When the roof wasn't crashing down from the sky, it could be counted on to hide the things that were. Like baseballs, for example, which were next to impossible to spot on account of that flimsy roof being as white as the snow that so regularly destroys it.

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The Minnesota Twins finally beat a path out of that dump and into a new outdoor stadium (which is a treat in its own right on those cold opening days of April in Minnesota), but the Vikings still call the Metrodome home. No wonder they're thinking about moving to Los Angeles.