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Is New Orleans Southern Enough?
Before I actually moved to New Orleans, I came to the city for a long weekend for a few job interviews. At the first one, the interviewer asked me, "So what do you think of New Orleans so far?"
"I like it!" I said, even though I had been in the city for less than 24 hours. "I'm excited because this will be my first time living in the South."
The interviewer laughed and replied, "Oh this isn't the South."
What? I thought. I was confused.
One of the other interviewers seemed to sense my confusion. "New Orleans is different," she added. "We prefer to call it the northern capital of the Caribbean."
After I moved here, I always wondered what that meant. How was New Orleans not part of "The South?" As someone who had lived in New England and the Midwest for 24 years, New Orleans was the most Southern place I had ever experienced by both geography and lifestyle. There were lots of LSU alums, everyone said "y'all" and I actually heard the Civil War called "The War of Northern Aggression." New Orleans seemed extremely Southern and calling it anything besides Southern confused me.
But after my trip to Nashville, Tenn., this past Memorial Day weekend, I now understand what people mean when they say New Orleans isn't really the South. However, I'm still a little confused.
I went to Nashville for a girls' trip with my best friends from high school. We all live in different cities now and one just moved to Nashville, so we decided it would be a fun place to reunite. We had a wonderful weekend full of sitting on patios, lying by the pool and feeling very touristy at the Honky Tonk Central bar where musicians in cowboy boots sang popular country stand-bys while we drank Bud Light Lime and danced.
I quickly noticed that Nashville is the stereotypical Southern city I had imagined New Orleans would be like. Growing up in the North, I had only traveled to the South a few times, so most of my ideas of the whole region came from movies like "Sweet Home Alabama" and "The Help." I thought everyone in the South had thick Southern drawls, wore cowboy boots and ate a lot of grits.
I didn't find these stereotypes to be true in New Orleans, but I did find them in Nashville. There were lots of grits, lots of cowboy boots and lots of Southern drawls. The whole trip made me want to download country music and eat pecan pie. Everything just fit my imagined idea of what the South would be like.
But even though New Orleans is farther south geographically, I've noticed it doesn't fit my Southern stereotype. Of course you can find shrimp and grits, and you might see a few Confederate flags, but there are so many stronger nuances specific to New Orleans that overpower the Southern nature of the city. There's the jazz history, the Creole and Cajun food and the strong French and Spanish influences that remind me more of Europe than the South. Walking around the French Quarter reminds me of Île Saint-Louis in Paris, with its old buildings and adorable shops. There are tourists from all over, some speaking different languages.
But while I try to think of more reasons why New Orleans is particularly unique… I'm finding it hard to explain. I don't think I've been to enough Southern cities to truly understand. In the next few years I hope to visit more Southern cities such as Mobile, Ala., and Charleston, S.C., so I can explore this idea in more detail. Of course all cities are different, but from what I've seen so far, I really believe New Orleans is in a league of its own, like a wonderfully weird oasis in the middle of the South.
So I'm throwing this out to you guys, my fellow New Orleanians. Do you think New Orleans is a stereotypical Southern city? Why do you think it's so different? Any ideas on this would be very helpful because I'm still confused.


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T is for Timmins.
This week's letter challenge was simple and effortless for me. There wasn't any doubt in my mind that when it came time to choose a topic for T is for … it would be T is for Timmins – because Timmins is the town where I was born and raised. (For those who want to participate in this creative and fun challenge, visit Family History Through the Alphabet.)
Timmins, the "City with a Heart of Gold", is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2012. Located in northeastern Ontario, Canada, Timmins is probably familiar to many people because of its connection with country pop singer Shania Twain. Shania, who was born in Windsor, Ontario, moved to Timmins as a child. (By the way, Shania is my 10th cousin three times removed, but that's a topic for another time. And in case you're wondering, no, I never met her, at least not so as I remember.) In 1979, my family and I left Timmins when we moved to British Columbia.
Let me tell you about my Timmins.
Let me tell you about my Timmins.
My Timmins is the one with cold, long, drawn-out snowy winters, which some years started in late October and lasted until March.
My Timmins is the one with the winding Mattagami River, where my sister and I first learned to swim.
My Timmins is the one with CFCL radio-television station, where the town's teens would drive to "Hilltop Rendez-vous" during the summer months and wait in our cars for our turn to request songs from the live DJ.
My Timmins is the one where my sister and I would walk to the corner store on early Sunday evenings and buy a treat (like an orange Creamsicle) after watching "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" on our Philco television.
My Timmins is the one where kids of all ages could skate and play hockey at wood-panelled outdoor ice rinks, because just about every school yard had one in the winter months.
My Timmins is the one where my Mom would shop for my clothes (and school uniforms) at Bucovetsky's downtown department store.
My Timmins is the one where family and friends would pack picnics, beach balls, and suntan lotion and head out for a Sunday afternoon of swimming and relaxing at nearby Kettle Lakes Provincial Park.
My Timmins is the one with the Palace Theatre where, as pre-teens, my best friend and I used to see Elvis Presley movies on Saturday afternoons.
My Timmins is the one where my Dad would take my sister and I out in the countryside on bright, winter days and give us rides in his homemade trailer pulled by his Alouette snowmobile.
My Timmins is the one where I and other kindergarten students were privileged to sing with older students at Christmas Mass one year at my parish church Notre-Dame de Lourdes.
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Spent a good whack of time trying to camp this fellow, and going to spend a bit more time! If you could help, do you know if NPCScan runs off the Master Volume, or the Sound Effects subsection?
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Lithuanian gaming site Games.lt has interviewed Bethesda's Pete Hines about Fallout 3.
- Martin: I want to ask about hero's father - James. At the game beginning player see him for very short time. Than father ran of the Vault 101. Than player found him and soon he's dead. Why is it so? Why are no more choices in this situation which don't let James to die ?
- Pete: Well, not everything that happens in life is your choice. James made a choice to leave you behind in order to go back to this project and try to finish it and bring people clean water. You also have choices. You can choose not to go looking for your father. You can decide how it is you interact with him when you find him, but it's still his choice to do what he did.
- Martin: About G.E.C.K. - game modifications developing application. Will Bethesda release some more patchs for it? For now it still have some serious bugs.
- Pete: I don't know if we'll be making any additional changes to the G.E.C.K. or not at this point.
They also ask him about Fallout: New Vegas, but he said they are not able to talk about it yet. Hopefully, we'll hear something about it once the GotY edition of Fallout 3 is out.
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A dropped fly, two wild pitches and a little smooch for the baseball by a relieved reliever.
Then Don Kelly brought it all to an end with a simple fly ball.
Kelly scored the tying run on a wild pitch in the eighth inning, then hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth that lifted the Detroit Tigers over the Oakland Athletics 5-4 Sunday for a 2-0 lead in their AL playoff series.
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Detroit will go for a sweep of the division series matchup in Game 3 on Tuesday at Oakland.
Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera doubled twice for the Tigers, hit a fly ball that resulted in a two-run error and later singled in the ninth.
The Tigers overcame three A's leads and seesawed to victory. It was 1-all before a wild final three innings that included a big Oakland misplay, two game-tying wild pitches and several momentum changes.
It was the sixth straight postseason loss for the A's, all to Detroit. The Tigers swept Oakland in the 2006 AL championship series, winning the series on Magglio Ordonez's homer in Game 4 — which was Detroit's last sudden-death postseason win before Sunday.
It was tied at 4 after both teams made their share of mistakes in the seventh and eighth. Cliff Pennington gave the A's the lead with an RBI single in the seventh, but center fielder Coco Crisp dropped Cabrera's two-out flyball in the bottom half, allowing two runs to score.
Oakland tied it in the eighth on a wild pitch by Joaquin Benoit, and Josh Reddick followed with a solo homer to give the A's a 4-3 lead. Then it was Ryan Cook's turn to throw a tying wild pitch, allowing Kelly to score as a pinch runner.
Pennington nearly came through again for Oakland in the ninth, but his deep drive down the left-field line was just foul. With runners on first and third and two out, Alburquerque got Yoenis Cespedes on grounder to the mound — and it looked like the right-hander planted a little kiss on the ball before throwing to first after he fielded the comebacker.
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Reddick had struck out in all six at-bats in the series before that.
Oakland again gave up the lead immediately. The A's have taken the lead four times in this series, but on each occasion they failed to hold it through the bottom half of the inning.
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For years, the lawful rulers of Roawia tolerated the use of magic on islands isolated off of the eastern shores because the Lands were divided and we were on the brink of internal war. Now, with mutual treaties bringing the factions closer together, the King of Roawia has decided that it is time to finally cleanse the world of the vile and dangerous practics of sorcery! Together, we can rid our lands of their filth!
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The Arts: More important than economics
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I've seen a lot of commentary lately stating how important the arts are to the economy, how important artists are to employers in our current economy. While this might be true, I fear more important and enduring reasons for supporting the arts are being forgotten in the rush to justify them to our modern culture. Recording culture, asking difficult questions, exploring feelings that words cannot express or simply creating for the sake of beauty are all more valuable to individuals and society-at-large than propping up the GDP.
While I understand why organizations are leaning this way in their communications, the best of the arts just isn't precisely quantifiable — despite our American desire to evaluate everything with numbers and hard data.


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Wong v. Partygaming Ltd., — F.3d —, 2009 WL 4893955 (6th Cir. December 21, 2009)
The Sixth Circuit's recent opinion in the case of Wong v. Partygaming is interesting if you're a civil procedure wonk and care about things like which law applies to determine the enforceability of forum selection clauses in website terms and conditions and what factors a court should consider when dismissing a case on the basis of forum non conveniens.
The most intriguing part of the case, however, comes from Judge Merritt's concurrence, in which he addresses the significance of the fact that the terms of service for an online gambling website are probably illegal.
The majority opinion painstakingly analyzed whether the district court abused its discretion in dismissing, of its own will (or "sua sponte" as stodgy lawyers like to say), the plaintiffs' suit against an online gambling website. The plaintiffs had alleged that the site fraudulently misrepresented that there was no collusion among other online gamblers, and that the site did not target people with gambling problems. The website terms of service contained a forum selection clause naming Gibraltar as the jurisdiction in which disputes were to be heard.
The appellate court affirmed the lower court's decision that the case should be dismissed and that Gibraltar (which follows English law) would be a suitable and not-too-inconvenient forum. But the majority opinion said nothing about the legality of online gaming.
That's where Judge Merritt picked up in the concurrence. He agreed that the matter should have been dismissed in favor of it being heard in Gibraltar — that's why he concurred and did not dissent. His reasoning differed from that of the majority.
Judge Merritt observed that the plaintiffs' logic was inconsistent. They had argued that Ohio law should apply to the terms of service. But under Ohio law (and federal statutes like RICO), the subject matter of the contract would probably have been illegal and therefore void. Not to mention the fact that the conduct could send the parties to jail.
The judge wrote that something analogous to the principle of lenity — and not necessarily a rigorous analysis of the forum selection clause and the doctrine of forum non conveniens — should underlie the dismissal of the lawsuit. Lenity requires that when the question of criminal liability is ambiguous, interpretation should be made in favor of the defendant (see McNally v. United States). Since online gambling presumably was not illegal under the law of Gibraltar, the more lenient stance would be to see the matter litigated there.
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Vin Scully is doing just fine…
A quick update on Vin, as news reports in LA have come out that he was admitted to the hospital this evening.
I just spoke with him a few minutes ago and he said that he simply got out of bed too fast this evening and fell and bumped his head and so for precautionary measures, he was taken to the hospital and will stay overnight for observation. However, he wanted to assure everyone that he's fine and that he expects to be at Camelback Ranch this weekend for the telecast on Sunday.
As you can imagine, he appreciates everyone's concern and I can assure you, he sounded just like he always does…
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oh good.. i hadn't even heard about this tonight… glad he's doing ok. There are many fans who are sooo totally ready to hear from Mr. Scully, myself and my dad and brother included. Its felt like a loooong winter without baseball and the true voice of the Dodgers… 🙂
Take good care, Mr. S!
Thank you so much for the update Josh!!! I was just reading about that, but sometimes it's hard to tell what is rumor and what is not. I am glad to hear/read all is well. Can't wait to hear the voice of Mr. Scully again.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLLIE!!!! Have a wonderful day with your wifey, and may you bleed Dodger Blue for many, many years to come 🙂
Thanks for the update Josh!
Josh, let Mr. Scully know we're glad he's not badly injured. It's been a l-o-n-g winter and all his fans are ready to see/hear him this season. It just ain't Dodger baseball until he says so.
And happy b-day, Collie. Hope your day is really special 🙂
Happy Bday Collie today is my mother bday yesterday was my brother and he hit the big 20th.
So glad Vin is okay!
Happy Birthday, Collie!!!!!
Happy Birthday, Kersh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RIP Fess Parker, TV's `Davy Crockett,' dies at 85
Dang I type that last message 2 mins apart and it has different time. Happy 22th Bday Kershaw.
This guy was Kershaw great-uncle to bad he never seen his great-nephew pitching. Look like Kershaw got some astronomer in his family and this guy discoverer Pluto
Thank Heaven you're ok, Vinny! I can stick my heart back into my chest now.
Happy 22nd Birthday to #22, and to you too Collie!
While I tend to agree with enchanted (hell, when DON'T I?) about Loretta's performance last year – and if I recall correctly even he himself was almost apologizing for his little flares – I welcome raganr to ITD and our little jungle. We always need new blood and love the conversation. Keep sharing your opinions raganr!
We love you Vin!!! You ARE the Dodgers!! Glad to hear you are ok!!
One reason I have not been able to shed the Dodgers despite their inconsistent ownership since the O'Malleys is my loyalty to Mr. Vin Scully. I truly dread the day he hangs up the mike.
Thanks Josh!
I heard last night that he was OK. What a relief!
Scott: I feel the same way! I enter a contest where you had to put a comment of what are you looking forward to this spring. I said "To hear Vin Scully say those magic words 'Is time for Dodger Baseball!" .
Hi All,
Have not posted for along time…Busy as heck
Hope Vin is ok…He is the reason i love the Dodgers so much
Happy B-Day Clayton Kershaw
Go Dodgers
Take Care Everyone
Happy 22nd birthday Kershaw!
Happy ??nd birthday Collie!
Rest in peace Fess Parker. I was trying to remember when I went to his winery in Santa Barbara? Hey I was not driving! I know I still have the wine glass from there.
Found this on Fox Sports.com
Defenders of Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt ? the few that exist ? point to the team?s two straight appearances in the National League Championship Series.
They talk about how McCourt upgraded Dodger Stadium, opened a new spring training facility in Glendale, Ariz., spent on players such as left fielder Manny Ramirez and a high-priced manager, Joe Torre.
Fantasy Baseball 2010
Not good enough.
The Dodgers should have capitalized upon their revenues, traded for an ace at one of the last two non-waiver deadlines and reached the World Series by now.
They should be dominating the NL West, a division in which no other team approaches their financial might. Instead, they?re fretting over their starting rotation, which lacks an ace at the top and depth at the bottom.
McCourt?s finances were in question even before his personal life sparked the creation of dodgerdivorce.com. He says the Dodgers are not affected by his messy split from his wife, Jamie, but would be better off admitting the obvious.
At least then he could explain this embarrassment.
The Dodgers? payroll will be lower than the Minnesota Twins?. It will not be that much higher than the Tampa Bay Rays?. And it will be about half the Boston Red Sox?s, not including deferred compensation.
Imagine if the Dodgers operated like an actual high-revenue team, one that led the majors with a home attendance of 3.7 million last season.
Imagine if their payroll was $150 million instead of approximately $85 million for the players on their roster ? and approximately $100 million including deferrals, according to major-league sources.
How will the Dodgers do in 2010?
o World Series champs
o Playoff team
o Playing golf in October
A high payroll is no guarantee of success, but the Rockies, Giants and the rest of the NL West should be grateful that McCourt owns the Dodgers ? and fearful that the divorce ultimately might force him to sell.
People complain about low-revenue teams that pocket revenue-sharing money. The Dodgers represent a different kind of scandal, a high-revenue team that operates with little regard for their fans? investment.
Imagine if McCourt had succeeded in his bid to buy the Red Sox in 2002. The Curse of the Bambino would be steaming toward its second century, and Sox fans would be burning Frank and Jamie in effigy at Faneuil Hall.
Maybe worse.
Not all is lost; while many of the Dodgers' decisions in recent years seemed financially motivated, a good number were justifiable on baseball grounds.
The apparent restrictions on general manager Ned Colletti forced him to become creative, a skillful bargain shopper. The team certainly benefited from retaining younger players such as center fielder Matt Kemp and left-hander Clayton Kershaw rather than trading them for high-priced veterans.
OK, but the what-if game is maddening.
Four aces have been traded within the past 20 months ? left-handers CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee and righties Jake Peavy and Roy Halladay. The Dodgers were involved in trade discussions for each, but struck out on all of them.
The Brewers, a mid-revenue team, landed Sabathia. The White Sox, not exactly known as big spenders, grabbed Peavy. The Phillies ? the Dodgers? opponents for the last two NL championships ? acquired Lee and then Halladay, trading Lee in the process.
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In the cases of Lee and Halladay, the Dodgers? best trade chips were not close enough to the majors ? and Halladay, armed with a full no-trade clause, wanted to play in Philadelphia.
In the case of Peavy, the Padres wanted a killer deal to trade within the division, and the Dodgers were reluctant to take on the pitcher?s inflated contract while he was injured.
Sabathia was a real possibility in July 2008, sources say. But finances contributed to the holdup.
The Dodgers wanted the Indians to pay part of the more than $5 million remaining on Sabathia?s contract. The Brewers made no such request ? and a winning offer.
Maybe the addition of Sabathia would not have lifted the Dodgers over the Phillies and then the Rays for the 2008 World Series title.
Maybe, even though Sabathia later indicated as a free agent that he wanted to pitch for the Dodgers, the Yankees would have made the high bid, anyway.
Dodgers fans surely would have loved to find out.
Instead, the distrust of McCourt by fans and media has grown to the point where every decision by the Dodgers is viewed as financially driven, fairly or not.
Well, if the Dodgers had a $150 million payroll, they might not have needed the Indians to pay the approximately $2 million remaining on third baseman Casey Blake?s contract in ?08.
They still would have traded more than one player for Blake; pitcher Jonathan Meloan alone was not enough. But in exchange for the cash, the Dodgers had to part with a higher-quality prospect, catcher Carlos Santana.
Now fast forward to this offseason.
If the Dodgers had a $150 million payroll, they could have offered salary arbitration to free-agent left-hander Randy Wolf and second baseman Orlando Hudson without shuddering over the potential consequences.
The team feared that both players might accept, with Wolf commanding $12-14 million and Hudson $8-9 million. Most high-revenue clubs, though, would be willing to sign a pitcher of Wolf?s quality at an inflated price for one year.
Hudson was trickier ? he would have done better in arbitration than he did in his $5 million free-agent contract with the Twins. But the Dodgers could have gambled that Hudson, after getting benched in September, did not want to play for Torre again.
In the end, the Dodgers did not retain either player. They also did not receive the high draft picks that arbitration offers produce when free agents depart.
Their decisions probably were correct for a team in a financially strapped position. The Dodgers, though, should not be such a club.
They?re the Los Angeles Dodgers, for crying out loud.
Imagine if they acted like it.
Sorry so long…Sell the team Frank
Good morning everyone…………
I am glad to hear that Vin is doing well, that is great news.
Happy Birthday to Clayton and Collie. I wish you both a very good year in 2010!!!
Hey Dodgerzona!!! Great to see you back!!
Bravo, dodgerzona!
The only class act remaining from the real Dodger Days and Ways is Vince Scully, and this may very well be his last year of providing joy to the many of us here. We have our favorite youngsters ready to peak for our ballclub, but how many of us can expect to retain them if the franchise continues to operate in its current mode – NONE!
The only hope for us Dodger fans is if they have to
Vinny, we all love you plain and simple. You are everything that's good about Dodger baseball.
I agree with Messagebear, Dodgerzona…….BRAVO!!!!!!
May Vin Scully live forever. If he ever dies, a piece of all of us dies with him. A piece of heart, a piece of class.
Nice post, Zona.
Bear, it 's not so much holding onto the youngsters. We can probably do that. The problem is supplementing them with a couple of pieces to complete the World Championship puzzle.
For a while, Manny seemed like one of those pieces and is now a stain on the team who I can't even decide if I want to use 'roids. I mean, he already destroyed what was left of my innocence so ….
'zona, the FoxSports post and your following letter is the culmination of the way a lot of us have felt for a long time. It's nice to see it accumulated in one post. I've read through it 3 times now and can't find anything I disagree with. I echo the bravos, very well said. And don't ever apologize for length here, it's what we do.
Unfortunately, McCourt and the rest stick to the "Emporer's New Clothes" scenario. But he can keep telling me all the lies he wants. I'll not ever believe him.
Sell the team, Frank. We deserve much better than you.
Hi lny4loney! I like what you have to say, but ……..
One question. Can you see McCourt offering Kemp a 7-year, $130 million contract in a couple more years? Neither can I. But someone will.
No doubt someone will offer Kemp a MEGA-contract. Well, for now I'm going to hold out blind hope that somehow things will work out for the Blue. What else can I do?
Vinny was released from the hospital about an hour ago. In part of the statement he released he apologized for causing us concern . . . what a classy, humble man he is!
I hear you, lny. I'm in that boat too.
And sparkle, we could all learn a lot from Vin about class. Remember when he was the only one who refused to show or talk about those knuckleheads who run out on the field? Now it's commonplace to not show them.
This was one of the comments posted on the LA Times story about Vinny's release:
"Im a Giants fan and I think that guy is awesome. The best there is. I mean he is 30 YEARS past his hall of fame induction and he is still just as good. Bring back the rivalry.
Posted by: Dewey | 03/19/2010 at 12:07 PM"
As I've learned the last year and a half, not ALL the Giant fans are insufferable ********. Just most of them.
Sell the team, Frank. We deserve much better than you.
lny4loney – so good to see you!!! All we have is hope that everything will work out before then. I will certainly enjoy the years we have the young core with us.
Dodgereric, you are SO right – we could all sit at Vin's knee and learn a lot. I also remember when he requested the cameramen to not show the beachballs that somehow escape onto the field because of the distraction.
……….and I have to live with those insufferable ones – LOL!!!! Great post Dodgereric!!!
Good afternoon ITD!
I feel double lucky that I can enjoy both Vin Scully and Jaime Jarrin and as a bonus the man with the golden voice, Pepe Iniguez
My latest blog is titled 'He got a Perfect Game, I get a perfect Ball!" Woohoo! I am so,so happy!!!
Good article. Was written by Rosenthal. Leave it to him to reap the benefits and attention for the same opinion bloggers have had of the ownership for close to half a decade.
The veil is slowly being lifted, but instead of a quick-talking hot-air-balloon enthusiast (or Ben Linus) behind the curtain, we have a drinking bird and a wheel-treading hamster fighting for "control of the team" [read: MONEY, control of 300 acres of downtown L.A., MONEY, and MONEY $$$].
Actions speak louder than hackneyed words, and from what we're seeing, neither McCourt gives a damn about the Dodgers. Don't drink Jamie's Kool Aid, either, it's all about money, and not one shred about the tradition of this team we all love and care about.
Moments like what happened with Mr. Scully scare me, because it makes me realize that there's only 2 people (aside from ballplayers and the wonderful tradition of Spanish broadcasting I've never been able to appreciate) who I would consider a Face of the Dodgers, the rest are getting crossed out faster than the list of Jacob's candidates (sorry, another LOST reference).
It's a damn shame that should the day come when that list whittles down to zero, I'm gonna have to ask myself a tough question: Does the team on the field outweigh the people who control that team? Does the Laundry on the field outweigh the Dirty Laundry being drug out so many times, the baseball-loving kid in me feels emotionally how Ali and Frazier looked physically after the Thrilla in Manilla?
Am I going to let these jerks ruin my good time? By handling this team like a drunken Edward Scissorhands would handle a trip to the restroom, have those aforementioned jerks already ruined my good time without my say-so?
IF NO ONE READS ANOTHER WORD (or has stopped reading), PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK TO SONSOFSTEVEGARVEY: http://www.sonsofstevegarvey.com/2010/03/ticket-prices-updated.html
FOX may have "started it", but the McCourts have totally exploited us.
And now our payroll is less than Minnesota.
My best guess to their MO is to dangle the brass ring (of their skewed vision of tradition) in front of us, thinking that anticipation of a championship is much more profitable than actually putting out the money to help the team on the field do what they're capable of.
Will we ever grab the brass ring? Maybe not under these divorcing losers. But we have a team good enough to do great on their own. And that's something… even if it is a reflection in a brass ring
So glad that Vinny is doing well. Isn't he a trouper deciding to go to Camelback on schedule?
Here's tonight's lineup:
ss Furcal
cf Kemp
rf Ethier
lf Manny
3b Casey Blake
1b Belliard (Yep, that's right)
2b Carroll
c Ellis
P Kuroda
NSB, thank you for your post – it's good to see we're not alone in our opinions about exploitation, etc., but it's sad that the situation with our beloved boys in blue have reached this state of affairs. The proud history and traditions of this storied franchise are being kicked to the curb in an attempt to put blindfolds on the fan base in the hopes we won't notice anything except what's happening on the field. If there is no influx of cash to invest in the team, I'm afraid we're going to be the west coast edition of Cubs fans – always on the outside looking in.
Northstateblues ~ great post as always and very creative getting in those LOST references.
Hi everybody
Nice to read good news about Vinny, that was a scary first headline.
Just watched MLBNetwork's 30/30 on the Dodgers, while following the Dodger box score.
Nice game so far.
Oldbrooklynfan – what did you think of the show 30/30? I thought the panel did a good job in depicting the Dodgers, including what things we, the fans, have been a little worried (some more than others) about for this upcoming season and beyond.
Hi Nelly
I wasn't surprise they pick the Rockies to take the N.L. West.
after the drive they made last year almost catching us at the end.
It seems their pointing out that our starters aren't strong enough, may be correct, but I say we'll have to see first.
I was surprised that the Giants were picked 4th, because I think their pitching should help them get further up, unless their offense hurts them.
I think the Dodger offense will be better this year and will make up for the starting pitchers. I just hope the bullpen keeps up the good work.
Oldbrooklynfan – I never pay too much attention to where they think the teams will end up in the standings. Last year, they had Arizona fighting us for the division and look what happended to them. I think there are too many variables, both good and bad, that can change a position in the standings for any given team, and there isn't any amount of money that prevent a season ending injury for a ballclub. I was watching the 30/30 show on the Angels last night, and they had the Angels in last place for their division. Now, as much as I would love to see that happen, the chances are, they are going to be right there in the end for their division. So, like you said, it really just remains to be seen.
I agree, with you Nelly, I never could figure out why people think they can predict how it will end.
I personally think that the Dodgers will do better, or have a better team, based mainly on experience, but it's hard to know how other teams will do, compared to them.
It appears the JMac has lost something. I really hope he finds it again someday. Unfortunately, I don't think it's going to be with the big club.
oldbrooklynfan – they certainly have the experience now.
Happy Birthday greetings to Clayton Kershaw and Collie!!! Sure glad to hear Vin is okay!! The 30/30 broadcast, at times, seemed eerily reflective of a lot of the issues that many of us on here have discussed at length over the last few years: the lack of pitching,finances, the inability of management to make improvements to get the team to the next level. They made a lot of references to the D's glorious past and it was a stark reminder of the depths to which this team has fallen as a result of the mismanagement of the FOX/McCourt eras. In the recent and not-so-recent past, we have been beset by ownership that views it's function not as a steward of a public trust but as a vehicle of personal and corporate aggrandizement. It is, at once, sad, embarrassing, and galling to see a once proud franchise not even mentioned as a possible destination point for top free agents this past off season. A franchise which possessed an unprecedented streak of Rookies of the Year in the 90's now spending less and less on player development, the lifeblood of a successful organization, and, at times, trading away what talent they do develop on short term fixes. But there is hope, the kind that springs eternal in ST every year, the hope that this current Dodger ball club will succeed despite it's ownership's worst behavior and instincts…………and there's also hope in a divorce hearing in May.
If you have gotten this far in your reading and didn't click on the Sons of Steve Garvey link that northstate provided up above, I suggest you do so IMMEADIATELY! Particularly if you happen to be one of McCourts' defenders. HOLY CRAP! If you were to graph the price increases over the years, it will make you GAG!
And I don't want anyone to tell me about how ALL prices have risen……..personally, I have received nothing but 3% raises in the last decade or so and have been HAPPY to get them!
Nice job, north! Thanks!
Sell the team, McCourt. We deserve much better than you.
We have been on a salary freeze, but I am just happy to have a job when I see friends around me losing their job.
Personnally I am happy that my season tickets have gone up ONE dollar since I picked them up in 2006 paying $3 and now $4. This is not something you all want to hear but it is the truth.
It is time to send McDonald to spend some time with Charlie Hough, who seems to be the coach of choice for people suddenly developing pitching and likely "head" problems. I think a full season at ABQ is also in order instead of jerking him back and forth between there and the major league club. In his present state he just is not ready for the majors, regardless of what that role would be. So, let's get him prepared to contend for a starter position in 2011.
Let's not wait for 2011 to
SELL THE TEAM, you, fricking owners.
Seesky – very well said. The MLBTV panelists have had alot of the same thinking we have had all off-season. The Dodgers didn't do enough in the off-season, either to help the current club or in our future with helping out the system as a whole. They have the same concerns about our financial situation, they think the Dodgers are relying too heavily on Kershaw and Billingsly, and they have often said how strong our core young players are, and they just might do this in spite of our owners. The ITD panel could have done the show and said the same things……….no sugar coating our major issues but held our young core in high regard as a entity that can do something great.
Have a fantastic first day of Spring!!!
1st off I'm so happy Vin is doing well. He is 1st class all the way. As a person and announcer. I also noticed as mentioned above that he apologized for any concern he caused anybody. Just a nice man. It will be a sad day when he retires.
Thanks for all the Birthday wishes!
We went to a Brazilian Steakhouse in SF and had a blast!
King Tut was sold out as it's in the last week so we bought advance tix for Thursday & will be back then.
Happy belated Birthday to my fellow Birthday person who also happens to pitch for the Dodgers, Clayton Kershaw.
I also watched the 30 In 30 MLB show & felt like I was reading to ITD. Pretty much mirrored our thoughts here.
Also the post above by Dzona was right on. This team might wear blue & white but we aren't from Kansas City…
I am glad you posted that North….I seen it a while back but it made me so angry that I have been biting my lip ever since…..I must say that growing up as a kid in L.A. my father used to say that one of the many great things about Dodger Stadium was that it was inexpensive and you were privy to a great product as well……Like no other in baseball…..I hate to say it….but this part of our experience is gone for good….(Emma it is coming to a section near you soon, brace yourself, and enjoy it while you can.) We do have solace in the fact that Vin is still around…honestly without him through all of this…..I would of probably bitten my lip off and spit it out in a fit of rage by now.
I agree with Eric!!!!!
Hi everybody
5 Left handed batters in a row to start off the game. WOW.
To bad Ether got stranded at 3rd.
I'm waiting for the "limo driver" to post Jamie's sext messages…and for Bud Selig to post Frank's. How else could this guy maintain control of our beloved franchise?
Vin is, indeed, the consummate gentleman and professional. He is, also, along with Tommy Lasorda, one of the two last links to the Dodgers' illustrious and successful past, a past that Frank doesn't understand because, when he bought the Dodgers, he took the book on Dodger history and promptly ate it's pages. He couldn't possibly know the history because he doesn't understand how it was created. How can you know where you're going when you don't know where you've been? What we need is ownership that understands the history and has the pockets and vision with which to carry it out….. I read the link on the ticket price increases over the years. As disgusting as they were, they may not have been as difficult to swallow had there been a reasonably commensurate level of on-field success accompanying them. And, as we are all too well aware, it's been 20-plus years and counting….. A postscript on Vin. I could've sworn I heard it mentioned on one of the ESPN stories regarding Vinny's accident that this was to be his final season. I was not aware that this had been decided. Did anyone else hear that story? I sure hope I was hearing things.
Repko can't buy a hit.
Nice play by Matt Green, to get Repko who can fly.
Vin seems to be going one year at a time.
I have to say that I'm pretty satisfied with the way the team has been under McCourt.
3 playoff appearance in the last 4 years, is nothing to sneeze at and the team seems to be improving every year.
It could be better but not all of us want to bury Frank.
Good news for those that use public transportation and for those that don't want to drive:
The trolley will be back riding from Union Station to Dodger Stadium!
oldbrooklynfan, I'm well aware that Vin is taking it year-by-year but I wasn't aware that any final decision had been made. As for your comments regarding the Dodgers' performance under the McCourt's, I can only say that I, along with many others, believe that, given the resources this club possesses combined with the right direction and vision from management, this team not only could have but should have done much better. I guess we'll agree to disagree.
It's about time for Repko.
Hey TruMom – got the gift – its AWESOME!! – I LOVE IT!!!
I'm glad you liked it, Enchanted:)
Thank Deb & Eric & Bob also!!
HR but Ra. Ortiz still looked good.
I misunderstood you about Vinny, as far as the Dodgers go I guess I have to agree to disagree, because I can't see what the right moves would've been to improve them.
You probably, see things differently.
I do see things differently, oldbrooklynfan. On that point, we,most definitely, agree.
Good going RAMONE.
If you're saying that with the same personnel, they could've done better, than you're really more knowledgeable than I.
That's the first time I saw a Saturday game that started before 7:00PM ET, on MLBTV, It's usually blacked out.
This is great, two games against two different teams, in two different ballparks on the same day and both televised.
Hello gang!! Nice win today!! Looking forward to tonights game. I'm very happy that Vin is doing well. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family!!! GO DODGERS!!!
Howdy, Jhall. Good to see you.
Hi'Ya Trumom!! Back at'cha!!! Always a pleasure my friend!!!
Hey Jhall!!! Good to see you!! Glad to see your Buckeyes are still alive in March Madness for now.
Just so you know…………….Northern Iowa was where my mother-in-law went to school back in the day to become a teacher. It was a "Normal School" for women only. Boy, did they make news today!!!
enchanted – I didn't have much to do with your gift other than saying "THAT is definitely enchanted!", but you are most welcome.
:))) Thanks Nelly!!!
Hey Nelly, since you and Trumom are honorary Buckeye's, feel free to jump on the bandwagon. LOL!!!
I already am Jhall!!! :))
:))) Nelly!!! Thanks!!! I can't think of anyone I want on board more than you my friend!!!
I'm NOT a Buckeye! I'm a west coast gal 🙂 lol
C'mon Trumom, you love the Buckeyes way down deep. LOL!!!
:))) Trumom!!! It's all good!!!!
I'm just playing with you, Jhall. I do like the Buckeyes better than any other team in their conference.
Now, if I can get Beav, Bear, and Dad/Eric on the Buckeye bandwagon, I will be fulfilled!!! LOL!!!
That will be a challenge, for sure!
:))) Thanks Trumom!! That means alot to me coming from you my friend!!!
It's more about being for the underdog than anything for me. I just love it when the big shots call it all wrong, and it's why they call it "March Madness" because so far it's definitely been maddening for some.
I would gladly be an honoray Buckeye. Does the fact that I lived in the Akron – Cleveland area for about five years qualify?
Yep Nell', I agree. It is fun when the so called "Experts", are very wrong!!!
Hell'yea Bear!!!
One down, two to go Jhall!!!! LOL!!!!!
Two down, one to go Nelly!!! Just the Beav!! He's already a Buckeye!! A tough nut to crack!!!
I think what jhall's trying to say is the Beav's just nuts.
Jhall's saying that Beav's got nuts!!! That's why I admire him!!! Hi'Ya Beav!!!!
Me and AC/DC!! How are you my friend??
No, enchanted's got nuts, AC/DC has big balls – LMAO!!!!!!
Good my brother, how about you?
Oh Nelly!!!!! Awesome!!!
I got nuts like a squirrel baby!!!
Wait a minute…
I wish Frank and Ned had two balls between the both of them. I think Jamie's got them both by the old gohners!!!!
Doing well my friend!!
I pretty much consider Frank a one ball wonder and Ned is a gelding. Nutless!!!!
Good evening all…
Good evening all…
Looks like I'm on Real Time & everybody else is on FUITDST…
In Ned's defense, he is a hostage of the Frank and Jamie split. I don't truely believe he is the right man for the job, but at least he can hide behind the dust cloud those two clowns are putting up.
Yeah, Ned's a regular Wile E. Coyote.
LOL Beav!! Acme cesspool diving, at your service!!!
Just gotta hope Billz, Kersh, and Kuroda come up big this year. If not we're toast!!! JMO!!!
So which one of the Ortiz boys is our #5? And what happened to Mac?
I was hoping neither one of the Ortiz boys would be our 5th. Mac really sucks right now.
Regardless, I think we all agree, it will come down to the pitching. It always does!!!! Hint to Ned and Frank!!!!
Oh, excuse me, I forgot, Jamie's calling the shots now days!!!! Pathetic!!!!
Mac was just optioned and Ausmus is out until Wednesday. Things just keep getting worse everyday.
Hi everybody
Got get them 4 runs back.
I'm with you there Tru, but I've got to think that Stults, Ramon and Russ Ortiz being equal, Joe will always take the washed up vet. I think Stults will find himself pitching in Japan.
Russ was just awful the other day…maybe we should go to a 4-man rotation! lol
I'd option Mac down to AA myself.
Not a big fan of 40 year old catchers that can't throw, so I don't really care about Ausmus. Never should have signed him IMO. Ellis handles a staff pretty well and at worst should be this year's back-up.
I like what I've seen from Ellis so far this Spring. The pitchers seem to like him, too.
Yeah Wally. Just think – once the young guns turn free agent and leave we'll hear the PA sounds of, "Now batting, for your Los Angeles Royals…"
I'd say Twins, but evidently the Minneapolis metropolitan area has grown larger than So Cal so they can support a larger payroll.
BTW, looking at those Dodger ticket prices, its no wonder why I haven't set foot in Dodger Stadium since the mid 80's.
Looks like the Dodgers are drawing a lotta lablanc's tonight.
Hey Collie!!! How ya doing? You are way up there!!!
Hi, Collie!
Padilla has given up 5 hits, 4 runs already (only 2nd inning)…not good!
Hello there Tru & Nelly!
I'm up there because this blog is using the same server that was used a 10 years ago. Frank didn't want to upddate it because of the extra $$$ spent for the LA Marathon!!! Juuust kidding!!!
I see we are already down 0-4. I know it's only ST but…
It's still not a good sign, Collie. Spring or not!
This is what we got instead of CC…
And, some people wonder why we are upset!
So, do the proceeds from this event go back into the Dodger fund? ……………….Well, it goes into the Dodger fund I am sure, and then flushed right back out into the hands of the attorneys.
Flushed is the right word!
Do be too hard on Padilla. He is what he is – a back of the rotation starter that's going to get hammered many times during the season.
The ones to be held accountable are Frank and Ned in that he's the best they could come up with. And the rest of their acquisitions just go down hill from Padilla.
That should say DON'T be hard on Padilla…
I prefer DO! lol
And that's the last time I'll ever use hard on and Padilla in the same sentence.
The Dodgers are drawing a lotta leblanc's tonight.
E — O no you didn't!!!!
Good golly its Collie!! What's up C?
He sure did, Collie!!!
Not much E. Just trying to get my Mom on our cell plan…
Good times.
Maybe we can get MY mom on your cell plan collie – she likes talking to strangers…
Beli got rid of the blanc.
It looks like Andre and Company got the better end of the deal today.
This game ain't over yet.
The Pad's pitchers tonight, so far, seem like they're in midseason form.
Anyone else get the impression Furcal is going to suck hard leading off this season?
I would move Furcal down in the lineup. I don't think he is going to do the job of a lead-off man.
I love her & I'm trying to help her out but ugh!!!!! It shouldn't be so hard. I've been trying to get a new phone for about a year now (Mine is 4 years old) AND I mentioned to her a couple months ago that she could just join our plan and not have to pay so much.
But it's taken 2 months to find out any 411 about her plan. She's been pretty sick so I need to be patient but getting any information from her she makes it really hard.
Oh, wait, though Joe, will probably put Martin as lead-off.
Speaking of batting order Tru — did anybody see the interview with Matt when he was saying how he was loving being in the 2 hole spot because he was seeing more fastballs?
I think I saw a number of people mentioning that last 2 years…
I wonder if he was t'd off being put in the 8th spot for so long.
I see Brox with another BB & hit resulting in a run.
I hope he learns not to walk people… seems as if that's his achilles heel. Walk, then stolen base (Because he doesn't even ever look over to the runner) then he falls apart.
I hope so too Collie!!! It's very hard to watch him do that. I think we called it nail biting last season.
1 hit through 8 innings. So much for the ball flying out in the desert…
Hi everybody
5 Left handed batters in a row to start off the game. WOW.
To bad Ether got stranded at 3rd.
By oldbrooklynfan on March 20, 2010 1:21 PM
Against the Dodgers, Lewis faced a lineup stacked with left-handers hitting first through fifth. In 2007, Lewis? last season in the majors with Oakland, lefties hit .386 against him.
I know you post this almost 15 hrs ago but no surprise here lol
How in the heck do you get hire by yahoo and can't even spell the person name right?
NOTES: Vladimir Guerrero(notes), who made his first appearance in the field Friday for Texas, took the day off. Ether, Blake Dewitt(notes) and James Looney were among the handful of regulars to make the trip for the Dodgers? split squad. Los Angeles plays host to San Diego in a night game in Glendale. Repack had an eventful afternoon. His fifth-inning home run snapped an 0 for 15 start to the spring, but two innings later he was called out for runner?s interference when Chin-lung Hue?s would-be single to right bounced off his leg between first and second.
Yeah you do messagebear as long as you don't like that the Cleveland Cavs lol
Sheets was anointed the Opening Day starter Jan. 26, the day Oakland signed him. That decision looked a bit debatable after Sheets posted a 31.15 ERA in his first three spring starts. He allowed nine earned runs and did not record an out in his prior start against the Chicago White Sox.
I can't believe Geren let Sheets get pounded
I personally think that Furcal will suck anytime that he doesn't need to convince Ned that it's time to sign him up for another three years. Just count how unproductive he has been over the life of his contracts. Like Ned never heard " Fool me once…"
Sellthetm, I'm OK with the Cavs; it would be the Browns that I have a problem with. Ha Ha.
Shad – that's what happens when spell check automatically corrects what it thinks you're messing up.
I hear you bear – Furcal may have us begging to get JP back at leadoff.
Why is it still Logan's Heroes and Ned's zeros even after 4 years? Ned's made one good trade (Ethier) and a handful (if you're generous) of FA signings that actually earned their money, and they were all 1 year contracts.
Isn't it just WONDERFUL to hear Vinny?
Urgh I thought Hafner was wash up lol.
Time to DFA Stults.
Congrats to Jhall's Buckeyes for making the Sweet 16.
Gosh Vin Scully was talking about a story in 1934
when they lead off hitter got a walk and the next batter got hit and the next person popped up and turned it into a triple play but the worst part it was a woman pitcher pitching for the A's.
Wow the Browns hahahahaa
I made the mistake of burying the ticket prices link in a huge post last time, so this time, I'll devote the whole post to it. Here's the link to the article again: http://www.sonsofstevegarvey.com/2010/03/ticket-prices-updated.html .
"Come to Dodger Stadium, The Best Buy in Town" – Vin Scully, when trading our iconic catcher for Florida television rights was but a gleam in Rupert Murdoch's eye somewhere in Australia.
When I was a kid, I didn't know much about money, but there was one thing I did know: Dodger Stadium's prices hardly ever changed. When they did, it was in incriments, remembering the difference between a 1986 program's ticket prices and a 1989 program's ticket prices were reletively the same while looking through the programs we'd gotten over the years. And Dodger Stadium was always 5 tiers: Top Deck, Reserve, the two Box sections (Loge and Field) and the Pavillions. (I know Club's a level too, but there's not a lot of older data on the prices for the Club section, so I'll leave that section and the old dugout section out of this. Mea culpa.).
All those programs are probably back home somewhere, if they do exist, so I'll have to check those out at another time. But for the purposes of this, I only have the Sons of Steve Garvey links to work with. To illustrate my point about ticket prices skyrocketing in the McCourt era, I'll pick 3 years to look at, 1992 (still in the thick of the O'Malley era), 1996 (the last year of the O'Malley era, before L.A. sent him on an NFL Stadium snipe hunt) and 2006 (2 years in the thick of the McCourt era). Actually, since I just realized while typing this that I would be letting FOX off the hook by not including them, I'll add the 2003 (FOX's last year of ownership) ticket data as well, just so we see where the McCourts had to work with when they jumped in the game. For all the years except for 2003's, I have Median Family Income numbers from the Governemnt Census website ( http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/histinc/f07ar.html ), which I then divide into monthly and weekly numbers to gauge approximately how much the average family had to work with. I know they're not strictly California numbers, but the Dodgers don't have strictly Californian fans, just wanted some numbers to work with. Let's start in…
$36,573 per year
$3,048 per month / 4 = $762 a week.
Price to see a game for family of 4 (with money left over from week?s pay after a game):
Pavillions $6 x 4= $24 … $738/762
Top Deck $6 x 4= $24 … $738/762
Reserved $8 x 4= $32 … $730/762
Box $11 x 4= $44 … $718/762
Sweet and Simple, isn't it? And yet the Dodgers were always able to put a competitive team on the field (or at least the illusion of one, as in 1991), take care of the fans, and uphold the values of Dodger Tradition without fleecing the fan with a nauseating amount of different prices for 5 basic levels of stadium. And look at that, Loge and Field are essentially considered by them to be the same section! (I remember my teenage years looking at a mid-80's program and asking "but how much did it cost to sit in Loge?!!").
By 1996, a little had changed. For starters, Field and Loge got their own designations (yet still cost the same price, at the same rate as 4 years earlier). And O'Malley split the Reserve Level into two levels, yet only charged $1 extra for the "Infield Reserve" level. I wish I had the Parking prices from these years… But something to notice is how much more of an income the Joneses were pulling in a year compared to 4 years ago, in all fairness, Dodger fans with more money would have probably resulted in O'Malley raising ticket prices to meet the levels of the boom. Of course, we never got to find out by how much, since the City of Los Angeles bled him dry knowing the whole time they were going to beat that old grey mare of a Colliseium and present it to the NFL again (The equivalent of your cat bringing dead varmits to your doorstep, hoping to be grossly rewarded for keeping up the appearance of the house). So here's the '96 ticket prices:
$42,330 per year
$3,527 per month / 4 = $882 a week
Pavillions $6 x 4= $24 … $858/882
Top Deck $6 x 4= $24 … $858/882
IFReserved $8 x 4= $32 … $850/882
Reserved $9 x 4= $36 … $846/882
Loge Box $11 x 4= $44 … $838/882
Field Box $11 x 4= $44 … $838/882
Here's the thing about the FOX era, before I get into the specifics. Although theirs was the era in which ticket prices started climbing from, say, Loge and Field being the same price. These 2003 prices are quite a shock compared to the 1996 prices above, but if you look at the SoSG link posted above, you can see the method to FOX's money madness: They kept the Pavillions and Top Deck the same price they had been since 1992, while only raising "Outer" Reserved by $2 sometime between 1997 and 2000. The real price increases came for the Loge and Field sections, as well as that lucrative "Infield Reserve" section. FOX liked the the split Reserve Level model so much, they applied it to the Loge and Field sections, YET only raised prices $1 for the "regular" Field and Loge seating. I'm not going to multiply these by 4, since I've been doing all the numbers work over the weekend, and would like to enjoy my Sunday away from the calculator.
$52,680 per year
$4,390 a month / 4 = $1,098 a week
Pavillions $6
Top Deck $6
OutReserve $10
IF Reserve $17
OutLogeBx $17
MidLogeBx $25
OutFieldBx $22
MidFieldBx $35
Yessiree, folks, that's the car that the McCourts were given the keys too (or considering the fact that Dodger Stadium is 300 acres above Downtown L.A., more like giving them the keys to a Harrier jet). 8 tiers of pricing, only a $29 dollar differnece between the cheapest seat an adult could buy on Gameday, and the most expensive seat you could buy on Gameday. Looking at the stability of prices between 1992 and 1996, as well as the comparable $6,000 or so dollars that were gained in Family income over those four years, an uninformed observer might guess the 2006 edition of Ticket Pricing would be somewhat similar to the 2003 version…
$58,407 a year
$4,867 per month / 4 = $1,217 per week
Pavillions $10 [6]{6} x 4= $40 … $1,177/1,217
Top Deck $6 [6]{6} x 4= $24 … $1,193/1,217
Reserve $14 [8]{10} x 4= $56 … $1,161/1,217
Lw Res. $17 [9]{12} x 4= $68 … $1,149/1,217
IF Res. $22 [9]{17} x 4= $88 … $1,129/1,217
Loge Box $22 [11]{18} x 4= $88 … $1,129/1,217
PrfLogeBx $35 [11]{18} x 4= $140 … $1,077/1,217
IF LogeBx $45 [11]{26} x 4= $180 … $1,037/1,217
LogeBxMVP $55 [11]{26} x 4= $220 … $997/1,217
Field Box $35 [11]{23} x 4= $140 … $1,077/1,217
PrfFieldBx $55 [11]{37} x 4= $220 … $997/1,217
Infield Box $70 [11]{37} x 4= $280 … $937/1,217
Field $80 [{FoulTerritory}] x 4= $320 … $897/1,217
By the way, the numbers in the []'s are the 1996 ticket prices, and the numbers in the {}'s are the 2004 ticket prices (McCourt's first year as Fearless Leader).
And here's an analysis of Difference Between the Most/ Least expensive Ticket Prices, followed by number of Pricing Tiers that season (not counting discounted pricing for disabled seating or childrens prices):
1992 = $5 / 4
1994 = $5 / 6
1996 = $5 / 6
1997 = $6 / 6
2000 = $11 / 6
2001 = $11 / 6
2002 = $15 / 6
2003 = $29 / 8
2004 = $31 / 9
2005 = $69 / 13
2006 = $74 / 13
2007 = $100 / 16
2008 = $119 / 14
2009 = $274 / 24 (If you count the $500 dugout seats listed, it would be a $489 difference)
2010 = $270 / 23
It's sad to think that a whole deck of seating can have so many different prices, maybe that's the way it's done everywhere else, but not the way it was done at Dodger Stadium. The only reason McCourt gets those 3 million plus fans is because we have been conditioned over the course of our lifetimes that Dodger Stadium was the "Best Buy in Town", and that a family outing at Dodger Stadium for a day was inexpensive. That hasn't been true since the McCourt Era (though arguably somewhat true for the FOX era, especially with those 3 bottom tiers they kept at $10/$6/$6 through their ownership). Conditioning doesn't last forever though.
Did things have to change? Yes, $11 for a Field Box seat today would be suicide. That literally wouldn't get you into the stadium today (not even counting the astronomical Bostonical parking prices). But pricing could be sensible, to keep families coming to the ballpark, children learning about a sport that has been part of our country almost as long as it hasn't.
If I had children and lived in L.A., it'd be hard for me to take the fam out to Dodger Stadium when I can take them to a movie for less, and not have to pay for parking. Especially in these economic times.
His defense has often come to "well, the Yankees charge comparable"
Well, WE ARE NOT THE YANKEES, WE ARE THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS.
If you think we want to be the Yankees, well, Mr. McCourt, you've wasted your money, investments and marraige on us, because if there's one thing the Dodgers fans don't want to be, it's the Giants. But if there's two, there's those Yanks.
Please sell the team, before you turn us into the Boston Red Sox. Because if that's what you REALLY want, it'll be another 64 years before we win another championship.
Luckily the guys on the field know otherwise.
Nice play Nick Green.
North ~ thanks for the ugly truth.
Well, I think we can aptly say, sayonara Stults.
And given DeWitt already has 3 errors in a handful of games at second, and to my knowledge still hasn't had to turn a DP, I'm not too thrilled with the prospect either of having a 2Bman with 30-35+ errors.
Dang our 2008 rookie got kill in his major league debut I think Ethier should've caught that hate to see are rookie to get beat like that.
I hope you listen Gordon lol
Gosh damn who is Garrett Anderson trying to impressive?
lol Repko got a cheap SB's.
Talking about the DeWitt errors, remember how management dreaded the thought of Hudson accepting arbitration?
I'm not worry about Dewitt errors hopeful Dewitt be at 3rd bases when Blake leave.
North — Nice breakdown.
They do it because they can… I mean everybody else charges more so why can't the Dodgers???!
I mean look at what's on the field today!! 11-1.
I know it's only ST but… These games are getting uglier by the day.
Pitching & defense wins championships.
Well the box score I'm looking at shows 3 errors in 5+ innings and ERA's of 5.06, 7.20, and 67.50.
Let those #'s squirrel around in your head for awhile.
Blake ain't leaving for another two years shad – we can't afford 70-80 errors at second over that time.
That;s the sad thing Bear, you know had they offered Hudson arbitration he wouldn't have accepted. Not after getting snubbed by Torre in the playoffs.
BTW, great post north!!
Aaron Miller is still a rookie he have an excuses the other 2 don't lol
I'm not a Torre hater but I was more than unhappy at the way that he handled Hudson last season during the playoffs. I felt at the time it was a big mistake not to play him.
I still feel that way.
Wow Northstateblues!!! That's really depressing to look at.
RISP 0-6… Another bad #.
I'm with you, Collie, about the way Joe treated Hudson. Wasn't crazy about his decision to bat Matty 8th, either! And, wasn't thrilled about the way he burned out our bullpen….so, I guess I'm not to fond of Joe's managerial skills.
Last nights box:
For the early game… RISP 2-9.
on the 19th; RISP 4-14.
Better on the 18th… RISP 3-11.
Not a good job in an important area.
I know it's ST but…
Hello Tru! Joe is known for burning through the bully so I expected that. The Matty thing annoyed me as well. But Matt did well there so I think it hurt his chances for being moved.
I'm still okay with Joe as a whole. I might not like every move her makes but think in general I'm okay with him.
But at the time and now wasn't happy with the treatment of Hudson. I felt like the Dodgers wouldn't of been where they were without Hudson and he was sort of slapped in the face by Torre, which surprised me.
Of course Blake won't leave if we still in the top 2 in the west.
I wasn't surprised by his treatment of Hudson. Remember his first year, not wanting to give Matt and Andre a chance, because he was so in love with Juan? I think sometimes, he forgets who is playing on his team. I think we could have won the division the past two seasons, whether Joe was manager or not.
The thing with Matt & Andre was they were youngsters and we all know how Joe prefers vets to youth. Hudson was a vet so that's why I was surprised.
The same will happen with DeMitt this year. He will be in AAA. Belly & Carroll will be the subs.
Repko hasn't done anything to save his position so he'll be there as well.
Oh mean Xaiver got lucky.
Not yet .4 still left
Purdue/Texas A&M 55-55 going into OT.
Let's try this again…………
Good evening all…………
North ~ Your time spent on that recent post was well spent and appreciated…Good Work!!!
I am going back to biting my lip now!!!
Enjoy your Sunday evening everyone……………
It was nice to see Repko get a hit….. I do like him allot.
Let's try this again…………
Good evening all…………
North ~ Your time spent on that recent post was well spent and appreciated…Good Work!!!
I am going back to biting my lip now!!!
Enjoy your Sunday evening everyone……………
It was nice to see Repko get a hit….. I do like him allot.
Well, at least the LA Marathon with its starting point at Dodger Stadium was a big success. If Frank keeps that up, we might even contend with Boston. What an accomplishment, and it probably takes practically no payroll – right up Frank's alley. Why don't you take up the marathon yourself, you #482 – run about twenty-five miles away from Dodger Stadium, and DON'T COME BACK.
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Dr. Fu-Hsian Chang (Director; firstname.lastname@example.com), Dr. Dragoljub Bilanovic, Dr. Tim Kroeger, Dr. Patrick Welle
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The Master of Science program accommodates individual student needs and backgrounds and provides students with several curricular and research opportunities. The interdisciplinary curriculum focuses on the natural and social sciences as they relate to environmental problem solving. Each graduate student is required to select a specialization, complete course work requirements, and conduct a research project leading to a thesis.
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Bachelor's degree from regionally accredited U.S. or approved international college or university, with course work equivalent to a major or minor in the natural or social sciences. Graduate Record Exam (GRE) total score of 1050 or higher (Verbal + Quantitative, with neither below 450), and an Analytical score of 4.5 or higher on a 0-6 scale.
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ENVR 6010 Research in Natural Science (2 credits)
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SCI 6350 Computer Applications in Statistics (3 credits)
Subtotal 17 Credits
Note: Asterisked (*) courses have prerequisites not included in the program.
Subtotal 18 Credits
All graduate students in Environmental Studies are required to demonstrate competency in the computer application of statistics. This requirement is to be satisfied by the completion of the following course with a grade of B or better: SCI 6350 Computer Applications in Statistics, 3 credits.