Does the Metrodome Roof Contain a Giant Swastika?
The poor Minnesota Twins. Despite a decade of trying to hornswaggle taxpayers into ponying up a couple of hundred million dollars for a new ballpark, the public remains firmly opposed to the idea. The Star Tribune’s Minnesota Poll recently found that 67 percent of voters were against spending public dollars on a new ballpark. Perhaps it’s time for the ballclub to try a new tactic in its propaganda campaign. Perhaps it’s time Carl Pohlad and company sit down with Tim Anderson. Roughly two years ago, as Anderson tells the story, he was watching a Twins game when he gazed up at the roof of the Metrodome and spied…a giant swastika! Not entirely trusting this evil vision, the 34-year-old self-employed salesman returned to the Dome a few weeks later to confirm his discovery. Sure enough, right over second base, a massive symbol of Nazi propaganda appeared to be etched into the roof. “I started asking people around me,” Anderson recalls. “They looked at it and agreed. Two out of three peopl
