Against the Wind
Bob Seger has nothing on Dick Ericson, a Metrodome worker who claims he adjusted the Dome’s air conditioning to help the Twins and hurt their foes from 1982-1995. Ericson writes it off as being part of “homefield advantage,” and said he doesn’t feel the slightest bit guilty about his actions.
Apparently, nobody in the Twins front office told Ericson to do this or was aware of it. Thankfully, due to the team’s mediocre record through most of Ericson’s tenure, there isn’t much evidence that his help worked–heck, the Dome’s roof was probably a larger factor in homefield advantage than the air conditioning. After all, even in the age of the home run, no Twin has hit 30 since 1991.