Wednesday, November 26, 2003
MIDNIGHT AND...
Well, I wait for midnight to see some Mariner updates from our Seattle papers, and we don't get crap. Nothing other than the fact that the Mariners put out their schedule for the exhibition season and some other important dates. Important dates like pitchers/catchers report (Feb 20), first battery workouts (Feb 21), position players report (Feb 25), and first full squad workout (Feb 26).
One of my least favorite things (this happened when the Safe opened too) is when there's a new ballpark opening (as will happen when the Mariners help open Petco Park in SD), and the home team decides to have a damn exhibition game before the season starts. The first game in the place should be the regular-season home opener. Everybody in the ballpark can work out the kinks in the first homestand; suck it up. There's just something that ruins the sanctity of the regular-season opener for me if I know there's already been a game held in the place.
Any bets on how long it takes for the SD fans to call that new ballpark "the Kennel"?? This is a natural progression, right?
One of my least favorite things (this happened when the Safe opened too) is when there's a new ballpark opening (as will happen when the Mariners help open Petco Park in SD), and the home team decides to have a damn exhibition game before the season starts. The first game in the place should be the regular-season home opener. Everybody in the ballpark can work out the kinks in the first homestand; suck it up. There's just something that ruins the sanctity of the regular-season opener for me if I know there's already been a game held in the place.
Any bets on how long it takes for the SD fans to call that new ballpark "the Kennel"?? This is a natural progression, right?
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