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Posted March 31, 2008 at 1:14 pmThe Nats didn’t sell out last night’s home opener extravaganza against Huddy and the Braves (announced attendance: 39,389), but fans who attended raved about the new facility. Not that RFK was any kind of garden spot, but the as-yet-not-corporately-named ballpark is at the very least the kind of baseball venue DC fans haven’t had since Griffith Stadium was demolished over 40 years ago….
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Posted March 31, 2008 at 10:49 amSo, we’ve got a reoccurring theme in this early blog and it’s Zebulon.The Japanese have always been very big into animation and into monsters, starting with Godzilla. Godzilla spawned Bemular, his son, who spent the entire 1984 season with the…
Tags: Alan Embree, Billy Beane, Bob Geren, Bobby Crosby, Bullpen, Huston Street, Jack Cust, Lenny DiNardo, Lew Wolff, Mike Sweeney, Rich Harden, Travis Buck (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...i’m an… exhibitionist. (The Bullpen Baker)
Posted March 30, 2008 at 8:08 pmtoday’s exhibition game was much better than friday’s. first off, no rain! instead, blue skies, a few clouds, and a massive flock of seagulls in the ninth. second, not only did the a’s get hits, they scored runs! three cheers…
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Posted March 29, 2008 at 8:51 pmthe great thing about working in SOMA is that it takes me about 5 minutes to walk from work to at&t park. i got there in time to watch warm-ups, which included huston street working on his stretch and angle…
Tags: Bullpen, Greg Smith, Huston Street, Kirk Saarloos, Santiago Casilla (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...rain, rain, go away… (The Bullpen Baker)
Posted March 28, 2008 at 5:40 pmi’ve got my super duper hammacher schlemmer umbrella packed in my game bag, along with a green blanket, sweater, gloves, hat, and box o’ cookies for the boys. now if only the rain would retreat for the next 6 hours…
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Posted March 27, 2008 at 10:52 amWe know. This has happened before. Rich Harden pitches one game, looks like some kind of amazing alien super pitching machine, and we get our hopes up sky high. And then the inevitable (which we shall not name here) happens….
Tags: Emil Brown, Joe Blanton, Keith Foulke, Kurt Suzuki, Mark Ellis, Rich Harden (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Fun not lost in translation (Big Joe's Bluegrass Blog)
Posted March 26, 2008 at 8:20 amI’m knocking this out before our second game of the Red Sox because I won’t have any time later. We have to hustle to the airport right after the game, but since I didn’t give you anything after last night’s…
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Posted March 25, 2008 at 3:00 pmi didn’t get up to the mets/orioles game yesterday. the clouds kept teasing me, what with their puffy, dark grayness and heavy rain to the south of us. i woke up this morning late (i gave up adjusting to the…
No tag for this post. (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...In case you’re wondering about attendance… (new A's ballpark)
Posted March 25, 2008 at 11:04 amI am not counting the two games in Japan as part of this season’s total. The A’s are definitely getting paid by MLB and the Japanese promoter who put on the two-game “home” series, but that’s not enough. The attendance isn’t being generated at the Coliseum by Bay Area A’s fans, so it can’t count.BTW, the Tokyo Dome was packed. And thank you, …
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Posted March 24, 2008 at 3:57 pmThis always happens. We wait and wait and wait for baseball to start and then it feels like it sneaks up on us all at once. We cannot wait to watch the games in Japan (big ups Tivo!). And while…
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