I thought home field advantage, like ground rules, were what made ballparks individual ? Why is there a problem with having the roof closed tonight ? Is Selig trying to appease the White Sox for their many years in the wilderness ?
"David the Nationals Fan" <davidthenatfan@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1130258108.505159.322490@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...> The thing is that, in the post season, lots of "home field" advantages> are thrown out the window. For example, if your team normally plays> some or most of its home games during the day time (with the very> different conditions) you lose this "advantage" and are "forced" to> play at night. If your team is built to include a number of guys who> hit better in the daytime than at night, you are at a disadvantage.>
You also lose the right to sell tickets to a larger part of your> stadium, thus resulting in more "show" fans and fewer "real" fans.> (This is usually offset by the fact that the park is full...) You also> lose your rights to certain "traditions", such as the silly insistence> on the sining of that Jingoistic piece of trash between the top and> bottom of the 7th which delays the progress of the game.
i think you're being a little rough on "take me out to the ballgame."
In article <djljn3$gqo$1@singer.cent.gla.ac.uk>, t.cummins@compserv.gla.ac.uk says...> I thought home field advantage, like ground rules, were what made ballparks > individual ? Why is there a problem with having the roof closed tonight ?> Is Selig trying to appease the White Sox for their many years in the > wilderness ?
Maybe that explains the bad calls. Who can permanently ban them from baseball if the commish is in on things?
-- Cranial Crusader dgh 1138 at bell south point net
Nigel Stapley 25 October 2005 21:50:57 [ permanent link ]
Tarkus wrote:> On 10/25/2005 10:28:26 AM, artyw2@yahoo.com wrote:>
Tony Cummins wrote:>>
I thought home field advantage, like ground rules, were what made>>>ballparks individual ? Why is there a problem with having the roof>>>closed tonight ? Is Selig trying to appease the White Sox for their>>>many years in the wilderness ?>>
I hope we get to the roof of this problem.>
After that pun, it might be time to close this thread.
Tarkus wrote:>> On 10/25/2005 10:28:26 AM, artyw2@yahoo.com wrote:>>
Tony Cummins wrote:>>>
I thought home field advantage, like ground rules, were what made>>>> ballparks individual ? Why is there a problem with having the roof>>>> closed tonight ? Is Selig trying to appease the White Sox for their>>>> many years in the wilderness ?>>>
I hope we get to the roof of this problem.>>
After that pun, it might be time to close this thread.>
We're domed, I tell you! Domed!
Care to retract that pun? -- "I don't think I've ever thrown him a changeup in my career and he's sitting on it. I think he's from another planet, in my opinion." - Kent Mercker on Barry Bonds
Tarkus wrote:>>> > > I hope we get to the roof of this problem.>>>>
After that pun, it might be time to close this thread.>>>
We're domed, I tell you! Domed!>>
Care to retract that pun?>
Oh, put a lid on it.
I fear this thread has reached its ceiling. -- "Ted [Williams] would be spinning in his grave had his son not frozen him and placed him upside down in a refrigerator." - Jim Caple
Tony Cummins 26 October 2005 10:11:58 [ permanent link ]
"Bucky" <uw_badgers@email.com> wrote in message news:1130276520.248510.31370@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...> Tony Cummins wrote:>> Why is there a problem with having the roof closed tonight ?>> Is Selig trying to appease the White Sox for their many years in the>> wilderness ?>
I have no idea if this is the real reason, but I heard on the radio> that MLB wants blimp shots.
Couldn't they have gotten shots of Jenks at Field level ?
Pauliosaurus 26 October 2005 10:39:00 [ permanent link ]
"David the Nationals Fan" <davidthenatfan@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1130258108.505159.322490@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... ", such as the silly insistence on the sining of that Jingoistic piece of trash between the top and> bottom of the 7th which delays the progress of the game."
umm, isn't the one they sing at the beginning of the game far more "jingoistic" than "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" ???
Richard Gadsden 26 October 2005 18:00:00 [ permanent link ]
In article <1130276520.248510.31370@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> on 25 Oct 2005 14:42:00 -0700, uw_badgers@email.com (Bucky) wrote:
Tony Cummins wrote:> > Why is there a problem with having the roof closed tonight ?> > Is Selig trying to appease the White Sox for their many years in the> > wilderness ?>
I have no idea if this is the real reason, but I heard on the radio> that MLB wants blimp shots.
Why not just hang some cameras in the roof? Better shots anyway.
-- Richard Gadsden "I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" - Attributed to Voltaire
brink <brink@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:3s798cFmj2rnU1@individual.net...>
"David the Nationals Fan" <davidthenatfan@yahoo.com> wrote in message> news:1130258108.505159.322490@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...> > The thing is that, in the post season, lots of "home field" advantages> > are thrown out the window. For example, if your team normally plays> > some or most of its home games during the day time (with the very> > different conditions) you lose this "advantage" and are "forced" to> > play at night. If your team is built to include a number of guys who> > hit better in the daytime than at night, you are at a disadvantage.> >
You also lose the right to sell tickets to a larger part of your> > stadium, thus resulting in more "show" fans and fewer "real" fans.> > (This is usually offset by the fact that the park is full...) You also> > lose your rights to certain "traditions", such as the silly insistence> > on the sining of that Jingoistic piece of trash between the top and> > bottom of the 7th which delays the progress of the game.>
i think you're being a little rough on "take me out to the ballgame.">
brink>
Heh heh.
A question, though: Would we still be subjected to "God Bless America" if jingoistic Fox didn't have rights to the Series? I know it's still done all the time at Yankee Stadium and in at least one minor league ballpark (New Britain, Eastern League), but I don't hear it at Fenway Park or Shea Stadium or any of the other minor league parks I've been to in the past couple of years. Is "God Bless America" at the Series Fox's idea or MLB's?
Bryan S . Slick 27 October 2005 04:42:35 [ permanent link ]
At about 25 Oct 2005 09:35:08 -0700, David the Nationals Fan was dragged into the street and beaten by an angry mob for writing..
:lose your rights to certain "traditions", such as the silly insistence :on the sining of that Jingoistic piece of trash between the top and :bottom of the 7th which delays the progress of the game.
'God Bless America' is "jingoistic"?
Are you a fucking moron, or simply ignorant of the definition of that word, which you capitalized for some reason?
-- Bryan S. Slick, onyx_hokie at yahoo dot com
"To those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know."
Realto Margarino 27 October 2005 04:47:24 [ permanent link ]
Bryan S. Slick wrote:> At about 25 Oct 2005 09:35:08 -0700, David the Nationals Fan was dragged > into the street and beaten by an angry mob for writing..>
:lose your rights to certain "traditions", such as the silly insistence> :on the sining of that Jingoistic piece of trash between the top and> :bottom of the 7th which delays the progress of the game. >
'God Bless America' is "jingoistic"? >
Are you a fucking moron, or simply ignorant of the definition of that > word, which you capitalized for some reason?>
God Bless America is about as jingoistic as it gets.
You're the fucking moron. But we all know that anyway...
Bryan S . Slick 28 October 2005 03:57:18 [ permanent link ]
At about Thu, 27 Oct 2005 05:30:27 -0400, Bill G was dragged into the street and beaten by an angry mob for writing..
:"Realto Margarino" <rm@biteme.org> wrote in message :news:436031AC.3020500@biteme.org... :> Bryan S. Slick wrote: :>> At about 25 Oct 2005 09:35:08 -0700, David the Nationals Fan was dragged :>> into the street and beaten by an angry mob for writing.. :>> :>> :lose your rights to certain "traditions", such as the silly insistence :>> :on the sining of that Jingoistic piece of trash between the top and :>> :bottom of the 7th which delays the progress of the game. :>> :>> 'God Bless America' is "jingoistic"? :>> :>> Are you a fucking moron, or simply ignorant of the definition of that :>> word, which you capitalized for some reason? :>> :> :> God Bless America is about as jingoistic as it gets. : :Wow, I actually agree with something you said. No worries, it won't happen :again. : :Main Entry: jinВ·goВ·ism ronunciation: 'ji[ng]-(")gO-"i-z&m :Function: noun :: extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent :foreign policy
There's nothing "extreme" about the patriotism in GBA.
Take your anti-American horseshit somewhere else, comrade.
-- Bryan S. Slick, onyx_hokie at yahoo dot com
"To those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know."
James Farrar 28 October 2005 11:39:04 [ permanent link ]
On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:57:18 -0400, Bryan S. Slick <onyx_hokie@hi-lo.not> wrote:
At about Thu, 27 Oct 2005 05:30:27 -0400, Bill G was dragged into the >street and beaten by an angry mob for writing..>
:"Realto Margarino" <rm@biteme.org> wrote in message >:news:436031AC.3020500@biteme.org...>:> Bryan S. Slick wrote:>:>> At about 25 Oct 2005 09:35:08 -0700, David the Nationals Fan was dragged>:>> into the street and beaten by an angry mob for writing..>:>>>:>> :lose your rights to certain "traditions", such as the silly insistence>:>> :on the sining of that Jingoistic piece of trash between the top and>:>> :bottom of the 7th which delays the progress of the game.>:>>>:>> 'God Bless America' is "jingoistic"?>:>>>:>> Are you a fucking moron, or simply ignorant of the definition of that>:>> word, which you capitalized for some reason?>:>>>:>>:> God Bless America is about as jingoistic as it gets.>:>:Wow, I actually agree with something you said. No worries, it won't happen >:again.>:>:Main Entry: jinВ·goВ·ism>:Pronunciation: 'ji[ng]-(")gO-"i-z&m>:Function: noun>:: extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent >:foreign policy>
There's nothing "extreme" about the patriotism in GBA.
Perry Sailor 28 October 2005 17:27:20 [ permanent link ]
"James Farrar" <james.s.farrar@gmail.com> wrote in message news:qso3m1llu55srto8cr4hk3i3fpa1o7hkc6@4ax.com...> On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:57:18 -0400, Bryan S. Slick> <onyx_hokie@hi-lo.not> wrote:>
At about Thu, 27 Oct 2005 05:30:27 -0400, Bill G was dragged into the>>street and beaten by an angry mob for writing..
:> God Bless America is about as jingoistic as it gets.>>:>>:Wow, I actually agree with something you said. No worries, it won't >>happen>>:again.>>:>>:Main Entry: jin·go·ism>>:Pronunciation: 'ji[ng]-(")gO-"i-z&m>>:Function: noun>>:: extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent>>:foreign policy>>
There's nothing "extreme" about the patriotism in GBA.>
No, it's just a terrible song.
But it did have one benefit -- it prompted an angered Woody Guthrie to write "This Land Is Your Land" as a response.
Perry -- "The Giants win the division! The Giants win the division! The Giants win the division! And the Dodgers are the wild card!" -- Russ Hodges calling Bobby Thomsons's home run, 2005
"Bryan S. Slick" <onyx_hokie@hi-lo.not> wrote in message news:MPG.1dcb4176ebe490ac989770@news-40.giganews.com... At about Thu, 27 Oct 2005 05:30:27 -0400, Bill G was dragged into the street and beaten by an angry mob for writing..
:"Realto Margarino" <rm@biteme.org> wrote in message :news:436031AC.3020500@biteme.org... :> Bryan S. Slick wrote: :>> At about 25 Oct 2005 09:35:08 -0700, David the Nationals Fan was dragged :>> into the street and beaten by an angry mob for writing.. :>> :>> :lose your rights to certain "traditions", such as the silly insistence :>> :on the sining of that Jingoistic piece of trash between the top and :>> :bottom of the 7th which delays the progress of the game. :>> :>> 'God Bless America' is "jingoistic"? :>> :>> Are you a fucking moron, or simply ignorant of the definition of that :>> word, which you capitalized for some reason? :>> :> :> God Bless America is about as jingoistic as it gets. : :Wow, I actually agree with something you said. No worries, it won't happen :again. : :Main Entry: jin·go·ism ronunciation: 'ji[ng]-(")gO-"i-z&m :Function: noun :: extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent :foreign policy
There's nothing "extreme" about the patriotism in GBA.
Patriotism of any sort is ridiculous.
Take your anti-American horseshit somewhere else, comrade.
-- >Bryan S. Slick, onyx_hokie at yahoo dot com
"To those who have fought for it,>freedom has a flavor the protected will never know."
