The Yankees had the greatest team of all time. Do you think fans really wanted to waste money in a forfeit, rather than watch a game?

@@feenyfighter Yes. Yankees fans were the ones throwing stuff on to the field that night trying to get a forfeit win.

Why were there so many Yankees fans all the way in Minnesota?

that rule is stupid to me, you can just go to another stand, or even get back in line, and you can get a ton more

@@adumby2583 after this game they you a piece of paper with 2 tickets for $1 hotdogs on it and all others were full price

They would have put the blame on any incident they could to cut the lost profits on the dogs, this was just the perfect time for them to cut the deal down in size with a “reason” to point at when questioned why cause they can’t just say the real reason - money

And batteries

Wasn't long before Yankee fans felt the same way about Chuck in the 98 playoffs. When knoblach covered first and the ball hit the runner and Knoblach just stood there arguing instead of getting the ball while key runs scored. New Yorkers were pissed. Then all the errant throws and yips troubles he had lol As a kid I cut school in nyc back then and rode the Subway back and forth to kill time. I end up running into Chuck Knoblach on the train during this time circa 98 99 lol Super sweet guy signed my school notebooks. Sat and chatted with me a bit until he reached his stop. After meeting him you realize what a great guy he is. Sadly for me that autograph got me caught cutting school... But it was worth it

​@baroqueguitarist5673 do you still have the autographed notebook? What did you talk about? For how long? Was Chuck by himself?

I was a College student and at this game as well. Wanted to beat the shit out of those people initially throwing stuff on the feild. Was right behind Chuck and saw him pointing and shaking his head. It was surreal and I'd only ever attended a dozen or so Twins games in my lifetime.

@overnightdelivery surreal is an accurate description. I can honestly say I have never seen anything like it nor do I think I ever will again.

I wish I could, too. It's in the archives somewhere

na you had tori hunter and jac jones coming and you're amazing SP

No, it's still every Wednesday, this is just why you can only buy two at a time now.

@Thrust Johnson well actually texas has a 34.8% obesity rate among adults while New York has a 27.6%. Soooo

A few things that led to this incident: 1. The Twins had a very, very strong start to the 2001 season. They were in first place for most of the season before collapsing in the second half. So at the time this game was played there was a lot of enthusiasm from Twins fans. 2. Chuck Knoblauch had his throwing problem at second base, which made him a target, and 2001 was the year he switched to left field. This put him close to the fans in the left field seats, which was usually the rowdiest place in the ballpark. 3. There was a large group of young fans in the first row of the left field seats wearing shirts with letters that altogether spelled out “hey chuck you suck”. This also added fuel to the fire.

No. Till 2001. Not 2002. Get your facts straight.

@@jayNicks10 yea they were ok in 2001 first year of six straight winning seasons but honestly they lost 6 games to an awful royals team that year and went 1-6 vs a devil rays team who lost 100 games. Actual Good teams beat up on bad teams not struggle with them

I think this was his first year playing left field since he left Minnesota. The fans basically had better access to throw things at him at that point.

@@jasonl3686 Correct

Brian Nasco what were they throwing ? Better question - what did YOU throw ? Lol

chris clarke savage

well technically the "dump" was not closed yet. The Vikings still played there for a couple more years before making US Bank Stadium.

Beat their ass? Different story if Mauer was robbed in game 2 but don't let facts get in your way

@@ligomi Please, they had bases loaded with no outs even after Mauer was "robbed" and they still didn't score a run. The Yanks beat their ass like they always do in the playoffs

Typical Yankee douche

This was before the consistency of the Yankees owning the Twins. It's been a hot minute but there was a time when the Twins and Yankees were pretty mutually competitive ball clubs.

@@katherineberger6329 there have been certain season where the twins had a better team but in the grand scheme of things the Yankees are in a completely different world, New York has more World Series than Minnesota’s WS pennants and division titles combined ; and that’s going back to 1901 when the twins were the senators

@@anyonebuthillary4712 Which does not change their relative competitiveness in head to head matchups. Between the 1970s and 1990s, the Twins gave as good as they got against the Yankees.

@@katherineberger6329 the 90s yes- the early 90s especially, the 70s and especially the 80s were not very close the Yankees led 68-44 in the 70s and in the 80s it was worse - 71-43.

@@katherineberger6329 in fact , between 1970-2000 the twins had just 4 winning seasons head to head vs the Yankees all together

This also led to him getting the yips and never being the same so who really won?

@@matthewzappetillo8294 No, he got the Yips before this happened and that's why he was moved to left field for 2001 instead of his usual second base.

@@matthewzappetillo8294 Yeah the yips happened well before this and not to mention not too long after this started the period of overall playoff and reg season dominance. Not so long one could use this incident and call the Twins inability to beat the Yankees the curse of Knoblauch.

Oh grow up

Bart Simpson is gangsta Just about every team's fans have done this. Not that I'm justifying it, but it wasn't surprising considering what Knoblauch had said about the Twins and their fans.

To be fair, Knoblauch was kind of a dick in his last year with the Twins when he demanded a trade to a contending team. Not that it excuses the fans' behavior but it does makes sense.

Whatever. Fuck Chuck Knoblauch. Dollar Dog Night Forever

maybe you need to look at the story and the whys before you post

@@iamhungey12345 chuck knoblauch experienced the other side of minnesota nice. The kind we hide from the media to make us look better. It takes talent to piss off our fans that badly.