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October 15, 2009

The Yankeedome Is Awesome

For all the not-so-awesome things about the new Yankee Stadium (like
hiding Monument Park at the bottom of a cement stairwell that makes me
expect to see the L train at the other end), the best part of the new
$1.1 billion dollar state of the art stadium has to be the retractable
dome.

Imagine if they hadn't spent the money to have a world class building,
and there was a huge rainstorm coming.

Imagine trying to plan your life around attending the game Friday, or
will it be Saturday? Imagine sitting out on a cold October night
with a steady drizzle.

Chief meteorologist Craig Allen says they will try to use a window of
not-so-bad weather to get the game in. Fortunately the Yankees went
the extra mile, and fans will be able to sit in a nice dry warm seat
once they get inside.

Imagine a world without retractable dome technology. We could be
looking at two new baseball stadiums and new football stadium, all
exposed to the elements, with no hope of this area ever hosting a
Super Bowl. What a shame that would be.

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October 14, 2009

And The New York Mets Calendar Fact Of The Day Is….

I didn’t mean to leave everyone hanging.

The other day the Mets calendar posed this question:

“Three players in Major League history have the last name.”

Fascinating question. Take it away Chris…

Well what do you know….

Here’s the 2nd part of that Mets calendar trivia tidbit.

“Franco” and all three have played for the Mets: Julio, John, and Matt.

I love this stuff because I’m immature at heart. Things like this make the off-season go by faster.

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October 14, 2009

Former New York Giants Player Larry Jansen Has Died

Our friend “James Bond” has returned from one of his mysterious trips and brings us sad news.

Former major league baseball star Larry Jansen, the winning pitcher in one of the sport’s most famous games, died in his sleep early Saturday morning in the home he built in 1951 in his hometown of Verboort.

Jansen was 89.

He is survived by his wife, Eileen, their 10 children, 23 grandchildren, more than 40 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandson.

A two-time National League All-Star, Jansen pitched eight seasons for the New York Giants (1947 to 1954) and one season with Cincinnati in 1956. He compiled a 122-89 record with a 3.58 ERA.

Oregon Live wrote a nice lengthy article about Larry, please check it out since if we don’t remember the NYG’s nobody will.

That cap he’s wearing sure looks familiar. As dad said, “remember where you came from.”

Mr. Jansen won two pennants with the Giants…which is at two more than just about everyone on the 2009 Mets….and exactly how many the Mets have won in the last 35 seasons.

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October 14, 2009

Fun With The McCartney Citi Field DVD Setlist

This is awesome.

kjs has left a new comment on your post “Track Listing For Paul McCartney Citi Field DVD/CD…“:

The cover album is out:

‘Drive My Car’ (DUANER SANCHEZ)
‘Jet’ (RYAN CHURCH)
‘Only Mama Knows’ (JOSE REYES)
‘Flaming Pie’ (RUSTY STAUB)
‘Let Me Roll It’ (BILL LEE et al.)
‘Highway’ (DOCK ELLIS et al.)
‘The Long And Winding Road West Coast Roadtrip’ (WILLIE RANDOLPH)
‘Sing The Changes’ (FIRE MINAYA!)
‘Band-Aid On The Run'(THE 2009 METS)

Disc 2 –

‘Iâ€™m Down'(THE METS FAITHFUL)
‘Paperback Writer’ (ADAM RUBIN)
‘Let It Be’ (THE WILPONS)
‘Lady Madonna’ (ANNA BENSON)
‘Yesterday’ (2006…)
‘Helter Skelter’ (THE 2006–2009 NY METS)
‘Get Back’ (SECURITY IN FRONT OF THE $400 SEATS)

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October 14, 2009

New York Mets Discover Social Media

From springwise.com:

The New York Mets are….bringing social media into the stadium. Beginning this season, a Citi Field big screen will play host to an SMS marketing system that presents a whole new way for sponsors to interact with fans, and fans with each other…….

Xerox is sponsoring ‘Citi Field’s Fan Photos’, which displays a slideshow on the big screen of photos taken by supporters with their camera phones. ‘Verizon Wireless Fan Choice Awards’ runs polls on such topics as “Who is the Met’s player of the game?”, the results of which are displayed on the screen in real-time, while Caesar’s Palace has sponsored a ‘Fan Forum’ that lets fans air their views on a given subject. Wise Snacks, meanwhile, is giving fans the opportunity to vote for their preferred ‘Eighth-Inning Sing-Along’ song, and Verizon is taking it to the next base by replying to messages from their network users with an invitation to visit their in-stadium store. It’s all novel advertising that is sure to catch the attention of stadium-goers.

Or, we could tone down the noise, tone down the distractions, have organ music and win baseball games. Funny how the Cubs do fine…well except for that pesky bankruptcy and the 101 years without winning.

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