Minnesota Twins fan banned from Target Field for a year

A Twins fan has been banned from Target Field for a year after refusing to get rid of a sign he was holding. FX 9's Leon Purvis has the latest.

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[Cenery]

I see no wrong doing here except banning the dude for a peaceful protest.

[benjames]

The Pohlad's promised competitive teams for a new stadium and renovations, fraud by false promise is a felony by law.

[danlowe]

Twins' GM found no good counterarguments and had the gentleman removed for a year while he prepares for his rebuttal.

[sizzlemann]

I agree with the fan. But as a paying customer, I’m going to ban myself from spending any money on next year’s games.

[kyliedadify]

I stand with this guy. I refuse to give them a penny. The owners are clowns. They owners just keep stealing money from the fans!

[BiLLiESHKES]

We gotta get some Defund the Pohlads t-shirts made, I’d buy one

[T.Devine]

You guys should Boycott the damn Twins and things might change for the better

[benjames]

The Minnesota Ballpark Authority (MBA) owns Target Field. That means state and federal law apply, I hope this man sues.

[Grateful_Dad_]

Being banned from Target Field sounds more like a blessing. 🤣

[josiahberry]

Twins suck eggs! Owners are horrible and the coaches need to be fired. I stand with this guy. The twins have been boycotted.

[cryptoOFkingz]

He won't miss anything. I bet a lot of fans band together and join him.

[daniellarsen]

Freedom of speech in a stadium paid by taxpayers. I think he has every right to express his opinions. They shouldn't have asked him to remove it. As long as there is no profane or hate message on the sign. Pohlads do need to sell the team. They have no interest in pleasing the fan base. Only their wallets.

[Psychiatricnerd]

I guess there’s no such thing as freedom of speech in Minnesota. Shocker.

[Off-The-X]

CALLING OUT:
Im 52. Can play baseball at a high level still. Can throw from warning track to home. Can run the 90' in less than 5 sec. I call out every @MNTwins player. Let me try-out. If I make the team. I will take league minimum just to prove how broken Professional Baseball is. EVERYONE is being manipulated!!!

This is not a joke, and those are not players! They are overpaid people playing a game when they want to. I will prove it.

[DJDonkeytron]

Cancelled for the "behavior" of holding up a sign... this is the most political city in the world I swear everything is friggin politics.

[donaldverhota]

We collapsed like this in 01 all we got at the the deadline was Rick reed

[boataxe]

“Baseball hot dogs apple pie and censorship”.

[chb]

Haha!! Pohlads don't like being held accountable? Sell the team. 0 accountability for this team from top down.

[JimH-eyov]

The Twins did this gentleman a huge favor by prohibiting him from wasting his money on the Pohlad mob!

[DerrickTony]

He got his Money Worth, coming from a Guardians fan I can't blame him either