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Re: The Sports Thread
« Reply #1170 on: March 25, 2009, 10:08:58 PM »
Quote from: Rod on March 25, 2009, 01:41:44 PM
They charge season ticket holders full price for preseason games

I never knew this!
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Re: The Sports Thread
« Reply #1171 on: March 25, 2009, 11:56:55 PM »
Quote from: Gazoo on March 25, 2009, 10:08:58 PM
Quote from: Rod on March 25, 2009, 01:41:44 PM
They charge season ticket holders full price for preseason games

I never knew this!

Likewise the Giants for the preseason games that are played at Mays Field. Spring training games are less, I think.
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Re: The Sports Thread
« Reply #1172 on: March 30, 2009, 03:04:49 PM »
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Re: The Sports Thread
« Reply #1173 on: March 30, 2009, 08:32:24 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on March 30, 2009, 03:04:49 PM
One of the wilder sports-related stories of late:

http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2009/03/30/pirates-prospect-has-a-crazy-wife/

Funny, but it doesn't mention if he's seeking a divorce or not.
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Re: The Sports Thread
« Reply #1174 on: April 03, 2009, 01:19:16 PM »
Nice story about the Cubs playing the first exhibition game at "new" Yankee Stadium tonite.  Apparently the Yanks specifically requested the Cubs because they wanted Lou Pinella to be part of the festivities. Which is cool, and a step up, considering how they snubbed Joe Torre last year during the "farewell" hoo-hah at "old" YS.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-03-cubs-chicago-apr03,0,5784656.story

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Re: The Sports Thread
« Reply #1175 on: April 06, 2009, 03:27:58 PM »
Raiders sign Jeff Garcia. No, really -- April Fool's was *last* week.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/06/sports/s124139D22.DTL&tsp=1
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Re: The Sports Thread
« Reply #1176 on: April 06, 2009, 04:01:46 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on April 06, 2009, 03:27:58 PM
Raiders sign Jeff Garcia. No, really -- April Fool's was *last* week.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/06/sports/s124139D22.DTL&tsp=1
It'll certainly make me watch more Raider games, if Garcia plays.  [sorry Rod!]
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Re: The Sports Thread
« Reply #1177 on: April 06, 2009, 05:19:53 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on April 03, 2009, 01:19:16 PM
Nice story about the Cubs playing the first exhibition game at "new" Yankee Stadium tonite.  Apparently the Yanks specifically requested the Cubs because they wanted Lou Pinella to be part of the festivities. Which is cool, and a step up, considering how they snubbed Joe Torre last year during the "farewell" hoo-hah at "old" YS.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-03-cubs-chicago-apr03,0,5784656.story


the new yankee Stadium looks awesome.  I hope to check it out one day when I cash out what's left of my 401k.  Ticket prices seem crazy high, but this video propaganda shows they did a nice job w the fan experience -- if that fan can pay, of course:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-yankee-stadium-tour,0,1637738.storylink


for Better or Worse, the Yankess are like my first big league team: my father grew up a Yankee fan back when Murderer's Row had a diff meaning in the Bronx, and he took my Mom to see Maris hit #61.  My first big league game was at Yankee Stadium where I saw the Red Sox lose, of course.  heh heh.
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Re: The Sports Thread
« Reply #1178 on: April 07, 2009, 10:11:21 AM »
My friend Will drove us up to Boston for our fantasy baseball draft last weekend.  We drove past the new Yankee Stadium, and Will, who's a Yanks fan, loved it: "Other teams don't have a payroll," he gloated.  "We put our name on the stadium in fucking gold."
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Re: The Sports Thread
« Reply #1179 on: April 07, 2009, 10:24:02 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on April 07, 2009, 10:11:21 AM
My friend Will drove us up to Boston for our fantasy baseball draft last weekend.  We drove past the new Yankee Stadium, and Will, who's a Yanks fan, loved it: "Other teams don't have a payroll," he gloated.  "We put our name on the stadium in fucking gold."

evil team. evil fans. 

My old friend Lori, a lefty/feminist/big-corporations-are-evil type, is a Yankees season ticket holder -- tried to give her the "Yankees are the rich/evil/Republican/Rudy Giuliani team" argument but she wasn't having it.
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Re: The Sports Thread
« Reply #1180 on: April 09, 2009, 03:27:40 PM »
Looks like Barry Zito is a bigger "twit" than we realized!

http://twitter.com/BarryZito
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Re: The Sports Thread
« Reply #1181 on: April 14, 2009, 01:18:32 PM »
Tongue-twister headline of the week:

Shoulder Soreness Shelves Chavez

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/13/SP01171MP7.DTL
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Re: The Sports Thread
« Reply #1182 on: April 15, 2009, 02:47:55 PM »
Tim Wakefield was thisclose to a no-hitter against the A's...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/athletics/indexn?blogid=21
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Re: The Sports Thread
« Reply #1183 on: April 16, 2009, 10:00:29 AM »
I guess this as good a place as any for this:

John Madden is giving up the microphone. He's retiring.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/John-Madden-retires-from-NBC-after-29-seasons-in?urn=nfl,156802

Cris Collinsworth will be taking his place.
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Re: The Sports Thread
« Reply #1184 on: April 16, 2009, 10:13:26 AM »
Quote from: urth on April 16, 2009, 10:00:29 AM
I guess this as good a place as any for this:

John Madden is giving up the microphone. He's retiring.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/John-Madden-retires-from-NBC-after-29-seasons-in?urn=nfl,156802

Cris Collinsworth will be taking his place.

"he's grinning ear-to-ear, he looks like a slit watermelon!"
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