New York State of Mind

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty ImagesWith both the Twins and Vikings travelling to New York this weekend for important games for both teams, here are a few notes about the match-ups.

It’s the Twins’ Bomba Squad vs. the Bronx Bombers in a battle between the two most prolific home run hitting teams in the history of Major League Baseball. The Twins hit 307 dingers this year to the Yankees 306, both outpacing the previous record of 267 last season by the Yankees.

Nevermind the new baseball and all that, it’s a complete shocker that the Twins would ever own the title of most home runs in a season, given they’ve been coming up short on hitting the long ball since the days of Harmon Killebrew and…