DLD 7.17.08
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2008 10:10 AM PDT
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PrintSo here comes the second half of the season! That's kind of a lie, though. We're a good dozen past the halfway point. No A's today as we gather in Gotham, but there's a fun little slate for today. A day without baseball is not a good day. And, as Steve Martin reminds us, a day without sunshine is like...night.
Susan appears to be optimistic toward our second half, err, 13/32ths...give or take. The reason? Pitching pitching pitching!
Joe Posnanski waxes on about old stadiums in a manner most of us will about the Coliseum in a decade or so. I was at the old Comiskey, and he's right--the new one, which was built right next to the old one, seemed exactly the same. The weirdest, now-defunct park I went to was the Rangers old digs in Arlington. My brother and I, on the road ala Jack Kerouac to see Farm Aid 2, stopped by and it was...odd.
Apparently, it was a converted AAA park and it felt like it. And not in that good, cozy Rivercats way. For example, we sat in the outfield, which were metal bleachers (note: not a good idea for Texas in the summertime) and seemed to be only five rows deep, though the link to the pic above would suggest my memory has had a Sebaldian turn in the last twenty years...no matter.
Psychic powers and a chocolate yearning led this French tart to space travel. Those French and their psionics...
Grad school's looking to be like more and more of a mistake...I knew I should've became a drug dealer!
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Speaking of Gotham....
BATMAN!!!
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
I guess I need to bring a link.
Teammates, Madonna skip A-Rod’s post-game party
Really? This is juicy. I love dirt.
Alex Rodriguez’s teammates must wish they could divorce him too. “He’s become a huge distraction with the Madonna fiasco,” a source told Page Six. “It’s always all about him.” That explains why none of his fellow Yankees went to the All-Star bash he hosted at Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club Monday night.
So they skipped his party on Monday? I thought it was a post-game party? Should I be more concerned now? Less?
Wait. I don’t care at all.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
Do
he and he get automatic lifetime memberships at JayZ’s club?
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Check out the kitty bling!
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I read on Yahoo this morning that at A-Rods
deal there “large breasted hotties trying to catch his eye”. Oh, to be famous and rich.
alaska A
were they part of the
40-40 club?
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2008 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Good call...
let me try to fix that.
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
ohtobe is going hardcore
and heading to the midnight show. I’m waiting until after work, making me miss Friday’s game. I don’t really care. :)
Also, for NRAFs with EI, the DirecTV schedule says Saturday’s game is on before the Fox Saturday game AND on EI channel 696. We’ll see if we actually get it.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
Had heartbreak last night
A good friend of my wife lost his mom last week. They had the viewing last night and she went. I stayed home to mind the little Aces.
My sister in law calls and says whe is hoping Mrs. Aces can take her with her to the viewing, then drops this on me:
“I have a couple of extra tickets to the sneak preview tonight if you want to go”
I remind her that I will be at home with the kids while they go to the viewing, my daughter has already told me she is scared of the joker, and my only babysitter is her daughter, who is already in line at the sneak preview to make sure she gets in.
The rest of the night was spent pouting-but at least there were good baseball..uh no one night of the year with no sports.
grrrrr….
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
Mick to MikeA: Stay home!
Mike LaSalle likes The Dark Knight, but:
This movie is certainly not for children, nor for anyone who’s afraid of clowns.
Those were the reasons and that was New York, we were running for the money and the flesh.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 17, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
no no no: mikeA likes clowns …
I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@
I am organizing a boycott of the film
due to its derogatory portrayal of clowns as arch-criminals.
The A's colors are green and gold.
theoretical question
if Ziggy had been playing for the yankees, how much press would he have received
would they have been calling for him to start like they did with Joba?
Let's have our Piazza and eat the Cust too - SPWC
love Posnanski
an infield that had more bad hops than Schlitz
I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@
Posnanski
is one of the better sports writers out there, IMO.
I’d lbe very interested in other people’s opinion on their favorite columnists/sportswriters.
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2008 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
JoePo would be up there, top three at very least.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
Agree Posnanski is among the best
his blog has some great stuff…the best being when he is part of the story.
HIs writings on Neifi Perez are wonderful. Joe hates that guy!!
"I never predict anything, and I never will." Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
by One won lost won on Jul 17, 2008 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Rampage Jackson arrested again
http://mmajunkie.com/news/4824/report-quinton-jackson-picked-up-again-by-police.mma
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has been picked up by police again. Sources say around 4:30 PM yesterday, friends who were hanging out with Rampage, waved down an Irvine police car after they were worried about his behavior. This, of course, following the insane chase the day before in which the UFC fighter hit several cars in his monster truck and was arrested at gunpoint. We’re told Irvine cops saw Rampage, deemed him a danger to himself and others, and took him to a hospital for observation. Rampage was very coopertive with police. Cops won’t officially confirm if it’s a psychiatric hold.
I feel really bad about making fun of him yesterday. Losing it so spectacularly and publicly really isn’t funny at all. Hope he gets better very soon (or at least properly medicated.)
Did he have this many issues
before his lost to Forrest?
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
He did have a radical personality transformation...
But that was years ago when he became born-again (or at least found Jesus.) That may be offensive of me to couch it like that, but he was a different man, and definitely a different fighter (nowhere near as aggressive.) He has been a lot more like the old Rampage the last two years, so I guess it didn’t take entirely.
I’m really sad about this. He seemed to take his loss incredibly well (especially given the controversial nature), even yesterday, pre-incident, saying he wasn’t going to cry or complain about the decision. I just hope he’s okay, sincererly.
it's sure as shit an asset
I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@
Uh ... whoops. AN 3.0 strikes again.
I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@
Controversial?
How? Rampage got beat fair and square… Unless you were watching the fight through the eyes of a Rampage fan.
by Colorado Fan on Jul 17, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
wait a sec
Rather, it’s that the fruits of growth are flowing largely to “a relatively small group of people who have a particular set of skills and assets that lots of other people don’t,”
Hasn’t this been true since…forever?
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
As long as the small group can get away with it.
Occasionally however, the proletariat gets to feeling spiky, and you end up with something like this.
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, the article didn't cite "class"
as a reason she lost her job, unless you’re interpreting an influx of immigrants with similar skills, greater competition in her chosen field, and the ability of foreign workers with similar skillsets to somehow be encompassed by “class.”
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
Didn't make it as far as the article
Just the quote.
by green star oakland on Jul 17, 2008 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
uh-uh
The “fruits flowing” quote was from the writer’s more general point (and most certainly not about the laid-off Spring programmer) about the increase in concentration of wealth.
And having worked in the finserv industry, I can attest that class, while not an impermeable membrane of a barrier to entry, is hugely important in entering and succeeding in that sector.
I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@
in previous eras, the fruits didn't flow so freely
I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@
In Russia,
the fruits float you!
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
The world has gone mad. mad I say
Discussion of A’s mid-season MVP
Doesn’t it have to be the guy with the best ERA in baseball? Suzuki is surpassing expectations, Ellis is a great player, Ziggles has had an amazing run, and Cust has some home runs but I don’t think any of them are even close to the Duke
Crosby's pretty far down on my list
I share PT’s irrational dislike and disdain for the 2004 RoY-well, PT’s is most likely quite logical-I just don’t like BC.
(and it probably goes a long way toward explaining why I didn’t include Urban’s article in the links above…)
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2008 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
His articles now come with the disclaimer
for entertainment purposes only
by theblackpearl on Jul 17, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Ryan Sweeney for A's MVP
He’s been our most consistent hitter and a catalyst for the rest of the offense.
Bob Geren and Ken Macha both enjoy jai lai.
by CarGon's Jock on Jul 17, 2008 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Okay, we have
Swooney’s Left Foot, now CarGon’s Jock. What’s next? Do I want to know? :)
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
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I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@
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I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@
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Pardon the french
but you’ve got to be fucking kidding me.
Crosby. Has. A. .692. OPS.
Jesus.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
He's also got the fourth highest GPA among AL SS.
Not a good year for AL SS.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
I have a song stuck in my head.
I don’t know the name, who sings it, the lyrics, or where I heard it. But I do know this:
1. It is alternative
2. It sounds like whales singing
Any ideas?
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
Never mind.
I just remembered what it was. Well, that was easy.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
Something with Billy Corgan singing?
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2008 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Groove is in the Heart?
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2008 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
The Pixies
Where is my Mind
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
The first rule of guessing songs in Jennifer's head is ...
I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@
don't talk about Fight Club?
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2008 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Wonderful tune, Jennifer.
You are the best! I just got my A’s stuff and loved the unicorn sticker. I definitely owe ya one.
Was Black Snake Moan a comedy or a drama?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 17, 2008 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes. Do you need to know something about my favorite band?
Was Black Snake Moan a comedy or a drama?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 17, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Does anyone know if Zebulon went with Rich when he was traded?
I know Rich really liked him, but did the A’s keep him? (I don’t even know if anyone might know this, but thought I’d ask).
And Happy Birthday to Thunderbutt!
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
I am so old
I see the word mimeograph and wonder why it isn’t purple….and smell that funny smell.
by Englishmajor on Jul 17, 2008 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Just a rumor..but...
Embattled former Giants slugger Barry Bonds has entered into formal contract negotiations with the Yankees, and a consummation of the deal is anticipated forthwith, a confidential clubhouse source told MLBNewsOnline.com. The incentive-laden deal, being hammered out between Bonds’ agent Jeff Borris and general manager Brian Cashman, will well exceed the major league $200,000 minimum but has a number of protective clauses to isolate the Yankees’ exposure to the possibility of Bonds missing time due to legal distractions or recurring injury, the source said.
Bring back Hammer.
Cashman has denied...
And they just signed Sexson…..so I call BS on Bonds going there.
Bring back Hammer.
by OaktownPower on Jul 17, 2008 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm a moron
I read through half this post, thinking it was about Zito, and I’m thinking, “Geez, isn’t this tampering? I know he sucks lately and all, but isn’t it illegal for him to have contracts with two different teams?!”
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2008 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Better listen to him, Flounder,
he’s pre-med.
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2008 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
and he'll be spreading it
Was Black Snake Moan a comedy or a drama?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 17, 2008 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Old stadia: Connie Mack, baby!
I was just a pup, but a huge Phillies fan—Del Ennis, Richie Ashburn, Robin Roberts, Johnny Callison, Richie Allen (latter two probably from The Vet era). Humid summer nights, lightning bugs and an electrified out-of-town scoreboard. I think I saw Max Patkin there, and I seem to remember a Hank Aaron homer.
/sigh
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
hmmm...
When Aaron came to the big leagues in 1954, Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts quickly speculated: This might be the next guy to hit .400.
“He didn’t look like he was going to be a home run hitter,” Roberts said. “He was quite slender. He hit for a good average and hit a lot to right field. But when he decided to start trying for home runs, he was quite good at that, too.”
Roberts said he was the victim of the “hardest ball I ever saw him hit – not only off me, but anyone else.” It was a line drive that cleared the farthest wall at Philadelphia’s old Connie Mack Stadium, nearly 450 feet from home plate.
“It went right over my head,” Roberts said, “and into the center field seats.”
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2007-08-08-1691613045_x.htm
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Jul 17, 2008 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
my mom and grandfather have/had fond memories of that place ...
... and my mom recalls going when it was still Shibe.
I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@
I saw my first-ever MLB game there
How do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves the porchlight on?
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 17, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
While I am no expert at either
I really think it would be nice to incorporate at least 1-2 elements of CM and Oaks park into the eventual new stadium (wherever it may be).
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
I'd really like the bleachers back,
that Mr. Davis took from us upon his return.
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2008 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure, you visit the DLD, but do you feel like you BELONG?
To remove all question, join the AN DLD facebook group I just started.
Brainless Automaton #439
... and then you'd all find out I'm actually Ray Ratto
I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@
Better he than
MyUr
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2008 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmmm.
Well, you were at AN Day V….and he was supposed to show up but he didn’t….
by Englishmajor on Jul 17, 2008 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Not me, I have a secret facebook pseudonym
Anyway, since I posted this link, two people have joined. Now I can add “started AN facebook group” to my sports geek resume, immediately below “quoted in East Bay Express article on Apricot” and above “wrote Ray Ratto’s wikipedia profile”
Brainless Automaton #439
by rubin sierra on Jul 17, 2008 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
That's a problem?
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
did anyone join
baseball boss? just curious if I could challenge any ANers
Let's have our Piazza and eat the Cust too - SPWC
Alright, folks: Dead Stadium Count rollcall
3: the Vet in Philly, Riverfront in Cinci, old Tiger Stadium in Detroit
I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@
forgot about that one!
I’m at 4
I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@
The Vet in Philly
Exhibition Stadium in Toronto
War Memorial Stadium (a.k.a. The Rockpile) where the AA and AAA Buffalo Bisons played (and where The Natural was filmed)
"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.
Does it count if I went to War Memorial to freeze my ass of watching Jackie Kemp's* Bills lose to Babe Parelli's Patsies?
- including, of course, Cookie Gilchrist and Elbert
“Golden Wheels” Dubenion
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Jul 17, 2008 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Connie Mack, Vet, Kingdome, Baltimore Memorial
How do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves the porchlight on?
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 17, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, and the Stick, of course
How do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves the porchlight on?
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 17, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, and the Murph too
Those were the reasons and that was New York, we were running for the money and the flesh.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 17, 2008 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
damn. my brain is like a sieve
The Mistake by the Lake. That puts me at 5/7 (depending how we’re counting).
JoPos’ account of the old Cleveland stadium is great.
I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@
Kingdome, Candlestick (if it counts)
and Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, MN x 30 or so.
by Englishmajor on Jul 17, 2008 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I was just wondering about that
did Milwaukee tear it down?
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Bud stripped it and sold off copper plumbing
I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@
Just like Bubbs.
Hmm.
Wonder if it was for the same reason…it would explain a lot.
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2008 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Old Busch Stadium
I also spent a week working a service project in North St Louis across the street from the site of Sportsman’s Park.
"There's m'fn sprinklers on the m'fn infield!'" - Ice Cream (AN), 6/13/08
sorry, "clubs to which we belong" thread is in another FanPost
I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@
Baseball trip w/ my dad and brother in '92 so....
1)Candlestick
2)Jack Murphy
3)Old Busch (if that counts)
4)Tiger Stadium
5)The Mistake
6)Kingdome
7)Riverfront
8)3 Rivers
9)Philly Vet
10)Milwaukee County Stadium
My comment about the trip is that anyone who claims that Fenway is better than Wrigley is insane. Wrigley is tops by a large margin.
The A's colors are green and gold.
MCS was pretty charming
Tiger Stadium was awesome, the rest of those deserved their deaths.
The A's colors are green and gold.
Riverfront
was, for all intents, one of the scarier experiences I’ve ever had. I’ve never been in a stadium that was as steep as that one. It felt like if you leaned forward, bad things would ensue, like Wile E. Coyote type things.
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 18, 2008 5:43 AM PDT up reply actions
oh
much worse.
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 18, 2008 6:46 AM PDT up reply actions
agreed
The cookie-cutter concrete mausolea were all awful. The Coli in its pre-Mt Davis incarnation was somewhat better, but only generically.
Old Tiger Stadium was awesome. I had what would would have been awful, nosebleed 3rd-deck seats in any other stadium (even the newer retro parks), but it felt as if I could lean over and snatch the cap off the third baseman’s head.
I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@
dammit
Three Rivers
6/8
I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@
um, let's see
Riverfront, Comiskey, Milwaukee County Stadium, Old Busch Stadium, Arlington, Candlestick…I think that’s it…
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
Candlestick doesn't count, I think
Otherwise, I’d be at 6 (the Stick and Olympic Stadium)
I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@
No?
Even though they don’t play baseball there no more?
Olympic in Montreal? That definitely counts, no? Do they still play CFL there or something?
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
they're still standing
JoPos doesn’t spell out his criteria, but “dead stadium” to me suggests torn down.
I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@
I disagree
Having no MLB team play there anymore is like a person with no blood in their veins. Dead. The architecture is meaningless without the life blood of fans and players. Doesn’t need to be torn down to be dead. Thats just decomposition.
by mikedaviswhereareyou on Jul 17, 2008 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
by that reasoning, the Coliseum suffers from Seasonal Anemia
I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@
They haven't played football at the 'stick for a while, either.
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
There are a lot more dead stadiums than that...
Colt Stadium in Houston, Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Not only Riverfront in Cincinnatti, but Crosley Field before that.
The Angels used to play in a place called Wrigley Field in LA. The Rockies played at Mile High for their first two years.
Not only is Olympic Stadium in Montreal dead, but Jarry Park is too.
Don’t forget Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis. The Twins used to play outdoors, remember?
RFK is dead now in Washington.
There are many more, of course, if you want to dig back far enough.
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth."- Ted Williams
It's a matter of having been there,
not just rolling off names of dead stadiums.
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2008 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Old Madison Square Garden (Millrose Games), Spectrum (The Who, circa 1970), Cobo Hall (Sly Stone, '72ish) Yazgur's farm (nope)
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Jul 17, 2008 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
BLANTON TO PHILLIES?!
I know Olney blogged about it earlier, but I got a text message from ESPN saying that the deal is done…
Anybody know anything?
witty remark
Dunno.
http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/player_main.aspx?sport=MLB&id=3991
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
Down on the Street, Alameda CA
Jalopnik’s commemoration of 300 Down on the Street posts, your best source for pics of classic iron still rolling the island’s thoroughfares. Classic A’s stickers included.
Those were the reasons and that was New York, we were running for the money and the flesh.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 17, 2008 4:01 PM PDT reply actions
That's awesome!
Where I get more, FSU? You know, I work in a sign shop….
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2008 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
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