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From: David Short on 6 Apr 2010 15:50 On 4/6/2010 11:46 AM, HTP wrote: > On Apr 5, 2:22 pm, tom dunne<dunn...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> - I paid $16 for two brats and a Coke. Good grief, no wonder people >> don't go to the park as often as they used to... > > I prefer to bring my own food if possible. A $5 footlong from subway, > some cookies and a bottle of water from home if i can get away with > it. Have you been stopped? My understanding was as long as the bottle was neither alcoholic or opened they let you in with it. I know you can bring in your own peanuts. I can't imagine they would stop you with a sub. I've seen families with coolers. dfs
From: HTP on 6 Apr 2010 16:32 On Apr 6, 12:50 pm, David Short <David.No.Sho...(a)Spam.wright.Please.edu> wrote: > On 4/6/2010 11:46 AM, HTP wrote: > > > On Apr 5, 2:22 pm, tom dunne<dunn...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> - I paid $16 for two brats and a Coke. Good grief, no wonder people > >> don't go to the park as often as they used to... > > > I prefer to bring my own food if possible. A $5 footlong from subway, > > some cookies and a bottle of water from home if i can get away with > > it. > > Have you been stopped? > My understanding was as long as the bottle was neither alcoholic or > opened they let you in with it. > I know you can bring in your own peanuts. I can't imagine they would > stop you with a sub. > > I've seen families with coolers. > > dfs I dont know what the GABP rules are, but i too remember seeing coolers going into riverfront. When i went to Padres games i would usually run over to a nearby subway and get a footlong with cookies(!) and beverage. Saves some money. Of course, every bag gets checked nowaday thanks to 9/11. But i've never been turned away because of my sandwich. The food i would typically buy at the park would be a specialty item. For instance, at petco you could get various types of warmed sugary nuts, like almonds, cashews etc. Now, in Goodyear i did pay for ballpark grub and beer, but hey, it was vacation.
From: john smith on 6 Apr 2010 16:31 I don't mind pitching to Pujols, these guys still make out 7 out of 10 times up. There are certain situations when you don't pitch to him and outs and runners on base would constitute when and how to pitch him.. Did anybody like pitching to him in the first inning with two out and nobody on? I would have given him a pass then. As far as Harang topping out at 94. I don't like that with Mr. A., I prefer Harang in the low 90s with movement. His ball tends to flatten out when he gets to 94 or 95. In regard to looking at positives, I really can't see that in an 11-6 loss with 2 add on runs in the ninth that were meaningless. If you are a Reds player, you have to stop looking for silver linings in blow out losses. Just put the game behind you, it's one game. If your going to contend, you are going to have to start playing like one and not concede these guys are real good and it was satisfying to hang with them for 7 innings. We are probably over analyzing this one game because we haven't seen a real game in quite awhile. As far as being pessimistic Tom, that is just my nature. I have numerous health issues tha never seem to resolve and I just might express my venting through other avenues. Don't take my criticisms to heart. After all I am basically criticizing the team and not you personally.. I hope they can rebound and win the next two games.. We shall see. I assume Arroyo is next? Who gets the 3rd nod Bailey or Cueto? Will Leake be skipped until their is no day off? I assume that is why that reliever I never heard of is on the team? Is Leake on the roster yet? They will probably activate him when they decide to use a fifth starter?
From: HTP on 6 Apr 2010 19:03 On Apr 6, 1:31 pm, eddyg...(a)msn.com (john smith) wrote: > I don't mind pitching to Pujols, these guys still make out 7 out of 10 > times up. There are certain situations when you don't pitch to him and > outs and runners on base would constitute when and how to pitch him.. Well, with Pujols its more like he makes an out 5 times out of 9. 7 out of 10 would be Taveras. > > Did anybody like pitching to him in the first inning with two out and > nobody on? I would have given him a pass then. Thats the time to pitch to him imo. Remember, Holiday is up next. > > As far as Harang topping out at 94. I don't like that with Mr. A., I > prefer Harang in the low 90s with movement. His ball tends to flatten > out when he gets to 94 or 95. Well. the scouting report on harang the past couple seasons has been that his velocity is down. If he's regained it, then i have to think he's closer to where he was in 06-07. If his pitches look flat then that might be an indicator that something else is wrong. But velocity really only becomes a problem when the pitcher can locate the pitches. > > In regard to looking at positives, I really can't see that in an 11-6 > loss with 2 add on runs in the ninth that were meaningless. If you are a > Reds player, you have to stop looking for silver linings in blow out > losses. Just put the game behind you, it's one game. If your going to > contend, you are going to have to start playing like one and not concede > these guys are real good and it was satisfying to hang with them for 7 > innings. > > We are probably over analyzing this one game because we haven't seen a > real game in quite awhile. > > As far as being pessimistic Tom, that is just my nature. I have numerous > health issues tha never seem to resolve and I just might express my > venting through other avenues. Don't take my criticisms to heart. After > all I am basically criticizing the team and not you personally.. > > I hope they can rebound and win the next two games.. We shall see. I > assume Arroyo is next? Who gets the 3rd nod Bailey or Cueto? Will Leake > be skipped until their is no day off? I assume that is why that reliever > I never heard of is on the team? Is Leake on the roster yet? They will > probably activate him when they decide to use a fifth starter? I'm quite excited about the state of Reds starting pitching. If Volquez were healthy i'd be doing cartwheels.
From: John Kasupski on 6 Apr 2010 22:26
On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 08:46:21 -0700 (PDT), HTP <tmbowman25(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >It was not a good opening day for alot of "#1" starters. I was going to mention in one of the other threads about Verlander's Opening Day results - four runs in five innings the same as Harang's outing. Except that Harang was facing last year's division winners while Verlander's outing happened against the Royals. JK |