Labatt Owner Buys Metrodome Baggie For $3K

LYNNFIELD, MA -- John Henry has his yacht, the Iroquois, and now Irish Labatt ownership has made a splurge of their own, bringing the Metrodome's old right field wall home after paying $3,025 for pieces of the "Baggie."

A pair of 16-feet-high, 190-feet-long sections of the famed fence sold during an online auction that concluded Monday. One went for $2,025 and the other for $1,000. Together, the items drew 190 bids.

When the Minnesota Twins played at the Metrodome from 1982-2009, left-handed hitters took aim at the dark blue wall that stood only 327 feet from home plate. To make up for the short distance, the fence was extended for a total height of 23 feet. When balls bounced off the wall, it rippled like a garbage bag, spawning the nickname.

Several stadium features are being auctioned off, with demolition looming next year. 

Labatt ownership was quoted as saying, "It belongs in a museum!"  There have been rumors swirling for months that Mr. Geary, a well known dome enthusiast was beginning to buy pieces of retired domes in order to construct one giant "super" dome (not to be confused with "The Superdome").  Geary has purhased the seats from Kingdome and the roof of Montreal's Olympic Stadium.  He was quoted as saying, "with The Baggie from one of baseball's finest domes ever, I am now one piece away from completing my dream".  Rumor has it Geary has been squirrelling away a sizeable sum of cash in anticipation of a heavy bidding war on the catwalks of the "Trop Dome" when it eventually closes in the near future.