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« Reply #210 on: December 22, 2005, 11:03:48 AM »
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Oakland Coliseum: Goodbye upper deck!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/12/22/SPGTTGBSU31.DTL&type=as


But just for A's games.

Although eliminating the top deck for Raider games would mean a lot more of them get aired on TV locally.  :wink:
Let's get right to it.

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« Reply #211 on: December 30, 2005, 10:38:36 AM »
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« Reply #212 on: January 03, 2006, 02:29:19 PM »
Well, that didn't take long -- goodby Norv, we hardly knew ye.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/01/03/MNG90GGO7R6.DTL
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« Reply #213 on: January 04, 2006, 03:27:36 PM »
Former NFL'er and ABC Sports analyst Lynn Swann is running for Governor of Pennsylvania -- as a Republican.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/01/04/politics/p133938S47.DTL

No clue as to how right-wing he is (or isn't), so I put this in the Sports Thread.
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« Reply #214 on: January 04, 2006, 04:04:37 PM »
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No clue as to how right-wing he is
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He has advocated reducing certain business taxes and said he opposes abortion rights.
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« Reply #215 on: January 06, 2006, 02:06:29 PM »
JT going Red.

J.T. Snow and the Boston Red Sox reached a preliminary agreement on a $2 million, one-year contract.
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« Reply #216 on: January 07, 2006, 12:35:38 AM »
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JT going Red.

J.T. Snow and the Boston Red Sox reached a preliminary agreement on a $2 million, one-year contract.


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« Reply #217 on: January 14, 2006, 10:21:16 PM »
No Three-peat for Bradylicious: Denver 27, Patriots 13.
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« Reply #218 on: January 15, 2006, 08:43:44 PM »
Peyton got run over by The Bu-us
On his way to Super Bowl this year
You can say there's no such thing as Steelers
But they're the guys the other teams should fear
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« Reply #219 on: January 16, 2006, 09:39:18 AM »
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Peyton got run over by The Bu-us
On his way to Super Bowl this year
You can say there's no such thing as Steelers
But they're the guys the other teams should fear


the bus sure looked surprised by brackett's helmet
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you could say it was quite a day for upsets
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« Reply #220 on: January 18, 2006, 04:06:44 PM »
So Gang, other than Gaz rooting for the Stillers, do any of y'all have a clear favorite in mind for the duration of the playoffs?  Care to jump on my Seahawks may-the-best-NFC-and-former-AFC-West-team-win bandwagon?

There's an awful lot of bad sports mojo on the line in the Great Northwest.  Since any of us have been alive there's been one NBA championship ('79 Sonics), one NCAA Football co-championship ('91 Huskies) and one WNBA championship ('04 Storm).  In the meantime they've had the team with the best record bow out in the first round of their respective post seasons at least 4 times (this includes last year's top-seeded Huskies in the 2nd round* of March Madness) and many other highly favored teams get upset at some stage.  To say nothing of the dreaded East-coast Bias (which for all practical purposes includes LA).


*for the uninitiated, no #1 seed has ever come close to losing to a #16 seed, so a 2nd Rd loss to  #9 or #8 seed counts in this case.
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« Reply #221 on: January 18, 2006, 04:19:18 PM »
Hey mshray, it's putnamp from FO.   Caught your post on FO; I put up a post on the ESPN Seahawks board seeing if anyone in the bay area was going to be watching the game someplace, and we're in the process of selecting a place.  I think they were looking at Ricky's in San Leandro, though nothing's been finalized yet.  How should I contact you for updates?  I'll let them know that there may be more people interested in joining up.

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« Reply #222 on: January 18, 2006, 04:20:12 PM »
sorry, i should leave my own contact info:

putnamp at google's-fine-gmail-email-system dot com  or AIM at iamthekow

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« Reply #223 on: January 18, 2006, 04:41:10 PM »
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Hey mshray, it's putnamp from FO.   Caught your post on FO; I put up a post on the ESPN Seahawks board seeing if anyone in the bay area was going to be watching the game someplace, and we're in the process of selecting a place.  I think they were looking at Ricky's in San Leandro, though nothing's been finalized yet.  How should I contact you for updates?  I'll let them know that there may be more people interested in joining up.


Dude, that was a very quick response.  I am in Castro Valley, so San Leandro is my backyard.   If I can get away from the wife & kids I will sooo be there.  I'm already mentally rehearsing my excuses.
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« Reply #224 on: January 18, 2006, 04:43:58 PM »
Yeah, I happened to be lurking the FO threads when you posted that, so pretty good timing all around.  Shoot me an email so I can get in touch with you when details get finalized.