Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Suns,Bucs Open At Home
The Hagerstown Suns were welcomed back to the "friendly"confines of the Muni last night,Playing the Delmarva Shorebirds in a steady drizzle/rain but the 2,556 fans were sent home a loss as Delmarva took the series opener 2-1.
If you liked pitching duels,This was a game you would have enjoyed,A total of 11 hits between both teams.And only 3 runs scored.
Sun lights
The Suns 5 starters have not allowed more then 2 runs a game going into Tuesday night's game
Hagerstown was very intense on baserunning,Some of that cost them at least 2 runs,Not saying this is a bad thing,Just something to watch later on.
This season I purchased the 5 game mini plan,Which included 5 VIP game tickets,All you can eat
chicken,Hot dogs,Hamburgers,And chicken,Plus all you can drink soda.This also includes the Suns Hall Of Fame statues(More on those later).
Maybe it was just because of it being opening night,And the kinks had not been worked out,But the all you can eat was really a let down.
They had 2 lines to keep the lines moving,But only allowed you 1 sandwich and 1 drink.This could be an easy fix,Let the folks get 2 per visit,It would save time not having to get what they want, and then jump back in line.
The soda was kept in ice water(at least it used to be ice)
That was ok when there was soda at the
top,And all you had to do was just grab a drink and be gone.
But after the first row was gone,You
had to reach in to the water(Did I mention it was cold?)to get your drink.
They did have a pair of tongs handy to grapple a
drink if you knew how to play the crane game.
Again, I am going to chalk this up to being opening night,And hopefully
they can fix the
problems they had the next 4 times they do this with even more crowds.
The more things change,The more they stay the same?
The lame,Half asleep dancing was back last night.A positive out of this?
It seemed like only 1 "dancer" was comatose instead of the normal 3.
The music was as it's always been,Way too loud at some points during the game.
I understand that the sound system is probably at least 20 years old,But
there has to be a volume control somewhere.
A thumbs up to new Suns GM Robert Flannery,They did alot of little things in
the offseason that added up,More customer friendly service,New menu boards
and even a new concession stand.Plus the long fight with collectors has
seemed to eased.
Their was about 10 or 15 people
getting things signed,And yes we were in the "suite"area,No one said anything,And
everyone seemed happy.
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Pirates Win Home Opener!
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That was not a typo,The Bucs had their first home opener shut out in 31 years
as Zach Duke pitched a 4 hit shutout against the Houston Astros 7-0!
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I was going to use Pirate hooks for my Pirate news..
But Shawn already uses that,Any suggestions?
Adam LaRoche has actually hit 2 home runs in the first 7 games,You have
to wonder if the end of the world is upon us!
Freddy Sanchez and Jack Wilson are playing themselves out
of jobs in the Burgh,Sanchez has been on fire the first week,And Wilson
has continued his great fielding,And helped with the bat when needed.
Zach Duke has 2 double in his first 2 starts,With a .500 avg,But
of course he's only had 4 ab's
Sign that the end of the world is upon us,Nyjer Morgan
is the Bucs leader with a .387 avg I am still not
aboard the Morgantown bus,But I hope he can keep it up.
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Saying goodbye
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Sad news out of Washington,Broadcast legend Harry Kalas collapsed
about 3 hours before the Phillies/Nationals game yesterday
afternoon,Kalas was rushed to a local hospital,And passed away
.Harry was well known as the voice of the Philadelphia Phillies,But also
known for his work
with the NFL,And commercials for anything
football from a video game, to Chunky soup.
Mark Fidrych,
Marilyn Chambers,Sadly, no video I can show.Here's hoping
she didn't choke on anything,Or found face down..
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