December 19, 2008
February 1, 2008
The Boston Office Checks In
From an email thread today (Friday before game) .
Boston PJ: “I hope it is a good game but this has blowout written all over it” (more…)
August 29, 2007
August 23, 2007
May 5, 2007
It’s About Time, Sports Fans
I absolutely LOVE this. I have been hoping for years that American fans get together and do something similar. Maybe now with the internet, there is hope for us.
What am I talking about? Well, at the FA Cup Final (Britain’s Superbowl) at Wembley on May 19, the fans of Manchester United and Chelsea will be boycotting ALL of the non-ticket purchases at the Cup Final. As the English say every 5 minutes or so, “Brilliant!” The prices are too high and so they have gotten organized and decided not to buy any of it.
Prices at sporting events all over the country are out of control but somehow, dopey fans like us still pay them. Things like 15 to park at RFK in Washington. 10 for a beer at Yankee stadium. 15 for a clam roll in Fenway. Match programs that cost over 10 dollars and have no place to actually score the game! It’s insanity. And while they can charge whatever they want, we don’t have to pay it.
This fall at the playoffs, I snuck a huge bag of M&M’s into Shea Stadium in the front of my jeans, where I was pretty sure they wouldn’t pat me down. I bought one soda all night. 4 bucks. Ouch. I always try to eat before a game and to smuggle in candy or peanuts in my pants or my wife’s purse. But why should I have to resort to this nonsense?
American fans need to band together and protest some of these prices. Organize a day where no one goes to the park or no one buys any concessions or merchandise. Hit them where they are hitting us. Baseball has a monopolistic element in that if I’m a Met fan, there ain’t no candy store across the street I can go to. And once in their building, I am a prisoner for up to 4 hours and they are taking advantage of that. It ain’t right. But we have no one to blame but ourselves because we go like lemmings and pay it.
I will be closely following this boycott and wish it all the luck in the world. Good job Chelsea and ManU supporters. –fog
March 18, 2007
There is a season
This is the time of year that people will start yammering away at you for little reason about who they’ve picked in the NCAA office pool. Memo to all those guys: I don’t CARE who you “have” in the tournament. (more…)
February 5, 2007
What Font Has Prince’s Symbol?
It came up last night during the Superbowl: What font do I have to install to be able to render Prince’s symbol? Do you need your coolcard to download it? –fog
February 2, 2007
Superbowl Frequent Scores Best Box Pool Numbers-What are your odds?
This table is the result of all the quarters played in Superbowl history: (more…)
