Posts Tagged ‘sports’

We know the value of our ticket

Posted: July 27, 2009 by datechguy in oddities
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I was driving today, off to pay the mortgage and my property taxes, and had the radio on listening to Rush, during the 12:30 break the local station has one of those CBS moneyline breaks and they were talking about sports temas and the economy and the idea of dropping ticket prices and there was a quote from someone who was opposed to the idea.

The person said that they thought dropping the ticket prices was a bad idea since it might mislead the customer as to the value of their ticket.

THE VALUE OF THE TICKET? I think that changes in the way things have been done lately might be confusing something.

If I have a ticket to a Red Sox game it has value because I want to go to the damn game. It has no value otherwise.

If I want to sell the ticket it’s only value is the desire of someone else to see that particular game.

Now you might have a special event at a particular game but a game is a game is a game. If you are a fan of a particular starter or say of a team that is visiting the ticket might command a larger price (Read: Sox Yankees), but the idea that you might confuse fans as to the value of the product by dropping the price in this case is just plain foolish.

30 Episodes to Import…

Posted: July 17, 2009 by datechguy in doctor who, personal, Sable Baseball
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before I can get all the Doctor Who Audios (sans ones I’ve loaned out and I’ve loanded a LOT), onto the Used Ipod my son picked up for me.

This is going to take some time so between that and Baseball makeup games no blogging today.

Ortiz Slump officially over

Posted: June 25, 2009 by datechguy in baseball
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So says David Pinto:

David Ortiz pretty much put any lingering doubts about the end of his slump to rest. He went two for three with a home run Wednesday night, and is now hitting .327 in June with six home runs and a .709 slugging percentage.

The thing that struck me the most about Ortiz’s slump is how much fans were cheering for him and hoping for him all through the slump. It was a rare thing to see him be booed. I’ve never seen a group of fans just pull for a guy without riding him in my life.

Red Sox fans have long memories:

And it still makes you smile years later,

Dynasty Baseball Player needed

Posted: May 18, 2009 by datechguy in baseball, hobbies, Sable Baseball
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Unfortunately our Dynasty baseball league lost a player and as league Treasurer I will be the “interim” manager for the orphan team.

Although the game is pretty good I’m not really looking to go back to our league full time so a new full-time manager is in order.

If you are in the central Massachusetts area or can be on a weekly basis and are interested in joining a face to face tabletop baseball league that has been active in the area for 21 years then leave a message in comments and we can get the ball rolling.

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