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2 great plays by fans (and the Phillie Phanatic crashes the dance party) at Target Field

In case you weren't watching, here are two fine plays by fans from Tuesday's game at Target Field.

June 14, 2012 at 11:27AM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

In case you weren't watching, there were two fine plays by fans from Tuesday's game at Target Field.

One of them involved a young fan who grabbed a foul pop-up away from Phillies third baseman Mike Fontenot with two outs in the seventh inning and Ben Revere batting.

Two things worth noting: 1) The youngster -- identified by mlb.com as 12-year-old Jackson Oliver of Groton, S.D., was wearing a Phillies shirt and cap (and was attending his first game at Target Field). 2) Revere followed with an RBI single that gave the Twins the final run in their 11-7 victory.

Earlier, a fan down the right field line put on a multitasking clinic with a display that would make Tsuyoshi Nishioka jealous:

From the upper deck, your Upload correspondent couldn't help but be a bit jealous of those in the front row.

And one more thing, that was the real Phillie Phanatic at Target Field during the third inning of Tuesday's game and danced with TC Bear, pre-empting the Mayo Clinic-sponsored dance-off. Here's a video from the @Twins Twitter feed:

A Twins source said the Phanatic "was actually in Minnesota for another reason" and worked the brief appearance into his schedule.

So if you're somewhere in Minnesota and see this...

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(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

... send us a note with the details.

Anyone else wonder if the Phanatic is the new Fox Sports North Girl?

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Howard Sinker

Digital Sports Editor

Howard Sinker is digital sports editor at startribune.com and curates the website's Sports Upload blog. He is also a senior instructor in Media and Cultural Studies at Macalester College in St. Paul.

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