Twins President Dave St. Peter said he has never experienced anything like the current shutdown of Major League Baseball in his long time with the club.
But he said one thing is certain: The team will do anything it can to play games this season.
"From a Twins perspective we are prepared to be nimble. We're going to follow the direction of Major League Baseball. If the Major League Baseball schedule calls for playing home games at Target Field with or without fans, we're going to be ready for either scenario," St. Peter said. "That is our job. I can assure you we are doing a lot of planning for both of those scenarios, as well as other options that are being considered.
"Right now there are just a lot of ideas. I wouldn't describe it as that there are concrete plans. The health and the safety of our players and our staff is our No. 1 priority, and clearly that is where our focus is today."
The last time baseball didn't play a complete schedule was during the strike-shortened seasons of 1994 and 1995. St. Peter had been with the club for five years at that point after starting as an intern in 1990.
"That was painful in its own right, but nowhere near as severe as what we're dealing with today, just understanding the human toll this is taking," he said. "Baseball is important, but it's nowhere near the most important thing that our globe and our world and our country is dealing with."
