Comments on: Tttttake Me Out to the Bbbballlgame! http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9651 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:23:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The Rat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9651#comment-52200 The Rat Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:33:47 +0000 #comment-52200 Nahh, they'll just get the money from YOU Raindog. Less controversial. <br /> <br /> Nahh, they’ll just get the money from YOU Raindog. Less controversial.

]]> By: Raindog66 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9651#comment-52191 Raindog66 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 23:57:58 +0000 #comment-52191 Oh c'mon Hennepin County Commissioners! Give Carl Pohlad another Billion Dollars already. He obviously needs it.<br /> <br /> Or you could SKIN the poor and stretch their skin to make a "human roof" for the new stadium.<br /> <br /> While you're at at why don't you baseball subsidy backers take all the kids grades k-6 out of school and grind them up into sausages to serve during the games?<br /> <br /> Just a few Modest proposals... Oh c’mon Hennepin County Commissioners! Give Carl Pohlad another Billion Dollars already. He obviously needs it.

Or you could SKIN the poor and stretch their skin to make a “human roof” for the new stadium.

While you’re at at why don’t you baseball subsidy backers take all the kids grades k-6 out of school and grind them up into sausages to serve during the games?

Just a few Modest proposals…

]]> By: The Rat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9651#comment-52136 The Rat Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:36:54 +0000 #comment-52136 I hope not. Those retractable roof stadiums look like erector sets. I hope not. Those retractable roof stadiums look like erector sets.

]]> By: russ http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9651#comment-52128 russ Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:58:47 +0000 #comment-52128 The dome was hailed as an inovation when it was built, and many fans were generally excited to go there for the first 10-15 years.<br /> <br /> Sure, some things were lost with the dome, like enjoying a crisp fall day for football, or a beautiful summer day for baseball, but we did miss the rain delays and the bitter cold.<br /> <br /> Outdoor stadiums do rock, but a roof would be ideal for baseball, like Miller Park.<br /> <br /> Also, keep in mind that extra rows of luxury suites were added at Lambeau, and they also have enclosed regulat seats now too.<br /> <br /> The dome allowed the teams to charge more by elevating the experience, esp. for the vikes. what was solidly blue collar & whiskey soaked became country club. mo money, mo money!<br /> <br /> i predict the twins will have a roof withinin 10 years (the design will allow for it), and the vikes will build, downtown, with a roof. (they will get the dome land for free and a gob of TIF from Henn. & MPLS).<br /> <br /> sorry Blaine, but the infrastructure is already there. The dome was hailed as an inovation when it was built, and many fans were generally excited to go there for the first 10-15 years.

Sure, some things were lost with the dome, like enjoying a crisp fall day for football, or a beautiful summer day for baseball, but we did miss the rain delays and the bitter cold.

Outdoor stadiums do rock, but a roof would be ideal for baseball, like Miller Park.

Also, keep in mind that extra rows of luxury suites were added at Lambeau, and they also have enclosed regulat seats now too.

The dome allowed the teams to charge more by elevating the experience, esp. for the vikes. what was solidly blue collar & whiskey soaked became country club. mo money, mo money!

i predict the twins will have a roof withinin 10 years (the design will allow for it), and the vikes will build, downtown, with a roof. (they will get the dome land for free and a gob of TIF from Henn. & MPLS).

sorry Blaine, but the infrastructure is already there.

]]> By: Pete http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9651#comment-52120 Pete Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:51:54 +0000 #comment-52120 If I had an opportunity to sit in a cold stadium to watch the Twins in the playoffs, I would do it.<br /> <br /> It's not that much different than ice fishing without a house or hunting deer from a tree stand, or any other cold weather activity that's popular in Minnesota. Just dress warm like we do for high school football games and winter carnivals. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> If I had an opportunity to sit in a cold stadium to watch the Twins in the playoffs, I would do it.

It’s not that much different than ice fishing without a house or hunting deer from a tree stand, or any other cold weather activity that’s popular in Minnesota. Just dress warm like we do for high school football games and winter carnivals.

]]> By: old tymer http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9651#comment-52060 old tymer Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:44:57 +0000 #comment-52060 We did okay at the old Met. No one died. It was fun. We did okay at the old Met. No one died. It was fun.

]]> By: grote http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9651#comment-52057 grote Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:18:41 +0000 #comment-52057 Last Saturday when the Tigers beat the Yankees was the 1st time I was homesick for Detroilet since I left 9 years ago, and you bet I would brave 30 degree weather for a chance to see the Tiges in the playoffs. I'd be whiskey warm, of course, but I'd be there.<br /> <br /> As an aside, FOX Sports really f'ed up the ALCS playoff scheduling. Why in the world would they schedule the AL & NL games @ the same time in first place? Even worse, how can they get away with changing the start time just 24 hours before the game. If I had invested $200 for a seat for a Friday night playoff game, and then was told that the game time was changing "because of weather" (which is TV parlance for "We botched the schedule and now you're screwed because we need to maximize viewership & ad revenue") I would be irate.<br /> <br /> Last Saturday when the Tigers beat the Yankees was the 1st time I was homesick for Detroilet since I left 9 years ago, and you bet I would brave 30 degree weather for a chance to see the Tiges in the playoffs. I’d be whiskey warm, of course, but I’d be there.

As an aside, FOX Sports really f’ed up the ALCS playoff scheduling. Why in the world would they schedule the AL & NL games @ the same time in first place? Even worse, how can they get away with changing the start time just 24 hours before the game. If I had invested $200 for a seat for a Friday night playoff game, and then was told that the game time was changing “because of weather” (which is TV parlance for “We botched the schedule and now you’re screwed because we need to maximize viewership & ad revenue”) I would be irate.

]]> By: Outdoor Fan http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9651#comment-52054 Outdoor Fan Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:20:33 +0000 #comment-52054 Detroit will have this very thing today.<br /> Expected to be 38-40 degrees.<br /> Let's see how it goes.<br /> <br /> Detroit will have this very thing today.
Expected to be 38-40 degrees.
Let’s see how it goes.

]]> By: srhcb http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9651#comment-52051 srhcb Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:47:35 +0000 #comment-52051 I wondered how somebody was going to work an anti-Bush remark into a thread on MN weather! I must say, it really added a lot to the conversation. A lot of crap, but a lot none the less. I wondered how somebody was going to work an anti-Bush remark into a thread on MN weather! I must say, it really added a lot to the conversation. A lot of crap, but a lot none the less.

]]> By: theblvd http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9651#comment-52048 theblvd Fri, 13 Oct 2006 06:44:15 +0000 #comment-52048 You're right. Minnesotans complain about the weather far too much for this to be successful. They'll just have to make sure the team never makes it out of the ALDS.<br /> <br /> And the Cubs are a terrible example of how to fill an outdoor stadium all year long, even in the cold, year after year, regardless of the quality of the baseball being performed on the field. They're a perfect example of why baseball should be played in an arena because it might be cold on October 13. You’re right. Minnesotans complain about the weather far too much for this to be successful. They’ll just have to make sure the team never makes it out of the ALDS.

And the Cubs are a terrible example of how to fill an outdoor stadium all year long, even in the cold, year after year, regardless of the quality of the baseball being performed on the field. They’re a perfect example of why baseball should be played in an arena because it might be cold on October 13.

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