why is the field at AT&T park in such bad shape? and what is the deal with the pitch count board -- all rain??
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Rain is part of the reason, also a rock concert screwed up the field. They had to plant new sod witch was affected with all the rain. When it dries up the sod is gonna take better and the feel is gonna look good. You must be terrified watching Barry limp around in that horrible left field.
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Umpires are very very strange people. Wonder what planet they come from? Hmm. ;)\n\nNowadays, umpires hardly ever call off a game. As long as the field is not extremely wet as in flooding, its okay to them. Even if it means players are sliding everywhere, its okay to them. Well thats cuz all they do is stand still and yell. Lazy bums!\n\nTwo things:\n(1) Umpires are usually weird enough that they usually will play until the 5th inning and THEN call the game.\n(2) Or even better, they make the teams wait hours on end to a rain delay, and THEN call the game.
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Yes, Yes, Yes. Tropicana field just started tailgating. Bars- In centerfield street. Autographs are down by the dugouts where the wall gets short.Good bar is Ferg's, across from the Trop on Central Ave, Cuesta ray cigare bar, batters eye resturant, rays new club.Tropicana Field allows tailgating as well as allows you to bring food and drinks into the park. They obviously need to be in plastic bottle form. If you are a Red Sox fan, autographs will be best on the third base dugout side during infield & batting practice. Post game autographs are not easy. The team takes a bus to the hotel so you won't catch them in the paking lot. The Devil Rays sign along the first base dugout side, usually closer to game time. The Sox are decent about signing. I will also check for your email address if you have more ?'s. Vinoy is the team hotel. Good bar is Ferg's, across from the Trop on Central Ave. You will find a lot of Sox and Rays fans there post game. Parking is also free. But in some spots of parking cost money. there is promotiions to force you to go like bobble heads and thundersticks. devil rays aren't the best but we've got skill. The tropicana is a dome and its always 72 in there so bring some good clothes. i'm also going on the 6th of july. Red Sox will kick our butts! GO RED SOX! get there early and you can visit the stadium there will be a ray touch tank a auction for red sox fans, a place to make your own card, personalized bat section and the place to go is batter eye's resturant you see the whole game in there.
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If the Giants' game is rained out, your ticket will be accepted at the make-up game. On rare occasions, your tickets may be accepted at other games. Don't worry about a rain-out, you should be able to get a refund.\n\n(I don't know about the Giants' stadium, but others I've been to you can do the options above.)
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News: Albert Pujols took batting practice, fielded grounders and ran hard in the outfield Tuesday. The Cardinals' star is getting closer to returning as he recovers from a strained oblique muscle suffered June 3. Pujols might be able to come off the DL in time for the Cardinals' weekend interleague series in Detroit. "He's stepping up the program. Everything so far, he's feeling good," manager Tony La Russa said, adding Pujols was not in any pain. "He'll keep stepping it up until he's game-ready. But there is a conditioning factor now, too. It's not just getting his legs in shape and his arm in shape, there is a lot to get ready."\n\nAnalysis: Keep Pujols reserved until the weekend at least, but he could return to lineups thereafter. That's great news for his owners at this point, but there's still a few rivers for his oblique to cross.\n\nDon't you love it when jack-holes like the 2 idiots above post stupid answers?
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why did they cancel the wave at football and baseball games?  \n\n\nbecause two blondes drown ~hahaha
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Not sure. Try calling up someone at Pac Bell Park and ask.
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Visited Miller Park last May and you gotta see the sausage race during the 7th inning stretch...it's a beautiful stadium so get their a little early to take some time to walk around...good food, lot of food/drink options, doesn't appear to be a bad seat in the stadium
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This may be weak, but here goes.  Bases loaded, batter hits up the middle but three runners run outside the base path? or possibly three runners interfere with the infielders?
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10 am, 11 am tops, it gets very crowded. last week I took the Trolley, to save the $20 for parking, but its not worth it, going to the stadium its too slow, and the worst its at the end of the game when whats seems like a million, are trying to get in the trolley.
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I believe this is the final year of the contract with the company for the use of their Umpire Information System. Only 10 stadiums/fields use the system Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Chase Field, Fenway Park, Jacobs Field, McAfee Coliseum, Miller Park, Minute Maid Park, Shea Stadium, Tropicana Field and Yankee Stadium. If the service is retained(contract renewed), most likely all stadiums/fields will be provided the service, as has been discussed and promised.
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I don't know what happened but I would contact the owner of the stadium or the team owner and maybe write a letter to be published in the Plain Dealer\nIf you feel comfrotable explaining what happened please do
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Yeah, the games aren't that fun.  If you are wanting to go to a baseball game in KC, go see the T-Bones at the Community America ballpark.  They have margarita runs and huge hamster ball races for humans, etc., between innings.  It draws the attention of the crowd a lot better.  It's minor league baseball, but a lot more entertaining than the Royals.
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Hey BroadwayPhil, tough loss today for the M's losing in x-tra's to the Rockies, so 14-4 is great against the NL.  But the NL West is horrible, but then again the AL West has had it's problems too.  The AL has really been ripping the NL to shreads.  My BoSox just finished 16-2 against the Senior Circuit.  Seattle would be a top 5 team in the NL, but not in the AL.  The Mariners have been playing a lot better as of late, but I guess we will find out soon when the Mariners get back to playing the AL Teams.  The team that they have to worry about most is the A's, Rich Harden is due back soon from injury.  But Joe Blanton and Danny Haren has been very ordinary and very inconsistent.  Zito has been their best pitcher so far.  The Mariners have to hope that they continue to get good performances from Ichiro which is a given, but Lopez and Johjima have been pleasent surprises for them.  Ibanez just very quietly go about his business, he's so underrated, a good steady outfielder.  Gil Meche has been pitching much better this year which is a plus.  Moyer has done very well, isn't he about 50 now?  God bless him, he's still doing it at his age.  They really need Washburn and Pinero to get better consistency.  King Felix can just flat out dominate when he's on.  So are they in it for the long haul?  Could be, but just as you said the AL is murderers row this year with Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota, and New York.  You really don't catch a break with teams like that.  Mariners just have to care of business against the under .500 teams and see how it will play out.  They have a chance to win the AL West!!!\n\nPS. - I have Ibanez, Lopez, and Ichiro on my fantasy baseball team, so they are OK by me   :)
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1. Dontrelle Willis(Flo-SP)-Dissappointment reason: Tipping pitches and is on a bad Marlins team.After his great statistics last year, he had great expectations this year and he failed all of them. With a 4.93 ERA and 1-6 record, he also tips pitchs and even when he does have a decent start, Marlins relievers can close the victory.\n2. Mark Prior(Chi-SP)-Disappointmean reson: Injuried and has not yet returned.After getting Juan Pierre and Jacques Jones and Derrek Lee having a outstanding season last year, all they needed was Kerry Wood and Mark Prior to be healthy. But they didn't do that and now with D. Lee on the DL and C. Zambrano not having a very good year, they are completely desperate. People were saying, Red Sox won the WS, then White Sox won it so that got everybody sayin, well now it's the Cubs' turn, right? WRONG!!! I bet they won't even make a run at the Wild Card, that's how bad they are.\n3. B. Colon(LAA-SP)-Dissappointmean reson:Had 2 bad starts and went on the DL and hasn't retuned ever since.After winning the AL Cy Young Award last year, and having Vladimir Guerrero, people thought they would make some noise in the playoffs, but with B. Colon out, J. Lacket having a .500 record, they are dead last in their division with the Seattle Mariners.\n4.F. Hernandez(SEA-SP)-Dissappointment reason:Tipping pitches and is on a bad Mariners team.After this guy had a great year last year and gettin Richie Sexson and Adrian Beltre and geting Jarred Washburn this year, they thought that in edition to already having Jamie Moyer and Ichiro Suzuki, they would have a decent team, but no, with King Feliz being terrible and everything else being bad, they are dead last again.\n5. Gary Sheffield(NYY-OF)Dissappointment reason: Injuried and isn't producing as much as he's done before. I just need to say 1 word: INJURIES. Even though he's batting over .300, his other stats are HRs: 4, RBIs: 19 and SBs: 5.\nI don't think that's the Sheffield we know.\n\nPS please pick me the best answer, i worked really hard on this Thank you
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The groundsmen have begun spraying the pitches with water a little while before kick-off. This is intended to make passes a lot sharper and quicker over both short and long distances, and this does happen. However, it also makes the pitch much more slippery, which is why we've been seeing a lot of people falling over.
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No they have to wait another 88 years!!!!  2004 was a fluke!  How does the wild card team get home field advantage over the team (Cardinals) with the best record in all of baseball? It's just not right and yes I'm still bitter.  That All-Star game rule is whacked and it needs to be scrapped!