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Hey, Gammons, since you hammered Duqe (it is my goal in life to make this the standard abbreviation for Duquette's name) for not carrrying Mussina's luggage at the airport (though I hear Dan did meet Mike and his agent at the gate with two dozen fresh orchids; of course, Tellem is allergic to most flowers, but only someone like Cashman would know that), I can't wait what you have to say about the moronic Mariners. The president and owner can't be bothered to meet with the best player ever? Don't they realize they have great jobs?
I was pretty hard on Peter Gammons last week. Not that he's reading as his latest piece goes after the Red Sox ticket hike. He does have a good line in there about the "age of aquarius". Peter, you can write about all of this stuff with the Phillies as well. For instance, one of the local TV channels did a big expose showing bird crapping, nose picking and finger licking going on around the cotton candy machines along with dozens of health code violations.
A word about the ticket prices at Fenway. I went to Boston last summer with the sole purpose of seeing the Red Sox. It was around August 1st, it was a Friday night, and they were playing the Royals. The game was sold out before we got there. We then found a scalpers offering box seats for $110 apiece. We then found a scalper offering grandstand seats for $65. We then settled for bleachers at $40 a pop. Bleachers! Of course, somebody (*cough* furtado *cough*) didn't notice that they were for Saturday's game, but we got in anyway and made it to our seats in the very top row of the very long set of stairs. Of course the rightful owners came a day earlier than we were supposed to be there, so we moved about six times and got to see most of the game without incident.
My point is this, don't let Jim Furtado or his friend Gary deal with scalpers and, second, if a scalper even has the audacity to ask $40 for a bleacher seat for a Friday game with the Royals in early August, the team is undercharging by a country mile.
Keep in mind, as well, that even with the most expensive tickets in the game, the Red Sox still set an attendance record. I'm not sure what the upper bound on the ticket prices in Boston is, but they haven't reached it yet. Like every other business, they ain't stopping till they do.
Oh, and one other thing, Peter's got pretty good taste in music. Dar Williams rulez!
Gillick, manager Lou Piniella and other team officials are scheduled to meet with Rodriguez and Boras on Thursday in Miami. Mariners chairman Howard Lincoln won't be there because he will be vacationing in Hawaii. Also missing from the meeting will be team president Chuck Armstrong.
Hey, Gammons, since you hammered Duqe (it is my goal in life to make this the standard abbreviation for Duquette's name) for not carrrying Mussina's luggage at the airport (though I hear Dan did meet Mike and his agent at the gate with two dozen fresh orchids; of course, Tellem is allergic to most flowers, but only someone like Cashman would know that), I can't wait what you have to say about the moronic Mariners. The president and owner can't be bothered to meet with the best player ever? Don't they realize they have great jobs?
I was pretty hard on Peter Gammons last week. Not that he's reading as his latest piece goes after the Red Sox ticket hike. He does have a good line in there about the "age of aquarius". Peter, you can write about all of this stuff with the Phillies as well. For instance, one of the local TV channels did a big expose showing bird crapping, nose picking and finger licking going on around the cotton candy machines along with dozens of health code violations.
A word about the ticket prices at Fenway. I went to Boston last summer with the sole purpose of seeing the Red Sox. It was around August 1st, it was a Friday night, and they were playing the Royals. The game was sold out before we got there. We then found a scalpers offering box seats for $110 apiece. We then found a scalper offering grandstand seats for $65. We then settled for bleachers at $40 a pop. Bleachers! Of course, somebody (*cough* furtado *cough*) didn't notice that they were for Saturday's game, but we got in anyway and made it to our seats in the very top row of the very long set of stairs. Of course the rightful owners came a day earlier than we were supposed to be there, so we moved about six times and got to see most of the game without incident.
My point is this, don't let Jim Furtado or his friend Gary deal with scalpers and, second, if a scalper even has the audacity to ask $40 for a bleacher seat for a Friday game with the Royals in early August, the team is undercharging by a country mile.
Keep in mind, as well, that even with the most expensive tickets in the game, the Red Sox still set an attendance record. I'm not sure what the upper bound on the ticket prices in Boston is, but they haven't reached it yet. Like every other business, they ain't stopping till they do.
Oh, and one other thing, Peter's got pretty good taste in music. Dar Williams rulez!
posted by Sean Foran # 9:38 PM 
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