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More Springsteen-gate

 
Bruce Springsteen‘s E Street Band pre-recorded the music that was played during their Super Bowl half-time performance on Sunday (February 1), according to one of the event’s producers.

Apparently the only live element of the performance was the Boss‘ vocals, while the music was laid down ahead of time.

“The Super Bowl performances are all on tape,” producer of Super Bowl pre-game entertainment Hank Neuberger told the Chicago Tribune.

“There is no way you can set up a full band in five minutes with microphones, get all the settings right, and expect to get quality sound,” he said. “The Super Bowl has been doing that for years with virtually all the bands.”

 
Meanwhile, Consumerist (http://consumerist.com/) linked back to us about Springsteen’s letter to fans about the ticketmaster controversy.  You can read that here:  https://metspolice.com/2009/02/springsteen-talks-about-springsteen.html
 
 
Don’t forget the Million Manny March 2 is tonight at 7 in front of SNY.  51st and 6th.   Hopefully we can get back to writing about the Mets soon.  As soon as they throw a ball or sign Manny.
 

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Selig Knew Bonds Was Doing Roids

Court documents released today show that Barry Bonds tested positive for steroids up to 5 times during his home run tear between 2000 and 2006.

No real shock there. Seriously, anyone who didn’t believe Bonds was juiced probably also believes the world is flat.

The real news to come out of the unsealed documents is this:

June 4, 2003: MLB urine test originally negative; retested later by government it was positive for THG, clomiphene, exogenous testosterone

July 7, 2006: MLB urine test positive for D-amphetamine

So the first test by MLB they screwed up – fine, it happens. Although it is interesting that it happened to the person taht everyone knew was juicing.

The second test is big though. Bonds tested positive for steroids AFTER Bud Selig and MLB had instituted what it called a strong anti-steroid policy. Prior to the 2005 season, MLB stated that a first positive test would result in a MANDATORY 10 game suspension.

So why wasn’t Bonds suspended?

More importantly – at the time of the positive test Bonds had not yet passed Hank Aaron (I’m too lazy to look up the exact number he was behind, but it was about 25 or so).

Selig knowingly let a juiced player surpass Hank Aaron.

Bonds is guilty – and so is Selig.

Time for the commissioner to step down

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Million Manny March 2 Tonight / Torre on Costas


Mets fans who still hold out hope for Manny Ramirez may want to attend tonight’s second “Million Manny March” which will be held at 7pm outside SNY headquarters.  SNY is located on the corner of 51st Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan.
I’m still holding out hope and overanalyzing what Omar Minaya said the other day.   My transcription of this video of Minaya quotes the Mets GM as sayng, “There’s not gonna be no more big move after this.”  Could this be a Clinton-esque deliberate double negative?  Maybe there is gonna be a big move?  Sorry Mets fans, semantics are all I have left for you.

Bob Costas has joined the new MLB cable network to host specials and do some play by play.   That’s a good hire.   I like the idea of the channel, but they need to do something other than show the 2008 playoffs over and over.  125+ years of baseball and that’s all they have?  How about making some “Yankeeography” type programs or dusting off some other games?  I’d rather see a random 1974 Pirates-Cubs game than something recent.

Joe Torre will be Bob’s guest tonight at 8pm ET followed by Mexico vs. Puerto Rico in the Caribbean World Series.   That’s a tournament that makes sense. Anyone excited for the World Baseball Classic?

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Yankee Stuff (Relocation story, stadium comparison, Bank of America)

Quick hits from the Bronx:
 
A friend who had a 40 game plan at Yankee II, Tier right behind the plate, has been relocated to the left field uppers.  I will be curious to see how all the folks with the 15 game plans do.  I don’t think anyone is doing anything wrong here and the Yankees are going to have a huge attendance number again.
 
River Ave News (which is not River Ave Blues) compares the old new stadium to the new new here:
 
Newsday says the Yankees had/have been talking to the Bank of America for some sort of signage deal.  No it won’t be Bank of America Stadium.   Story here:  http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-spamer046023343feb04,0,5959253.story
 
I still expect the Yankees to sign manny any second now.
 
 

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NY Times uses Congress & Mets in same headline

“Treasury has the power under TARP to make broad changes,” Kucinich, Democrat of Ohio, said in a telephone interview. “They have to. It’s not whether they can or should; they have to. The legal issues are very easy to maneuver.”


People read this New York Times.   Influential people.   Wait until more politicians jump on this one.

And remember that poll from yesterday on Consumerist …here’s the latest:

Should Citi Be Allowed To Name The Stadium?
Yes, $400 million is a good price for a stadium name. 5% (224 votes)
No *#$@ing Way 95% (4037 votes)
 Total Votes: 4261

If I were a politician and there was an issue with 95% support…..

Remember that’s a Joe Consumer website, not a baseball blog.


By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Published: February 4, 2009
It’s one thing for Citi to explore ways to back out of the naming rights deal for the Mets’ new stadium, and another to find the escape hatch.

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