NoCalMike 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2004 The A's have $2 ticket wednesdays and hot dogs are only $1 those days......the next one is in May against the bitch-ass Yankees.......hmm I may have to skip class. I mean the A's/Yanks games are always wild, and the price for tickets/food is pretty unbeatable. We have dollar dog night at the dome Wednesdays has well. Is it every Wed. home game there, like it is here? It was EVERY WEDNESDAY GAME, up UNTIL this year. Now they kind of reduced it down a bit. The thing about Oakland is, it is a shitty town for a baseball team. The collesium is also in a shitty part of town, but the one thing thet Bay Area does have is people and LOTS of them so by default they get enough people out to the games. I guess attendance has been climbing up enough over the past few years that they were able to not have to do it EVERY WEDNESDAY anymore. The $1 hotdogs is the best part of the deal though, since food is the most overprices items at the ballpark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2004 $1 Wednesday's actually ended before last season and attendance still went up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoCalMike 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2004 $1 Wednesday's actually ended before last season and attendance still went up. Well yeah, but the A's are also 95-100 game winners for the past few years, plus MLB attendance is up overall. I am just saying it takes A LOT to get folks to go to A's games consistently. I remember when I was a kid, they had $1 tickets everyday for kids 14 and under, and they used to have giveaways like A's Coolers and even the Pro Fit Caps which go for $20 at stores. Of course the A's sucked back then, but hey, that is still a big prize for a giveaway to 20,000 people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2004 From Rob Neyer What do you do with a player who's super-hot like Calvin Pickering or Barry Bonds? If it's Calvin Pickering, you hope he's not really this good and you keep trying to get him out. But if it's Barry Bonds, you know he's really this good, so you don't really bother trying to get him out, especially if first base is open. What do you do if you're Barry Bonds' manager? It's been suggested that Felipe Alou should shift Bonds from No. 4 in the lineup to No. 3, but how much difference will that actually make? After all, it's not like Mickey Mantle will be hitting behind Bonds. No, this situation calls for something truly radical: Barry Bonds, Leadoff Man. Way back in the 1940s, Branch Rickey floated this notion, saying, "It's unreasonable to deprive the finest hitter of an extra chance to bat in a game." And one of Rickey's students, Bobby Bragan, later managed the Braves and occasionally used Hank Aaron in the leadoff slot. In addition to the advantage noted by Rickey and later Bragan, it's not likely that a manager would order Bonds intentionally walked to lead off the game. No, it probably wouldn't make much difference in the standings. But we just had Jackie Robinson Day; how about a tip of the cap to Branch Rickey, too? I think he'd still get walked. Let him get walked then. This move puts ALL of the Giants' hitters behind him, and gives them a free baserunner to start off with, leading to more runs scored. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2004 White Flag time at Wrigley. Cubs win 3-1 over the NY Mets and Greg Maddux actually didn't suck. Alou homered to give the Cubs a 2-0 lead and they held off. Big Joe got in form as well, pitching a flawless ninth for the save. The Cubs remain in first place in the NL Central and I enjoy these brief moments when the Cubbies and Orioles are in first place at the same time in my lifetime. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2004 http://yesnetwork.com/yankees/news.asp?news_id=141 Stephen Goldman's Latest Pinstripe Bible at the YES website. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2004 I still don't get how Ron Santo is not in the Hall of Fame yet. I mean, he was one of if not the greatest Cubs third baseman of all time and was the best third baseman of his time. I just don't get it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2004 Same here. Santo is easily the best eligible position player not in the Hall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2004 Rain delay in Baltimore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2004 Home Opener tonight in Montreal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingPK 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2004 Is Sox/Yanks on UPN38 not coming in for anyone else? Man, Danny Ainge will go to any length to get people to watch the Celtics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2004 I've got it on my feed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2004 Three batters in, 3-0 Phillies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2004 Four batters in, 4-0 Phillies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest OctoberBlood Report post Posted April 24, 2004 Is Sox/Yanks on UPN38 not coming in for anyone else? Man, Danny Ainge will go to any length to get people to watch the Celtics. Um, maybe because it's the playoffs? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2004 Is Sox/Yanks on UPN38 not coming in for anyone else? Man, Danny Ainge will go to any length to get people to watch the Celtics. We've got them on RSN because of the Jays/Os delay. 1-0 Bosox. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2004 Looks like Jays/Os will be starting in about 10 minutes. Good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2004 Back to back homers by Millar and Belhorn and it's 3-0 BoSox Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2004 Back to back homers by Millar and Belhorn and it's 3-0 BoSox Just about to say that. This is the first time I have seen the Yankees this year, and all I have to say is that Anglesault is 100% correct. These guys do suck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted April 24, 2004 Its on UPN38 or NESN outside the Boston market They also just said Jorge DePaula of the Yanks had season ending shoulder surgery or something Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
treble 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2004 Are there a lot of people at the Montreal game? They usually do pretty well for their home openers, but the Habs are playing tonight so that might keep some people at home. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted April 24, 2004 (edited) The Yankees fans cheer as Contreras is yanked(no pun intended) Edit: 3-Run Homer by Bill Mueller makes it 6-0. They also have Javier Vasques going on Sunday now...3 days rest. Hello injury! Edited April 24, 2004 by FrigidSoul Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cartman 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2004 I don't like these Yankees... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest OctoberBlood Report post Posted April 24, 2004 WOW. Dunn just hit one OUT of PNC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2004 And now it looks like Jays & Os are starting. We'll see how far they get. The Yanks are getting downright humialiated by Boston. Eric DuBose vs. Josh Towers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted April 24, 2004 A-Rod got booed as he grounded back to the mound Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2004 What is Contreras' ERA now, 20.50? Since he never did well in the previous series why are the Yankees still using him? Can't they promote somebody to 5th starter and move Contreras to the one inning reliever spot? Why not have Tom Gordon start? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2004 Bigbie saves the Os with a nice sliding catch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted April 24, 2004 Tom Gordon's arm can't handle starting. They already have a minor leaguer in the 5th rotation spot because John Lieber is still on the DL. They pissed away their minors for Arron Boone and others like him. Not to mention they have no more trading chips to use since both Nick Johnson and Alfonso Soriano were shipped out of town. Basically they are fucked Edit: Contreras' ERA is 10.64 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2004 Contreras is better than anybody they could get to replace him. When we said before the season started that they had no pitching depth, we weren't kidding. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
