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Friday, October 23, 2009

Giveaways


SBJ breaks down the impact of various ballpark giveaways and promotions on attendance. There's a chart at the link that I'm not going to reproduce here. Suffice it to say, however, that Webkinz night is quite the draw. College Night and Little League Day, however, may as well be replaced by an H1N1 promotion.

(Thanks to Pete Toms for the link)



Posted by Craig Calcaterra at 2:08pm (15) Comments

My Morning In Exile


Things I wrote while wondering whether I am the only attorney in Columbus, Ohio who is listening to "Protect Ya Neck" on his iPod right now. Maybe this guy is . . .

  • Jamie McCourt should sue Frank. Not for ownership of the team, but for sexual harassment. "He fired me as soon as we stopped sleeping together, your honor . . ." Couldn't make this business any crazier.


  • Bobby Valentine pulls off the greatest job interview since Spud's went on about getting his foot in the door and "showin' initiative and that like" in "Trainspotting."


  • MLB wants better umps in the World Series. MLB assigns Joe West to the World Series. These things do not go together.


  • Yesterday Matt Holliday pretended that he wanted to go to the Yankees in order to drive his price up. Today the Yankees pretend they're not interested in Holliday to drive his price down. Jesus, will you two kiss each other already?


  • Should the Royals trade Joakim Soria?


  • Should the Blue Jays have traded for David Wright?


    • That's right: I'm all OVER 16 year-old hip-hop. Next year I may listen to some new stuff by some guy called the Notorious R.B.I or whatever his name is . . .
    Posted by Craig Calcaterra at 12:12pm (10) Comments

    And That Happened: ALCS


    Angels 7, Yankees 6: Behold the power of the Rally Monkey. Or behold the the suckiness that is A.J. Burnett when he doesn't have his best stuff. Or behold the presence of mad chance that allowed the Angels to win despite the best efforts of Mike Scioscia. Whatever the case, each team did its best to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, with the Yankees just barely edging the Angels in that department.

    Game 6 in New York. Giant rain is in the forecast. Thankfully we have approximately 19 days until Game 1 of the World Series, so we should be OK. Probably.
    Posted by Craig Calcaterra at 5:35am (22) Comments