Twins mascot used to be a juggling loon
share-square-1418207 MINNEAPOLIS -- T.C. Bear doesn't talk while in character -- but he made an exception for Alan Johnson. At the invitation of team historian and curator Clyde Doepner, Johnson took his wife and two grown children to Target Field for a sunny day game in 2019, and clad in a white Twins home jersey and jeans, he threw a successful first pitch to the Twins' mascot. He and the bear got together for a photo, and as they walked off the mound, T.C. drew Johnson closer. "You don't know this, but back in 1980, '81, I was 7 years old at the Old Met watching a game, and I saw you, and ...