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100 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby OP 27 Aug 2023 \ parent \ on: Stacker Sports- Meta Takeover- Day 54 meta
I remember my buddy and I relentlessly heckling Danny Darwin when he was warming up in the bullpen one game. He was a good pitcher for many years but was nearing the end of his career. He had pitched for the Blue Jays a couple years earlier and was awful. I think he was 40 or 41 at this point and didn't have much left. We yelled and razzed him the whole time he was warming up. "He danny, nice knuckleball, throw a fastball", "How's your arthritis today". Haha we were such little shits. I think I was maybe 18 or so.
Then there was Jose Canseco. After he got arrested for domestic violence we laid into him for years, even when he played for Toronto. Every time he would come up we would chant "beat the ball, not your wife".
Great story. Stadium designers should really consider where to locate bullpens.
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The new dimensions of the Rogers Centre are great. The seats are practically in the bullpen now. They haven't had much problems though. Probably because it is 200 bucks a ticket to sit there.
We used to pay 6 bucks for a 500 level ticket and sneak down to the outfield seats.
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Things are more regulated now. In the 70s and 80s you could slip a ticket taker between 5 and 10 bucks, depending on the event, to get in, and then fend for yourself. This was for sellouts at Shea Stadium and at the Nassau Coliseum during Islanders glory years.
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Yeah. They used to have toonie tuesdays at Rogers Centre back in the 90s. Which was $2 for a 500 level ticket. Used to go to a lot of those games, buy a ticket and just find seats anywhere in the 100 level we could. Usually the outfield because there were always seats and the ushers didn't really check tickets there.
Never caught a homer though. I got a couple balls from ST games. The first ball I got, you will appreciate this, was thrown to me by Mel Stottlemyre when he was pitching coach for the Mets, in Port St Lucie Florida. My aunt still lives in Port St Lucie and my grandparents used to own a house there when they were alive so we used to see a lot of Mets and Expos spring training games when visiting.
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The advantages of rooting for a bad team. In the 70s you could get really cheap 3 dollar upper deck seats at Shea. Then you'd work your way down, but still had to pay off an usher to sit in a good vacant seat.
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There is a bit of charm to having a crappy team and some perks like being able to get better seats for cheaper but it's also good when those lean years lead to some promising.
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