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MLB 2010: The Second Half

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Terrierbyassociation said:
The stadium is in just about the worst place possible, for the majority of the people they would take over an hour to get to the stadium, worse during traffic...which as you can tell is when people could be heading to the game.

And Florida on a whole is a terrible place for pro sports. Of all the pro teams in Florida and there are several...Magic, Heat, Bucs, Panthers, Lightning, Rays, Marlins...the only one truly supported is the Dolphins.

And the Marlins were never supported, it had nothing to do with ownership. The state simply supports baseball terribly. Their terrible pro sports fans. There and Georgia are the two most pathetic pro sports states.
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And from what I've been told by a person who has been a consultant in talks of a new stadium, there's an internal struggle in the greater Tampa area over where a new facility would be built. The lease that the Rays have for the Times-Forum will only be allowed to be broken (without penalty) if the new stadium is built in St. Pete, whereas Tampa wants a new facility to be built in a former industrial area with little to no supporting attractions (restaurants, shops, etc.). Then there's the greater Orlando area not far off where Disney would more than likely welcome a ballpark being built in the area if it was allowed some more fan/tourist manipulation.
 
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collegehcky2 said:
The lease that the Rays have for the Times-Forum will only be allowed to be broken (without penalty) if the new stadium is built in St. Pete...
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Nitpick: The Rays play at Tropicana Field. The St. Pete Times Forum is where the Lightning play.

I would be remiss if I did not point out that the stadium location would be much less of an issue if there were any semblance of a functional regional transit system linking Tampa and St. Petersburg. (Yes, I know they're 20 miles apart, but they could figure something out if there were motivation to do so.)
 
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jmh said:
Nitpick: The Rays play at Tropicana Field. The St. Pete Times Forum is where the Lightning play.

I would be remiss if I did not point out that the stadium location would be much less of an issue if there were any semblance of a functional regional transit system linking Tampa and St. Petersburg. (Yes, I know they're 20 miles apart, but they could figure something out if there were motivation to do so.)
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****, I knew there was something amiss when I posted that.
 
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mookie1995 said:
college foozball.

they couldn't land the chiefs, so screw them. :D
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That is what I meant to say. Just as I suspected.


I have a feeling that Texas just might win the ALCS. Still it is a battle to see who will lose to the Phillies. Phillies have too much great pitching and hitting to lose to San Fran.
 
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Do you figure the fans at this game wonder when Tony Romo is going to hit?
 
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The Phillies could have had both Halladay and Lee? Ouch.

Nice to see the Yankees collapse again. The last time they lost this bad at home in the playoffs was probably Game 7 in 2004...
 
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From Fox's closing segment tonight: Cliff Lee's K:BB in the playoffs so far is 34:1. Anyone still want to say he hasn't been good since he got traded to Texas? :p
 
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Priceless said:
The Phillies could have had both Halladay and Lee? Ouch.

Nice to see the Yankees collapse again. The last time they lost this bad at home in the playoffs was probably Game 7 in 2004...
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Meh. It is not over yet. Although if AJ Brunett pitches like he has this year then it most certainly is over. :D
 
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They also signed Ibanez for too much money and too many years, and they gave Howard an insane extension.

But those aren't terrible decisions that affect the team right away.
 
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Kepler said:
Letting Lee walk is about the only poor decision the Phillies have made in the last five years. I would kill to have their front office.
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As long as the Phillies don't lose any games that Oswalt starts, then in theory letting Lee go doesn't hurt them right now. Of course, the road would be so much easier with Cliff. Seriously though, I legit miss watching that guy in a Phillies uniform.
 
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Semi-related tangent: I'm still amused by this city's weather. Watching the game it's a beautiful day in the Bay Area. Looking out my window (closer to the ocean) the fog is rolling in rather thick. Still think it's weird that one city can have two distinctly different areas when it comes to the weather.
 
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