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Lupo, I gotta tell you, Major League Baseball is so two-faced.

As far as I know, Pete is still banned from the game, right? But you would not know it in that new stadium. They have quotes from Pete posted on the walls, and pictures of him everywhere, and a bar named the "4192 Club." Hello??

Plus beers cost twice as much as they did at Riverfront, and hot dogs are $5.

And Peter Frampton sang Take me out to the Ballgame at the 7th inning stretch. I'm not making this up.

Am I the only one who sees a resemblance between former EPA head and former NJ governor Christine Todd Whitman and Brenda from Six Feet Under?

Adam, I'm pleased to see that you've decided to keep me company over here in the "I ain't tellin' about my sex life on the intarweb" thread, heehee.

It was an interesting night at this ballgame, too. Which is worse, using a corked bat to gain an advantage in a game, or illegally gambling on one's own team? I don't necessarily know the answer to that question, but it seems the punishments (fine for the former, banned for life for the latter) are grossly disproportionate.

And adam, there is a resemblence, but at least Whitman smiles once in a while. Even when Rachel Griffiths smiles, it's really just a smirk (not that that's a bad thing).

Christie Whitman always frightened me for some reason.

I'm enjoying the irony of a baseball thread to take one's mind off a sex thread.

The first time I saw Rachel Griffiths (in Muriel's Wedding, which is one of my favorite movies) I thought "It's the Australian Juliette Lewis!" That was when Juliette Lewis was still around and not playing retarded people.

And tizzie, I caught the end of the game last night and thought of you.

Muriel's Wedding! That's it! I knew I had seen her somewhere before!

Witchstone, thank you for clearing up that little mystery, which I could have cleared up on IMDB but forgot all about it.

Can we get a local roll call for the meetup this Friday? I don't think kc's gonna make it, but I will.

Don't look so disappointed!

I'll be there.

Me Too.

christ, adam! derail the thread a third time, why don'tcha.

yes, frampton interrupted my baseball broadcast last evening. truly truly frightening.

but not as frightening as a $5 hot dog.

The whole "Great American Ballpark" thing was very Disney-fied. We had totally incredibly excellent seats that my company gave me - but they were $50 seats! The guy sitting next to me had 3 little kids, and I felt like asking him how the hell he could afford to bring them!

I used to go to lots of games at Riverfront at the last minute - walk over, go to the window and get a red-level seat for $5 (honest!) and have a $2.50 beer and a $1.50 hot dog. Yeah, they had goofy stadium organ music and not hip-hop tunes, and no big-screen graphics and all that, but who needs that stuff, really?

That was confusing - the Frampton tunes were seperate from the hip-hop. Each Reds player had an individual "signature" h-h theme that went with their on-screen video for each at bat.

It was like the MTV baseball awards.

Sad, yes. But necessary if they're gonna pay Griffey and Dunn and Kearns' salaries in a few years. Unfortunately, even baseball has moved into that elite bracket of sports where it's damn near impossible to take a family out. Football and basketball I can kind of understand, but with 162 games, I don't see why MLB teams can't thank their fans with affordable seats -- and food.

It's one of the reasons that for a few summers I swore by the local non-affiliated team. You could get tickets for less than $10, in a nice new (but small) ballpark, get decently-priced food, and watch an ok game. What more do you need?

I'm enjoying the irony of a baseball thread to take one's mind off a sex thread.

Wait, this thread and the thread that turned into you sexual ventures have a lot in common: How far on base you've cracked you bat.

"I don't think kc's gonna make it, but I will."

And what about the Sunshine Band?

Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand

What more do you need?

Biscuits?

ryan, you inspired me to look up tickets for the brooklyn cyclones out on coney island. sadly, they are sold out through the end of july, so i won't be able to go to a game.

witchie -- that's a great idea.

an even better idea? schedule a meetup at a game. food, drinks, and something to do/watch/talk about for those not entirely interested in eating or drinking. plus, if we gathered enough people, we could probably go as a 'group' and have 96622.net flashed on the scoreboard in between innings.

anyone else interested?

9622.net even.

(tho it would be fun to confuse those silly patrons who would do something as silly as look us up after the game)

dammit, i can't go! i'm moving!

you're all bastard people!

Welcome to Flyover Country, Witchy.

*sniffs*

I'd hardly call San Diego "flyover country," Cyrano.

*adjusts sunglasses and fake breasts*

My definition of "Flyover Country" is pretty much "Not NYC."

And I was born in San Diego, so if you drive by Mercy Hospital give it a wave for me, por favor.

(Also, that first gust of cool, Pacific air as you walk out of the airport terminal is just sublime.)

*ogles fake breasts*

Love the minor league ball. (Used to work for this team, and caught a LOT of games.) There are the Staten Island Yankees too, if you can't make a Cyclones game.

The whole point of the Cyclones, though, is the trip to Coney Island--which is neither coney, nor an island: discuss.

A "coney" is a rabbit, and if there are lots of rabbits on an island, they just take over (see: Australia), which is what happened for years at Coney Island when the teens would get all hot and heavy on the Ferris Wheel. They met, mated, multiplied, repeated the cycle, just like coneys!

Really, it's so obvious.

Ranger's have a team up the road from Dallas, in Frisco, which is closer than Arlington for me.

Our Lowell Spinners is considered by many the most successful (financially and attendance-wise, not necessarily on the field) minor league team in the last decade. NPR did a little story a year or two ago about the franchise.

Here's the NPR piece (four years ago--times flies) about "Birth Night" at the ballpark, one of many popular promotions the club runs.

See my new site, yet I may be moving...if pitas will fix my problem.

I'd like to out myself as a homosexual now.

Hey, Common if your going to imitate me, especially coming out of a closet, do a better job dressing up my words than this, please...oh stop it, it tickles.

The guy who sat beside us had one of those digital camera cell phones and he took our pic. What a bad pic, but what a cool toy!

Note: my friend is single. Matchmaking service is available.

She's cute, but she's probably a Pete Rose fan. :-)

It's rainy here in Dallas, nice to see some cute smiles to start the day.

What do Danny Aiello, John Leguizamo & Benecio Del Toro all have in common (besides their last names all ending in o)?

Oh, it's Triva Thursday, by the way.

Cool pic, tizzie.

Where do we sign up for the matchmaking service?

What do...
Thier names all sound the same with marbles in one's mouth.

they all have restraining orders against Rosie Perez?

Haven't they all appeared in drag?

Danny Aiello was in Broadway Danny Rose, John Leguizamo in To Wong Foo... and Benicio Del Toro in...um...something?

No! Wait! Is it Madonna videos? I know Aiello was her dad in Papa Don't Preach, and Del Toro was in La Isla Bonita...Leguizamo must have been in one too.

"In 1984 John landed a bit part in the Madonna video for "Borderline" playing the friend of Madonna's boyfriend."

That would seem to be it. I had Madonna in my head for some reason too, but I was thinking it was movies.

Wow! That was some sleuthing. And the Scooby Prize goes to Kaf & Cyrano! It is indeed Madonna videos. Although I like the Rosie Perez restraining order idea. Maybe I should start stalking celebrities with nothing in common, so that I can become the answer to a trivia question.

Kaf, I think you're the only person who remembered Benecio in the La Isla Bonita video. I don't think he even remembers. Or, did you consult our good friend IMDB?

IMDB? Why, I would never! I've never heard of it! In fact, I don't even own a computer or have fingers!

Benicio in "The Usual Suspects" looks nothing like Benicio in "Snatch." I am sure I would not recognize him in a Madonna video unless he had a nametag on.

Nobody looks the same when they're in snatch.

AHA!

Which explains you not knowing John Leguizamo in Borderline, since they don't have him listed.

My girlfriend has made it very clear to me in the past that she would gladly allow Benicio to do any number of unsavory acts to her person.

She's also made it abundantly clear that she would not permit John Leguizamo perform said unsavory acts, although if he wants to watch, he'll have to pay $100.

I do not know where she stands on the Danny Aiello question, although I'm hoping for the best.

I'm pretty sure that any act DelToro performs is unsavory.

I guess eyeballkid is in new york, now.

I have this look up downtown alleys, yelling "Eyyyyeeeballll..."

put "urge to" in there somewhere

I'm pretty sure that any act DelToro performs is unsavory.

Oh, I certainly hope so.

You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature.

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