 1970, I've experienced all kinds of weather. There have been games when the weather was perfect, when it was raining and when it was over 100 degrees. But, until this past Saturday night, I have never been to a game where I thought my fingers and toes were going to turn into icicles and fall off.

My wife, Kristie, and I decided to take my son Jacob down to Kansas City for his 14th birthday to see the Twins and Royals play. When I bought the tickets back in March, I never expected to have to pack my big wooly socks, gloves and blankets.

Even with all that stuff, we were still freezing thanks to temperatures in the 30s and a strong northwest wind throughout the game. I never thought I'd be able to see my breath at a baseball game in the spring. I never thought I'd see 36,000 people wearing winter coats. I never dreamed that I'd be buying hot chocolate and coffee or lingering in the bathroom longer than I really needed to, just to stay out of the cold.

And I never thought I'd see the players wearing stocking caps like you see in the picture that was taken after Jason Kubel smacked a home run.

And worse yet, as a life-long Royals fan, my team lost 2 to zip.

Don't get me wrong, I do like the Twins....when they're not playing the Royals. And I'm looking forward to attending games at the new Twins ballpark in 2010. But it won't be in April!