Opening Day

Shizelbs
Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
edited April 2 in Clubhouse Archives
Today is one of my favorite days of the year. Its opening day for MLB.

I'll be taking the afternoon off tomorrow and going to the M's opening day game. I am excited. Six months of baseball!
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited April 2006
    Oh boy... another year for the boys in blue to lose 100 games. What can possibly be more exciting than that?!?
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,339
    edited April 2006
    I feel your pain Mr. Nightly! Pittsburgh hasn't had a winning season since 1992. Which was the last time Barry Bonds wore a Pirate uniform and before he started injecting the moo juice.:eek:

    The Pirates actually look like they have a decent looking team this year. Some good young pitching and a couple of franchise type players in Jason Bay and Jack Wilson. Still, I'm don't believe they can compete with the big market teams. KC is in the same small market team category.

    That's why the NFL has become America's national sport. All teams have the same amount to spend on salaries, a good draft system and some revenue sharing among the teams for merchandise. Any team can be a contender.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited April 2006
    That's a myth - the Cardinals and Texans will NOT be a contender next year. I'd bet a lot of money on it.

    Baseball has had MORE different teams in teh World Series over the past 20 years than football has had in the Super Bowl. Where's your parity there?

    Football is America's sport because of teh quality of play, not because of the "parity". It's a well-marketed and produced piece of entertainment.

    In other news, I'm going to a Sox game next week. Green monster seats. My frist time up there, I'm PSYCHED.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,654
    edited April 2006
    I've actually watched grass grow at baseball games.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited April 2006
    bobman1235 wrote:
    Green monster seats.
    :eek:

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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2006
    F1nut wrote:
    I've actually watched grass grow at baseball games.

    I've watched your hair grow during Polkfest's.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited April 2006
    Sitting on the monster would be quite the treat for a baseball fan. Are those fairly hard to come by?
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited April 2006
    baseball games are like Nascar. More fun in person, especially if there's an ample supply of beer.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,654
    edited April 2006
    dorokusai wrote:
    I've watched your hair grow during Polkfest's.
    And what a glorious thing it is.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited April 2006
    Shizelbs wrote:
    Sitting on the monster would be quite the treat for a baseball fan. Are those fairly hard to come by?

    Very. You have to basically put your name into a lottery drawing before the season for the CHANCE to buy them. A buddy of mine happened to luck out. Otherwise it's ebay for upwards of 200/seat for most games.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited April 2006
    Good heavens. Are all games hard to get into? Red Sox fever must be running pretty high still.

    Well, my M's lost, but it was a close, well-played loss. So, their improvement was pretty obvious. Should be a mediocre season.

    Its fun to have baseball back anyways.
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  • Polk65
    Polk65 Posts: 1,405
    edited April 2006
    Being at the ballpark is a different experience.

    Watching it at home on a soft couch is relaxing for me. I look forward to many enjoyable afternoons drifting in and out of sleep listening to it.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited April 2006
    Shizelbs wrote:
    Good heavens. Are all games hard to get into? Red Sox fever must be running pretty high still.

    Meh, it's been like this for years, long before t hey won any Series. Huge local fanbase + tiny ballpark (33,000ish) means hard to get tickets. Throw in the fact that there's a about 300 colleges right outside of Fenway Park with more kids just wanting to watch a game and drink a beer, and you have our current state of affairs. :)
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • mldennison
    mldennison Posts: 307
    edited April 2006
    bobman1235 wrote:
    Meh, it's been like this for years, long before t hey won any Series. Huge local fanbase + tiny ballpark (33,000ish) means hard to get tickets. Throw in the fact that there's a about 300 colleges right outside of Fenway Park with more kids just wanting to watch a game and drink a beer, and you have our current state of affairs. :)
    while it has been tough in the past, the past 2-3 years have really been ridiculous. to get anything other than the $100 seats you need to get something ahead of the season, you can also forget about seeing anyone other than the devil rays or the royals...

    that is why my favorite spot to watch the games is the cask and flagon. all the atmosphere of fenway without the beer lines (or the $6 beers!) :eek:
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited April 2006
    I wish I could get excited, maybe, toooooo much BS anymore for me, I am going to support my local High School team, give that a try.

    RT1
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited April 2006
    mldennison wrote:
    that is why my favorite spot to watch the games is the cask and flagon. all the atmosphere of fenway without the beer lines (or the $6 beers!) :eek:

    Unless the Yankees are in town. I always laugh when I see the line going down the street outside the Cask on game days :)
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • wodom1
    wodom1 Posts: 1,054
    edited April 2006
    I'm going to the Cubs v Cardinals game this weekend at Wrigley. It'll be opening weekend and should be fun. After that, I've got another Cubs game on 4/12, 4/25, and 5/12. My resolution this year is to attend at least one game/month.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited April 2006
    Good resolution.
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  • sterling bug
    sterling bug Posts: 228
    edited April 2006
    Cubs, Wrigley, sounds familiar. Oh yeah, the other Chicago baseball team, forgot they still existed.:D
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