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How could the ticket office possibly mail all of the tickets on the same day? There's got to be over 10,000 packages easily when you consider 9, 20 , half, and full season packages. People need to be a little more patient. I believe they mail them out the same time of the year every year, so why do people get so worked up?

There seems to be a lot of wing fanatics here so I'd like to share this. Jason King is a guy who writes for Yahoo Sports. Every week he puts out an excellent column about sports, his favorite females, and manly food. He pays a lot of respect to pro wrestling too, which gains respect from me. He is a huge fan of wings and always writes about all of the different foods, particularly wings, that he tries all over the country. A couple of weeks ago in his article, he wrote about his wing pet peeves. I thought it was clever. Here it goes: Other than Nancy Grace, not many things in life annoy me. But you wouldn't have guessed that a few nights ago at Arizona's sports bar in Kansas City. As if watching my Baylor Bears blow a seven-point overtime lead against Oklahoma wasn't bad enough, my buddy, Brett Hunter, called my attention to an even more repulsive sight. A girl eating wings with a fork. We tried our best to keep quiet, but eventually Brett and I had to vocalize our displeasure. You don't spit into the wind, you don't pull the mask off of Zorro and you don't, under any circumstance, eat wings with a fork. Period. Anyway, the whole fork issue sparked a lively conversation at our table about "Wing Pet Peeves." Here are a few of mine: 1. If you're only going to take one or two bites off of each wing, then order something else. I can't explain how irritating it is for a wing-lover to look at someone's plate and see half-eaten drummies, with hunks of chicken and other residue hanging from the bone. Seriously: Come to play, or don't come at all. 2. I can't stand small wings. If you're a cook or a waitress, don't even bring them to the table. Last night I ordered 12 wings at a certain "chain" restaurant not named Hooters, and four of them were no bigger than my pinky finger. It's not that they taste bad, but no one likes leaving hungry - or feeling ripped-off. 3. What's with all these restaurants charging for blue cheese and, in some cases, celery? It makes you want to find a manager and say, "Hey, guy. Business really that bad?" Pretty soon they'll be asking us to pay for the Wet-Naps we use to wash the sauce off our hands. Maybe it's just me, but I'd think that ensuring that a customer had an enjoyable experience would, in the long run, go way further than the 50 cents the restaurant demanded for its dipping sauce. 4. Spicy garlic is fine. So are chili lime, Cajun and teriyaki. I'm all for different types of flavors and sauces when it comes to wings - unless it involves honey. Sorry, kids, but wings are not supposed to be sweet. All these "honey-glazed" and "honey bbq" wings have got to go. 5. False advertising. Unless there is something original about your bird, don't hail your establishment as a "wing place." There's nothing worse than walking into a place like BuffaLouie's in Bloomington or Jefferson's in Lawrence, only to find the same, run-of-the-mill wings they have at any sports bar. To truly tout yourself as a wing establishment, the wings need to have some character. Are they big, are they grilled, are they big and grilled? Whaddya got?

Several friends of mine and myself love to indulge in the wonderful tastes of cold beer of hot wings. Here is a rundown of our favorite places and weekly rituals: Monday's: Champp's. Six wings for two bucks and there is a choice between five very good sauces, buffalo being the best. Tuesday's: Leff's Lucky Town: Seven wings for two bucks. My friends and I agree that these are the best wings in the area. Their hot wings are amazing! We recently went to Wingfest in Chicago and Leff's wings were better than all twenty-some bars there. Thursday's: BW3. Nothing too special here but it is 50 cent boneless night. My favorite sauces are the spicy garlic and the hot. Other wings we have enjoyed are Coaches, Steny's, and Goolsby's. We would like to try some new places for wings as well. Does anyone here have any suggestions???

Why not just buy an extra ticket for ten dollars? That way you can put all of your stuff in your car and go back in with no problem. Your items will be protected and you won't have to worry about them getting stepped on and such.

I often have wondered why Buffett hasn't done his concerts at Miller Park. It would sell out and far more people could go, thus generating more revenue for him and his promoters. The parking lot would be excellent for tailgating and pre and post partying. The roof could come into play in case of bad weather. He has played at Wrigley and Fenway before, so why not Miller Park?

This is wierd. I watched the episode with three other Lost fans and I think this season has been awesome but I thought last night's episode was the worst episode I've ever seen, regardless of the season. I think it is because we're not that all in to Desmond's character that much.

No problem burnie!

General parking for Opening Day is available right now for ten bucks which includes the services charges. Call 414-902-4000 to order.

I think Stevo brings up the best point here. If we really want to sign him, we can.

Right now, somewhere in America, Ted Nugent is crying his eyes out.

It's sickening for me to see that Prince went all LaRussa on us!

I LOVE CAPITALISM!

It doesn't even include bus service?!

If I do get blind from my Lasik surgery, I can't think of a better place to live in than Milwaukee, Wisconsin!

I'm sorry, but I don't think myself or anyone here on brewerfan.net are capable of doing a better job than Cashman or any other GM for that matter.

I believe that is exactly where I went. Mitchell Jackson may be on the brochure, but a different doctor performed the procedure on me. Everyone and everything was great from the preappointment, the procedure, and the post appointments. Again, I'm pretty sure this is where I got it done, but I will check for you when I get home (which won't be until real late, hot wing special at Leff's tonight).

I believe I did Lasik Plus. I'm pretty sure my procedure was done on Blue Mound Rd. I will look it up for you when I get home and provide more details. My only regret after doing the procedure was that I didn't do it much earlier. I highly recommend it. It really does change your life.

People here hate Nickelback because it is the cool thing to do and it seems impressive to hate a popular band. I will be a rebel and state that I like Nickelback.

This literally would have been my twentieth year buying group tickets for Opening Day and I am getting the round-a-round as well. Don't hold your breath on getting group tickets for the Opener this year Temke.

They better not.

I am currently a high school football referee. Next year will be my tenth year. I agree that football officials can conference as a crew on major plays, but baseball and basketball officials can do this also. I agree that basketball is the most subject sport to officiate, but that's why I think it is the easiest. Because it is so objective, you can weasel your way out of any call because of the subjectiveness of it. It all boils down to your interpretation of a call and/or a rule and, as an official, your interpretation is all that really matters. I think baseball is the hardest because the reality of the sport is that there is a right and a wrong call all the time, there is no subjectivity, so there is no excuse to make the wrong call. Football and basketball are more subjective, thus less "right or wrong" calls. I sit in football official association meetings where half the officials judge a call one way and the other half go another. I know nothing of soccer and hockey so I can't comment on it. So I'm going to say to professional wrestling is the hardest sport to officiate. Managers are constantly interfering, hidden weapons are always lying around that you can't see, it's hard to see all of the cheating that goes on, and wrestlers seem to collide into referrees and knock them out a lot. The worst part is all of the steel chairs you get hit with and getting thrown over the top rope isn't the greatest feeling as well.

This activity is legal where Pedro and Juan Marichal did it. I have no problem with it at all.

To comment on what pitch league said, during the telecast, the announcers mentioned that Duke and NC never have met in the NCAA tourney which I found to be pretty incredible. However, they always seem to meet in March in the finals of the ACC Tournament.

Excellent point Ralph. I agree that Collinsworth is exceptional.

You got to remember though with guys like Aikman and Madden, they are coloring the number one games for their network. These games attract the most casual fans, so many of the fans watching are not into, understand, and even care about mechanics and the specifics of the game. The thing that creeps me out about Aikman is how freakishly long his fingers are when he's on camera. It's especially scary on HD.