SeriesFinale

Pretty fluffy for the most part...the most interesting thing he had to say was express sympathy for Aaron Rodgers since he himself "had been stuck behind veterans" in the past

The cool thing about seats at AT&T Park is the crummier your view of the field, the better your view of the surrounding scenery

That has got to be the #1 error when it comes to song titles. When I was working in radio, people would call up requesting "Teenage Wasteland" all the time. The one I always remember is some woman called up wanting to hear "Little Black Spot." "'Little Black Spot'?," I wondered? Eventually I figured out she wanted to hear "King of Pain," by The Police.

Corey's a low-key guy but he rolls with the punches really well. Doesn't miss a beat with the CC jokes. I can hear his kids in the background!

I noticed lately that they haven't been airing it with J.J.'s tag at the end, unfortunately. I thought it was a nice little piece of work--better than his Y&R debut! He's still getting re-use fees, at least!

An hour away now...

I didn't think it was possible to be worse than Jay Mohr, but he's proving me wrong. I won't even get into his Favre opinions. Anyway, I agree that the Brewers front office is doing a great job with this...they even put the I Hart New York shirt behind Rock and BA last night.

I told her surviving parent that I was going to be asking her to marry me, "if you have no problems with it." She didn't but I would've done it anyway...it was a formality out of respect and tradition.

Rome's fill-in promised not to make any lame "Sunglasses at Night" jokes.

While you're going to Muir (which I would also highly recommend), you're right by Mt. Tamalpais, which affords amazing views of pretty near the entire Bay Area My favorite thing about San Francisco isn't necessarily the city itself but its environs...you're really close to Wine Country, the coast, the redwoods, the Santa Cruz Mountains, and just farther afield (between 2 and 3 hours or so) Mendocino County, Monterey/Big Sur, the Sierras, and Yosemite Edit: Thought I'd illustrate the thread a little bit. Here's me on top of Mt. Tam last year...San Francisco is just beyond my left shoulder. Hazy day but you get the picture. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/SeriesFinale75/IMG_2203.jpg To give you an idea of what the walkway to the Field Club Box seats are like, my wife snapped this photo of Yo signing autographs before one of the games last year...the players are right there http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/SeriesFinale75/IMG_2542.jpg Seat views, including the highlight of last year's @SF series, a beautiful Braunie jack http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/SeriesFinale75/IMG_2548.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/SeriesFinale75/IMG_2575.jpg Lastly, the Acme Chophouse at the Park is a nice place for a pre- or post-game drink, especially if your team wins. Which unfortunately wasn't the case for LouisEly and I last year. I was so upset I couldn't even open my eyes, apparently. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/SeriesFinale75/IMG_2530.jpg

I will always take the option that has us playing more games at home, whether it's playoffs or not

I'm embarrassed to say I thought Hall tied it...based solely on his pose.

That was a good old-fashioned Prince CRUSHING I love it when a jack knocks him off his balance like that

This game has certainly been a wet blanket, hasn't it. And here I thought we'd never lose another game.

I'll be two sections down at FC109 for that one, Row H (the closest seats I have are for Friday, FC108, Row D). Drop me a message if you want to get a beer at the Acme Chophouse before the game.

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080707/capt.a63a54d0bdd84941a7730fc277f29d40.indian_brewers_trade_baseball_wimg105.jpg LOOK OUT, OVER YOUR SHOULDER, CC!!!!

Funny, I was just about to put a thread out on this series. I'll be at all three games, in FB108 and FB109 right behind the Brewers' dugout. Love those field boxes, especially since to get to your seats, you go past the hallway between the dugout and the Brewers' clubhouse so you see a lot of the players. Last year as I was coming back from concessions between innings, Big Ben was walking back from the clubhouse at the same time and gave me a smile and raised fist as he saw me double-fisting in my Brew Crew gear. The bad part is that after they got swept that series, I was close enough to yell "C'mooooon Ned!" and "We need you, Ben!" as the team slumped through the hallway...I'm a little embarrassed about it now, but that series was a backbreaker. ANYWAY, as far as seats go, have you checked craigslist? Season ticket holders who sell on there can "relay" the tickets to an account you set up with a credit-card at the Giants' site once you Paypal them. Then you just show up at the park, stick your card in one of the machines they have out front and they'll spit them out. If that doesn't work, StubHub has their offices right by there...I believe you can go by there on the day of the game and see what's available. I saw yesterday your brother lives in Sacto...he'll probably be able to give you tourist ideas, but let me know. My one tip is that I always suggest people avoid Fisherman's Wharf unless they're taking a Bay cruise or going to Alcatraz (both of which I would reccomend)....there are places like Fisherman's Wharf (overpriced food, tacky "attractions," places to buy cheap trinkets) in most cities. Chinatown at night for drinks and dinner, a walk across the Golden Gate Bridge, a cable car ride, a Mission burrito, beers at Magnolia or Hobson's in the Haight, walking through Golden gate Park down to the Pacific...those are all great things to do for the first-timer.

Has anyone here ever called Doug's office? http://www.northsidebaseball.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=49648 Unbelievable. The NSBB guys' reactions are great.

Has anyone here ever called Doug's office? http://www.northsidebaseball.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=49648 Unbelievable. The NSBB guys' reactions are great.

Has anyone here ever called Doug's office? http://www.northsidebaseball.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=49648 Unbelievable. The NSBB guys' reactions are great.

Well, I think many people in this thread were being unnecessarily snarky about Suppan being basically sent down, celebrating the downfall of this team's latest goat, not necessarily celebrating that "everything worked out." A month ago these same people would have been "happy the situation worked out" if it had been Bush or McClung going down.

Do I think this was a transactional issue and that Suppan's not going in for TJS? Sure. I do think that he probably is experiencing some soreness (his control has been atrocious as of late) though and that I'm not really happy to see a guy who's supposed to be a horse and that the team invested a lot of money in has to essentially be sent down to the cheers of Brewer fans.

Classy. I don't think this is "great news" for the team regardless of how Soup's been pitching as of late. Certainly clears things up a bit but I'd have rather have seen Soup as our #5 right now and McClung in the pen. That said, I hope the time off clears up his issues (and explains away how bad he's been).

I mentioned this in the Transactions thread, but the radio stations here in the Bay Area are reporting this as well but they keep sourcing it back to the Sun-Times article this morning (as are ESPN radio, etc) which basically says "look for things to heat up on that front." Well, of course, I'm sure a lot of teams are inquiring. I just don't know what the Cubs could possibly offer Beane for Harden this year that wouldn't set the major league team back a little.

I mentioned this in the Transactions thread, but the radio stations here in the Bay Area are reporting this as well but they keep sourcing it back to the Sun-Times article this morning (as are ESPN radio, etc) which basically says "look for things to heat up on that front." Well, of course, I'm sure a lot of teams are inquiring. I just don't know what the Cubs could possibly offer Beane for Harden this year that wouldn't set the major league team back a little.