Tagged With "Haltom City"
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A REVIEW
My wife and I had the great pleasure of attending Johann Santana's 1-0 win last week at Citi Field in beautiful Flushing NY01-- the suite we were in was open air---they have them designed so that is the weather turns bad you can leave the front two...
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Little League Girl Throws Perfect Game
I'm sorry to intrude on your turf ladies but I thought that you would find joy in reading this article. Have a great day.BAYONNE, N.J. -- On the pitcher's mound, a 12-year-old girl from New Jersey is perfect.Mackenzie Brown is the first girl in...
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CitiBank etc.
Sports sponsorships are becoming news in the financial crisis. Tiger Woods has been dropped from an endorsement deal with GM. CitiBank holds the naming rights to the new stadium in Queens, Citi Field, new home for the Mets. Citi is paying somewhere...
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Re: The change-up: how to use it and when...
3rdgen- Good point. The reason I brought up Santana in the previous post: I was invited by a friend to a Mets-Rockies game at Citi Field in the end of August. I got BP passes to the game because my friend's dad is the bench coach for the Mets. As I was standing there watching BP I was chatting with my friend's dad and we were watching Carlos Gonzalez playing pepper with the bleachers. I made a comment about how unbelievable his swing was and he pointed at Ike Davis, who stood about 15 feet...
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Re: A REVIEW
TR, I don't know if I'll ever make it to Citi Field, but I sure have to agree with you, isn't it a joy to watch Johann Santana? His pitching was truly a thing of beauty when he was here in Minnesota with the Twins. We miss him! Julie
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Re: Hot Stove
[QUOTE]Originally posted by nc42dad: What's this I hear about a recession? Spend, spend spend. When is the MLB bubble gonna burst? Maybe I'm a glass half empty guy too often, but I think that the entire pro sports bubble is gonna burst. Don't laugh, but it's happening in NASCAR with sponsors running away, teams trying to merge and others just closing shop. Next season they've eliminated practice! F1, the most expensive sport in the world just had Honda pull out entirely. I cannot believe...
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Re: Bryce Harper at the HR Derby and All Star Game
I was at Citi Field for all the events...lots of players wearing sparkly shoes. Can't wear them during regular season, so they get all the swag on for the ASG. Top styles points to Harper and Sergio Romo.
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Re: Bryce Harper at the HR Derby and All Star Game
Originally Posted by soulslam55: I was at Citi Field for all the events...lots of players wearing sparkly shoes. Can't wear them during regular season, so they get all the swag on for the ASG. Top styles points to Harper and Sergio Romo. You got it right, this is their time to get on the swag. 2011gradmom has got it right too, why not just say something positive, he is going to be around for a very long time. As for the haircut, my son wears the same, his preference over the long hair look.
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Re: Bryce Harper at the HR Derby and All Star Game
Originally Posted by soulslam55: I was at Citi Field for all the events...lots of players wearing sparkly shoes. Can't wear them during regular season, so they get all the swag on for the ASG. Just goes to show how big of a joke the whole thing is..
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Re: Bryce Harper at the HR Derby and All Star Game
Originally Posted by Bulldog 19: Originally Posted by soulslam55: I was at Citi Field for all the events...lots of players wearing sparkly shoes. Can't wear them during regular season, so they get all the swag on for the ASG. Just goes to show how big of a joke the whole thing is.. The way those guys swing the bat is no joke. Nothing wrong with letting guys cut loose and show some personality every now and then.
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Dallas Patriots Tryouts Today
Dallas Patriots Tryouts Today In NRH Starting At 11am For All Ages!! Bring A New Un-Wrapped Toy To Tryouts Today & Help Kids Less Fortunate This Christmas Benefiting WFAA's Santa's Helpers Toy Drive http://www.dallaspatriots.com/2016-spring-summer-tryout-dates/
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Ivy League gets 13 drafted
Each year the Ivy League brings in roughly 56 players; while the majority of players moving into proball are drafted as seniors, roughly 12% of Ivy players move on to proball. http://yaledailynews.com/downthefield/2017/06/14/ivy-baseball-at-the-2017-mlb-draft/ The overwhelming number of the remaining 88% move on to very, very high paying jobs. The seniors from my son's alma mater (none were drafted) went to employers such as Bain (consulting), MacKenzie (consulting), JP Morgan (investment...
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Re: This man is a hero....
Clearly CEO's pay IS part of it. A non-gov't run entity head will always get paid more than a gov't run entity head. Watch what these latest executive pay restrictions are going to do to AIG, Citi and the like. No top exec can be paid more than $200k in TOTAL comp? What qualified exec in their right mind would take a top job in one of those companies for that? That exec pay czar is going to far and is going to put the companies they bailed out, out of business. There's a gov't run business...
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Re: I'm now a big fan of the New York Mets
It was a special day/nite at CITI Field as well---you have to see the NYC papers today--it is like the Messiah has arrived----The Mets need the excitement of new blood so lets hope the kid holds up under the pressure that is ahead of him The kid looks like a keeper !!!
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Re: Public funds for NY stadiums
My biggest complaint on this topic is the Citi name for the Mets stadium. We, the taxpayers, have just turned over another huge payment which will allow the bank to be split into 2 entities. One will be the "good" bank and the other the "bad bank". With our money, this bank that has now been, for all intents and purposes, nationalized by the government, will be paying money to the Mets for the right to hang a sign on the ballpark. What's wrong here and who's in charge? Change, I don't see...
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Re: CitiBank etc.
Citi/Taxpayer Field? http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-mets-citigroup&prov=ap&type=lgns
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Re: Getting to NYC from NJ
Ding ding ding, we have a winner. The fallback is going to Hoboken, parking and taking the PATH. But having lived in Hoboken, parking close to impossible. If it were me, I'd drive into Manhattan via Verrazano Bridge, then Belt Parkway into Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, then park ANYWHERE in the financial district. Then a cab or Uber to whereever. HEY: if you're going in that direction, get to Citi Field for Cubs at Mets.
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Re: Which is dumber?
Agreed. His game doesn't translate as well to cavernous Citi Field, Park, whatever. He hit a bunch of 340 foot homers over the Green Monster that will be long outs in NY. He did OK covering tiny LF in Fenway. He doesn't have the wheels or arm for a big outfield, though. If he hit .300 I'd miss him. He might be the new Mo Vaughn for the Mets.
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Re: Tebow
Mets said: "there is no Tebow merchandise available at Citi Field. Nor will there be, unless Tebow reaches the Majors" but then they also said: "a fan can request a custom jersey at Citi Field with Tebow’s name and No. 15 on it, just as a fan can request his or her own name. The Mets do not split that revenue with other Clubs" nice loophole .
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Re: MadBum versus Thor
This one is an absolute toss up. Both teams seemed to have found a way to be bad this year (often). MadBum is 4-0 with a 0.62 ERA @ Citi Field. Like the Giants in this one (isn't it an even year?)
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Re: 2021 Recruitment after very Positive Camp
Shoveit -- that reminds me -- congrats on your son being named one of the top 30 Mets prospects. That is pretty awesome. Hope to see him at Citi next season. (Sorry to the OP for the topic drift)
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Re: Wow - Astros penalty is out
I was born and raised as a O's fan (fortunately I'm old enough for that not to have been a horrible experience) but I've lived my adult life in NL markets (LA, SF, NY) so I follow and prefer NL baseball. True, pitchers hitting can be comic, except when they're not (for example Bumgarner), and sometimes you get to see something really, really special, as I did last season in my first game at Citi Field when Syndergaard shut out the Reds in CG win, and drove in the only run of the game with a...
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Re: Perfect Game Field
It sounds a lot better than "Dale and Thomas Popcorn Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium." They are not even an Iowa business. I always wonder how much business is generated by the field name changes. In the Dale and Thomas Popcorn case, I had to look them up. I never heard of them before, so that may have been what they were looking for. But I know the companies that purchased the rights for Citi Field, AT&T Park and a host of others. What's the point? Do they get free suites that are...
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Re: 800 LB Gorilla in the Room - Bad or Good Call on the Utley "Slide" in NLDS
Scott Cousins was never suspended. I wonder how much this suspension has to do with keeping Utley out of Citi Field in an attempt to lower the heat a bit.
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Re: 800 LB Gorilla in the Room - Bad or Good Call on the Utley "Slide" in NLDS
Originally Posted by MidAtlanticDad: Scott Cousins was never suspended. I wonder how much this suspension has to do with keeping Utley out of Citi Field in an attempt to lower the heat a bit. I think that factors in. In general, abiding by the letter of a nebulous rule in an extreme manner that results in an injury is more likely to lead to formal and informal repercussions.
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Re: 800 LB Gorilla in the Room - Bad or Good Call on the Utley "Slide" in NLDS
Originally Posted by MidAtlanticDad: Scott Cousins was never suspended. I wonder how much this suspension has to do with keeping Utley out of Citi Field in an attempt to lower the heat a bit. I think this is exactly right. I've not attended a game at Citi yet, but I went to a lot of games at Shea and (old) Yankee and IMO Game #3, if Utley was on the field, would quickly devolve into a something very ugly. I don't know for a fact that water bottles and/or batteries would rain on to the field,...
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Re: Minor League Poverty
Originally Posted by Dad04: The former player / now lawyer interviewed for the HBO story says he will fight the MiBL seasonal minimum wage exemption in court. That may be successful, raising pay to $1,600+ per month from $1,100 for the lowest levels. That will be the extent of improvements in their pay for this century, though. Baseball is a meritocracy in theory, but there are so many uncontrollable hurdles, getting blocked, injuries, team control, they need to 40 draft rounds plus hundreds...
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Re: USA National Team
So...about 6 or 7 years ago, my son and I were on a Subway train from Queens to Manhattan after watching Mets vs Pirates at Citi Field. It was really late and not many people on the train. I realized the man sitting across from us was Ritchie (he had a Pirates MLB lanyard attached to his backpack) and I struck up a conversation. Coach Ritchie talked to my 9 year old son and I about hitting so intently that he missed his hotel stop. He got off the train with us, had my son demo his swing and...
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Re: USA National Team
That is a great story, IndyBall. I passed it on to his wife last night, and she loved it! She is going to share it with Gregg once he gets back from Panama. It a cherry on top, after his team winning the gold. I am sure he will be touched by you remembering that experience and taking the time to share it with the community. Gregg is a great teacher, and my son loves his clinic. Their whole family is wonderful.
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Re: article: "Velocity is Strangling Baseball"
As sort of a companion piece, Wapo has a story on Driveline and HSBW member Kyle Boddy: https://www.washingtonpost.com...m_term=.b512f48d0a9e Takeaway Quote: " “The pitching has outpaced the hitting lately,” Boddy said. “But its cyclical. Hitters are always going to be behind, because pitchers initiate the action. But we’re going to see it tilt back eventually.” Boddy doesn’t see Driveline — and its many competitors and collaborators — as ruining the game of baseball, as some would claim. If...
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Re: Best and worst current MLB parks
I heard John Miller say a few years ago on a Giants broadcast that his opinion is that Oracle is #1 and Camden Yards is #2. That's good enough for me. The only one I really like that hasn't been mentioned is Safeco, or whatever they call it now. I like Citi Field well enough, but not enough to make it a Top 5. I'd put the new Yankee stadium in the dump category.
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Re: Ivy League gets 13 drafted
As usual Goose, you are spot-on. In regards to this year's draft specifically, I believe there were 10 seniors, 2 juniors and a sophomore drafted. Four of the 13 are from Penn, including one junior and the sophomore.
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Re: If there is no baseball, will you miss it?
At this point I'd much rather drive to Diamond Nation and pay $5 to watch kids I don't know bust their butts than pay $300 to bring my family to Yankee Stadium. And not too long ago we planned our Summer around trips to Fenway/Yankee Stadium/Citi Field and Camden Yards.
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Re: MLB parks attended
Dodger Stadium Wrigley Fenway Old Yankee Stadium New Yankee Stadium Shea Citi Field Coors Petco Angel Stadium Chase
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Re: Did A Earthquake Just Hit MLB?
So no more great seats at Citi below face value on Stubhub, eh? Damn! Cohen made a good call firing Brodie. I think he also made a good call not firing Rojas, at least so far. They are not far off from being a very good team. Just a couple of pieces away, I think. It'll be interesting to see what happens. I just hope there's still room for me on the 7 train.
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Re: Update on your player?
Good luck to Ryley. Citi should be an interesting place to be this summer. I think the Mets will make that run, especially if they sign Springer. They just need one more bat. (Sorry to turn this into the Hot Stove thread.) Edit - oh, I didn't know about Capps. Good!
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Re: Trevor Bauer
Like most baseball fans I'm a little bit fickle. I was ready to welcome Trevor and his baggage to Citi Field. But now that he's a member of the best rotation in baseball, I'll be watching carefully to see if I can spot where he's hiding the sticky stuff that gave his spin rate such a big bump in 2020. https://theathletic.com/218386...lb-time-to-legalize/