Ad war between Twins and TWolves escalates

Remember last season when the Minnesota Timberwolves put up a sign on Target Center for Sanford Health which was clearly aimed at the Target Field audience?

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Purists said the ad, which was put up just before the start of last fall’s playoffs, would dominate the view from the third-base-side seats and ruin the ambiance of the House That Joe Mauer Built. A Twins executive called the size of the ad “shocking.”

Today,the Twins released this photograph of a new scoreboard (with ads, no doubt), the Twins are building in right field. Perhaps it’s mere coincidence the scoreboard will block the Timberwolves’ ad.

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Your move, Wolves.

Update 4:33 p.m. – The Twins have sent along this field-seat view

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