Where are you, Rowbots?
by holly96 on Mar 25, 2009 1:57 PM MDT
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PrintSince we seem to have a lot of new members recently, I thought it would be fun to see where everyone lives to get to know each other a little bit better. I know the majority of us are probably somewhere in Colorado, but there are plenty of us elsewhere and it might be fun to see where our fellow fans are located. Maybe this can even facilitate some meet ups! I know I'd love to find someone in my area to go to games with.
They did this recently over at Mile High Report and it was neat to see how many places were represented. I'm sure we don't have nearly as many members as MHR and probably aren't quite as far flung, but it should be fun just the same. And maybe someone who's ambitious enough (I can't make any promises for myself) could do something similar to the MHR Around the World post.
So, Rowbots, tell us where you are! Comment with your city/state or city/country.
Eat. Drink. Be Merry. But the above FanPost does not necessarily reflect the attitudes, opinions, or views of Purple Row's staff (unless, of course, it's written by the staff [and even then, it still might not]).
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Whitestone, NY
I live just a few miles away from Citi Field.
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Welcome to the Row
It’s always nice to see new people in these parts.
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JFK
Conifer's nice
I’d love to move up the hill to that area. Welcome! Fresh voices are always welcome here.
I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better. -Georg C. Lichtenberg:
Used to live in Conifer.
It has really changed since we were there.
by pedalpusher on Mar 25, 2009 10:17 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah...
The Wendy’s and King Soopers (along with nine million other things) right around where the Coney Dog used to be, a whole new Safeway plaza with a Chili’s and stuff….definitely different than even three or four years ago.
It seems to be growing
That’s what everybody says. I’ve only been living there for about a year. I lived in Lakewood and Boulder before that, but I grew up in Montana.
I was born in
Great Falls, and I have family all throughout MT, Bozeman being the hub.
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JFK
I was born there
and my dad was raised in Glendive. His mom lives in Bozeville and he has a sister in Helena and Missula each. We moved to Colorado Springs since 1991 when I was 2. Did you know Montana has more professional baseball teams than Colorado and Wyoming combined?
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JFK
And the:
Billings Mustangs,
Great Falls Voyagers,
Helena Brewers
That makes 4 teams, Colorado + Wyoming=3, Colorado + Arizona =4
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JFK
How was E-Days?
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 5, 2009 10:17 PM MDT up reply actions
Snowy
It seemed as though most of the good events, cardboard boat race and trebuchet contest were postponed because of snow. The baseball games we were hosting against NM Highlands were cancelled on Saturday as well. I really don’t get into all of the extra activities but watching some of the contests is always fun and the ones I liked are postponed.
It really doesn’t matter to me though, BASEBALL STARTS TOMORROW!! (today in a slightly broader sense)
"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." ~Bob Gibson
JFK
Yeah
I definitely enjoy our Pioneer league baseball, We just got a new stadium in Billings for the mustangs and it’s a beauty. gets nice seats (right above the dugouts, at worse) really cheap and see some up and comers.
by Chacinisthefuture on Mar 26, 2009 1:41 PM MDT up reply actions
Montana
I live in Great Falls, since 1991. Before that, I was in Snohomish, WA, a Mariners fan. So, now I’m halfway between my two favorite teams, one in each league. Home team is the Great Falls Voyagers, league champions in 2008.
That's when I left GF
I don’t remember much as I was only 2 when we moved to Colorado Springs. What kind of live coverage do you get in Great Falls to follow these teams?
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JFK
isolated
We don’t have any TV coverage at our house, so I have to listen to the Rockies on MLB Audio package. My wife and I did travel to Denver mid-Sept. of 2007 to see the Rockies take 2 of 3 from the Padres. I made the mistake of keeping score and missed a first pitch HR by Matt Holliday, my bad! Got to see Maddux and Hoffman pitch for San Diego, so seeing future Hall-of-Famers was a big plus.
Liberty, Missouri
North of KCMO
Kinda quiet here, but I read
Some hope?
by rockiesfan4ever on Mar 25, 2009 2:40 PM MDT reply actions
Golden, CO
Woooooo
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For the moment: Oxford, England.
Homebase is Evergreen, Colorado, but may be changing soon.
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
Evansville, Ind.
Grew up in Sheridan, Wyo., which I still call home. Graduated from UNC then lived in Denver for 5 years before moving east where my wife is from. Plan to move back west after the kids graduate from HS.
TGFPR!!
Evansville is the birthplace of:
Jamey Carroll
Don Mattingly
and Scott Rolen
to name a few
Aut Vincam Aut Periam
by PioneerSkies on Mar 25, 2009 5:26 PM MDT up reply actions
Same states, different order
Grew up near Denver, went to college in Indiana (DePauw University – go Tigers), now live in Worland, WY.
Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.
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Got friends in Worland
Interesting little town
by Chacinisthefuture on Mar 26, 2009 11:32 AM MDT up reply actions
Sheridan WY
Was born in Sheridan now live about 80 miles north of you in Hardin MT after growing up part of my life in Gillette
by Chacinisthefuture on Mar 26, 2009 11:35 AM MDT up reply actions
Littleton, CO
…but it might change to Morrison in the next couple of months.
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Arvada, CO
Went to Cherry Creek High School. I don’t comment much, but I’ve been reading for several months now.
Lakewood, CO
Boring, but affordable.
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Completely forgot to tell you that I received the paper.
Thanks.
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Oh good
I’ve been meaning to ask, but was away last week with limited internet access. Hope you enjoy it.
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Tucson
(as if anybody didn’t know that…)
We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan
She asked where
the Rowbots are from, not Snake Pitters.
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Though I guess you have
honorary status as one.
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Well if you want to be technical
you have to be a member to post. So in that sense you count. And since you post here more than any other non-Rockies fan, maybe you can be the official ambassador of other teams. Or something.
Previously
Lowell, MA and Fairfax, VA
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Fort Collins, CO
Though I graduate in 7 weeks and I have no idea where the job market will take me
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 25, 2009 3:51 PM MDT reply actions
Sandy, UT
Just outside of Salt Lake City.
"What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do." -Bob Dylan
by Bryan Kilpatrick on Mar 25, 2009 4:02 PM MDT reply actions
I lived right on the edge of Sandy/Draper for about 7 years
1300E and 11400S
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 25, 2009 4:12 PM MDT up reply actions
That is not very far from where I live now...
I’m at about 9800 South and 500 East
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Mar 25, 2009 5:00 PM MDT up reply actions
in ur utah stalkin ur grizzlys
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 26, 2009 9:19 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh so you're just down by Fashion Place Mall (or what used to be there anyhow), right?
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 26, 2009 9:23 AM MDT up reply actions
Actually, it's closer to South Towne mall...
And both of them are still alive and thriving.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Mar 26, 2009 10:00 AM MDT up reply actions
Fort Collins, Colorado
I’m technically from New Jersey, but have spent most of my life in Colorado…and hopefully will continue to do so.
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Ewww . . . Jersey.
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I like the part of Jersey that I come from (South Jersey near Cherry Hill)
but I can understand your feelings regarding North Jersey.
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Cherry Hill?
That’s some pretty nasty crime they’ve got there, if I recall…
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Worland, WY
Via Centennial, CO, where I grew up.
Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.
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I lived in Jackson Hole
For 15 years before coming to Denver. I still think of myself as being “from” Wyoming. It’s a special place to me. Passed through Worland several times over the years. Good folks up that way.
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Where is Worland?
I drive back to Montana a couple of times each year, but Worland must not be near I-25/I-90, because I don’t recognize it. I’ve been to other parts of the state too, but not as frequently.
It's way off the beaten path
Next time you take I-25 through Casper, get off the highway and head 97 miles west to Shoshoni on the worst drive you’ll ever take in your life – there is NOTHING on that stretch, save a couple ghost towns and one rest stop. That will leave you 60-some miles south of where Worland is – we’re up in the Big Horn Basin, just about 90 miles south east of Cody.
Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.
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by Franchise26 on Mar 26, 2009 10:58 AM MDT up reply actions
OK, now I know.
I’ve actually considered driving that way. I think if I drive home this summer I’ll go that way, and then through Greybull up to Laurel. I get bored on the interstate.
Interesting
I was born in Greybull and spent the 1st five years of my life in Worland. What on earth took you there??
TGFPR!!
Work
The thing about the sports broadcasting business is you’ve got to take whatever opportunity comes to you. Just so happened that my first opportunity to work professionally was as the voice of the high school teams here in Worland. I work as the news and sports director at the two radio stations in town. I have lived out here eight months and while I don’t figure I’ll be here forever, I have grown to like it well enough. (Having a job I absolutely love – most days – helps.)
Also, Greybull (home of Pittsburgh Steeler D-lineman Brett Keisel) has the most awesome old gym I have ever been to in my life – shame they built a new one a while back and don’t use the old place for high school hoops anymore.
Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.
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by Franchise26 on Mar 26, 2009 11:02 AM MDT up reply actions
Little good, little bad
Football was solidly and unmistakably mediocre – 4-4, out in the first round of Wyoming’s “Everybody Gets a Trophy Day” football playoffs (seriously, any system in which 8 out of 12 teams in a classification makes the postseason is absurd to me). Girls hoops had a rough year but they were a young team. Boys basketball was supposed to be the real deal – they had everybody back – but after a great regular season they crashed and burned at regionals and didn’t qualify for state (regionals were in Worland, too – it’s still a sore spot around town three weeks later).
I really think the entire state should go to a single class or a two-class high school system, particularly for basketball – there is some good hoops played at the 1A and 2A levels that could give the big cities a run for their money. Got a chance to see the Wyoming Indian team this year – they were so much fun to watch, I’d put that team against any high school team in the time zone.
Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.
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by Franchise26 on Mar 26, 2009 11:23 AM MDT up reply actions
They must have changed the system
I played HS football in Wyo, and my senior year we were winless so we didn’t make the playoffs and had to play in the “consolation game” (or “toilet bowl” as everyone called it) against the other team that didn’t make the playoffs. Of course, I had my best game ever…
chicago, illinois
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Mar 25, 2009 5:33 PM MDT reply actions
North Side or South Side?
I might need to move your pin.
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Look at her avatar for a clue
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 28, 2009 12:14 AM MDT up reply actions
I was just checking...
To see if she was a fair weather fan.
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nope never one of those
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Mar 29, 2009 10:00 PM MDT up reply actions
south side
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Mar 28, 2009 5:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Ok...
I did have you pinned closer to Wrigley, but now I have you pinned down on Comiskey Park.
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yes
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Mar 29, 2009 10:00 PM MDT up reply actions
A few short blocks from West Colfax
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by frightened inmate #2 on Mar 25, 2009 5:39 PM MDT reply actions
New York City
Hoping the Rockies don’t lay a complete egg at SheaCitifield this summer like they did last year.
When Dennis Kucinich
wins the presidency.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 30, 2009 12:54 PM MDT up reply actions
Golden, CO
I live and go to school in Golden. I grew up and live at “home” in Widefield.
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JFK
Broomfield, Co
boring & quiet town, it’s about 20 (or so) mins from Denver depending on traffic on I-25. I could be wrong on the mins cuzz I don’t pay much attention to that stuff.
born in Aurora, CO, lived there ‘til I was 1yr old, grew up in Broomfield/Layfette in the mid 80’s till 1986 moved to Broomfield that year & have been here ever since.
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Parker, CO
the accent if from Oklahoma
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Heh....
when I first moved to Tucson in 1992, I had a Boston accent.
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I know people that were born in raised in Utah that have a Boston accent...
Ugh…idiots.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Mar 26, 2009 10:05 AM MDT up reply actions
I consider it an embarrassment.
When I hear myself talking in old home movies, I sometimes cringe.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 10:17 AM MDT up reply actions
Exactly, but these idiots think the Boston accent is cool...
…for some god-awful reason.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Mar 26, 2009 12:25 PM MDT up reply actions
When my little sister was really young, she couldn't say her Rs.
We used to say she sounded like she was from Boston. We also have a family story about her asking at school whether something was the “right bus” and the kid she asked being confused, because the bus was yellow.
It was cute on a 4-year-old. But speech therapy cured that right up.
My sister
had trouble with "S"’s. We have home movies of her talking about “Yausages”.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 12:37 PM MDT up reply actions
She can say two "S"'s but not three?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 26, 2009 3:09 PM MDT up reply actions
I think
it was because it was at the beginning of the word. Every word that started with an “S”, she’d start with a “Y” instead — “yausages”, “yalad”, etc.
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You work for CU?
Where at? I’m a CSS over at the Bear Creek Apts.
"Admirably obsessive." - Uni Watch, March 24th, 2009
Norlin Library
Staff position in the back, not terrible by any means. It gives me plenty of time to follow afternoon Rockies games
And a "better job" would be
Anything at CSU
/rimshot
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Does that mean you will exhibit disdain towards Jabberwocky and myself now as well?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 27, 2009 1:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Naw, I'm not...
but my wife’s a professor over there…and I’m predisposed to dislike trustafarian-heavy school catering to the arrogant wealthy.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
My sister
might be going to CU for grad school, incidentally. So far, she’s gotten into Boulder, Arizona, and UCSD.
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Is this the rocket scientist?
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 27, 2009 3:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah,
my sister the rocket scientist. She was planning on going to Boulder, and visited 2 weekends ago and everything, but Raytheon is trying to bribe her into going to Arizona so she can keep working for them.
Didn’t get into Stanford or Cal Tech. :-(
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What kind of loser can't get into Stanford or CalTech?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 27, 2009 4:10 PM MDT up reply actions
Then she definitely couldn't get into CSU ;-)
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 27, 2009 4:55 PM MDT up reply actions
That's what she's thinking.
Also, we have a bunch of relatives in Denver, so
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....so you'll have more reason to go to Coors Field and complete your conversion
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 28, 2009 9:44 AM MDT up reply actions
Do not speak of such things.
I’ll lose tenure at the Snakepit.
Although honestly, since I’ll be in Denver for my cousin’s DU graduation in June, I was gonna try to hit a game anyway. (Been to games now at Chase, Fenway, US Cellular, and Shea… and probably Wrigley this summer)
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I must admit
that I have tickets to the DBacks-Cardinals game on the 13th at Chase. I’ve never been to Chase (or the BOB), so a new park is exciting. Been to Coors, Mile High, Fenway, Wrigley, AT&T (PacBell), the new Busch Stadium, the Ted (Turner Field), SafeCo. Looking forward to adding another park to the list.
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
Sadly
I’ve only been to Coors and Mile High. Hopefully that can start changing with a steady income here soon.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 29, 2009 5:44 PM MDT up reply actions
Of those that I listed
Fenway, Wrigley, and Busch were all the product of traveling for work. I had trips lined up to Boston and St. Louis and knew way in advance. The client asked when we wanted to come out – I checked the baseball schedule before getting back to them :)
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-Glendon Rusch
I believe
I’ve been to Coors, Dodgers, and whatever park the Angels were playing in in the early 90’s.
They've been in the same stadium for awhile..
Angel Stadium opened in 1966.
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It has been the same structure since 1966
But its name was changed to Edison International Field from 1997 to 2003. It has also been called nicknamed the “Big A,” the “Bigger A,” and the “Big Ed”
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 30, 2009 9:58 AM MDT up reply actions
Hopefully I can spin that for work as well :)
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 29, 2009 7:10 PM MDT up reply actions
My Major League Stadium List:
Coors, Mile High, Minute Maid/ENRON, Astrodome
I have been to a few minor league parks as well:
Sky Sox Stadium/Security Service, PGE Park (Portland Beavers), Mike Lansing Field (Casper Rockies/Ghosts), TEP (Sidewinders but for Spring Training), Centene Stadium (Great Falls Voyagers).
I need more major league stadiums, but that will come when I graduate and get a decent job.
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JFK
Well if you count minor league...
I have TEP as well, and Veterans Memorial in Iowa, Single-A affiliate of the Angels.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 29, 2009 7:11 PM MDT up reply actions
I want to see AT&T sometime,
I never went to a game at Mile High, SafeCo or Turner Field either. The MLB parks I’ve been to that you didn’t would be the new Comiskey, Comerica, Jacobs Field, Great American, the old Busch, Dodger Stadium and the Big A in Anaheim, and Qualcomm. I still have to get to PETCO, too, it seems to complete the Matt Herges/Steve Finley circuit.
This is fun! Here's my list
Tiger Stadium – ‘87, I was 8 months old so this barely counts, but my dad caught a foul ball off the bat of Detroit’s Matt Nokes (former Rockie!) so that’s something.
Mile High and Coors, of course.
Qualcomm Stadium, back in 98 – got to see Trevor Time in the 9th with Hells Bells blaring, still one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen at a ballpark.
PacBell Park – I think 01, and I saw Andres Galarraga hit a triple in that game. Seriously.
Bank One Ballpark – Back in 03, Spring Break trip with my high school baseball team – saw Schilling pitch and Junior Spivey get a game-winning hit in extras. My least favorite park by far.
Kaufmann Stadium – My favorite non-Coors stadium. Went in 04, John Buck hit a go-ahead homer late and the Royals won. Love this park and want to go back again someday.
Old Busch Stadium – 04 again – Pujols hit an Oliver Perez fastball into the upper deck, but foul. Got to see Larry Walker play one more time.
Dodger Stadium – Summer 05, Dodger Dogs are the best in the world. Really liked this park.
New Busch Stadium – Saw the Rockies there the second game of last season. Best out-of-town scoreboard I’ve seen, and a really nice stadium.
Wrigley Field – Twice in 08, skipping out on class to make the 4 hour drive from Indiana. Any day you can start drinking and eating polish dogs by 10:30 is a good one. If you ever go, do your best to sit in the bleachers, there’s nothing like it in baseball.
Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.
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It's KAUFFMAN Stadium
I am picky about the spelling on this because it is the same as my last name (no connection).
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JFK
AT&T is on my must see list as well...
Here are the stadium’s I have visited:
Arlington- The old ballpark, sat along 1B line after moving up with my dad in the 7th inning.
Mile High- Very scary lightning storm happened while standing on the steel stadium. Howard Johnson laced a double off the CF wall and Ozzie Smith was given a standing-O when he broke the all-time assists record.
Kauffman- Beautiful waterfalls and grass at this stadium.
Coor’s Field- Best baseball stadium in the world, absolute best sightlines for a fan.
Busch Stadium- The old busch, had beautiful statues and the feel of history living inside it.
PetCo Park- Another beautiful stadium, has the best value tickets and kid friendly seats in the sand area, known as “the Beach.”
Angels Stadium- Angels pitchers held Jeter, ARod and the Yankees to 3 hitter in the win.
One thing I try and do at every stadium I visit is to get a baseball with the team logo on it from every stadium I visit. Sometimes they even sell the balls with the fake player autographs on them so I can remember who was at the game. I mount the ball in a clear cube and give it to my Dad.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
AT&T
Anyone that ever makes it up to AT&T should let me know. It’d be nice to have a fellow Rockies fan to see a game with. Much better than going by myself or with a Giants fan (though my mom did make it out last year to go to one game with me).
My list of stadiums is very short: Mile High, Coors, and AT&T. I haven’t even been to the Coliseum or whatever the heck it’s being called these days. Do the Rockies play at the A’s this year? Maybe I’ll go to one of those (though I’m not thrilled about taking BART by myself that late.
They play at Oakland June 26-28
I wish we had more Rowbots out there, I’d go with you if I was anywhere close. Maybe you can look up that perp in the Rockies sweatshirt from the Rockpile a few months back. He’d give you some street cred on your way to and from the game, even though he might not bring the brightest conversation during it.
I forgot about that guy.
I remember joking about that at the time. I wonder if he’s in jail or out on bail.
I’ve actually ridden BART pretty late at night home from work before. But that’s far different than after a game. Although maybe there’s safety in numbers.
My wife and I will have to visit sometime this summer..
It would be fun to attend a game with a fellow geneologist!
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
That would be fun!
And technically I’m not really a genealogist. Most of the work on my mom’s side has been done for years, and on my dad’s side it’s been mostly my mom and my sister (and an uncle or two) that have done it. But I still like hearing about it!
I had to do
something like this in HS…. have family trees going back like 11 generations, somewhere.
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My list:
Coors, Mile High, AT&T, Kauffman, Fenway, Veterans Stadium (Old Philadelphia), Shea
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by Jeff Aberle on Mar 30, 2009 12:42 AM MDT up reply actions
Here's mine
Griffith Stadium (D.C.)
D.C. Stadium (RFK)
Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)
Old Comiskey
Colts Stadium (Houston)
The Astrodome
Mile High
Coors
by pedalpusher on Mar 30, 2009 11:40 AM MDT up reply actions
I forgot
Mile High used to be the Rox’ stadium…
Never saw a game at RFK, and I regret it. :-(
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 30, 2009 11:00 AM MDT up reply actions
Good luck with that
Through the scheduling magic of MLB, we have like no home games in June. OK, that’s not true. We actually have 9 of them. 9.
I want the person who came up with that schedule shot at dawn. Tomorrow.
The great thing about baseball is that there's a crisis every day. ~Gabe Paul
I went there
for graduate school in Aerospace Engineering. It was pretty good. I think that, like any graduate school, it really depends on your specific interests and what professors are there.
No shame not getting into CalTech or Stanford. Those places are crazy.
To CU?
Yeah, that’s the program she applied to, although her undergrad degree isn’t engineering — it’s physics.
How’d you like it?
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 30, 2009 12:10 PM MDT up reply actions
I liked it pretty well.
My focus was more on the aero side than the space side. Space is a bigger focus at CU, so there were fewer professors and courses in my area. Still, I found research and courses that I enjoyed. I ended up leaving with my Masters because I didn’t like my research topic or advisor that much. I think that is really the key: find research you’re interested in with a professor that you like.
Overall, though, it was a good experience. Going in, my requirements for grad school were aerospace engineering close to mountains. You can’t do better than CU for those things. Plus, it landed me a good job (on a space program, ironically).
Go ahead.
In fact, if she has any questions, I’d be happy to answer them. I graduated almost two years ago, so things have changed a little, but not much. Do you know what she’s most interested in?
Thx a lot!
Yeah, she’s interested in aeronautical engineering…. wants to design airplanes.
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doesn't Embry-Riddle in Prescott...
Have a plane design program?
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I would think so.
One of my best friends is studying computer engineering there…. I’ll have to ask him.
Maggie’s too smart for ERAU, though.
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Maggie’s too smart for ERAU, though.
Hey, my cousin dropped out of there!
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Exactly. :-D
Syke!
No, but like I said, one of my best friends goes there.
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My brother's doing grad school at CU.
Though he’s not a rocket scientist, and he’s at the Health Sciences campus down in Aurora. He’s going to be a physical therapist.
Eh,
my sister is super particular about guys, anyway. They have to be intelligent and interesting to talk to and stuff — which is why she wouldn’t touch any of my friends with a ten foot pole. Also, she prefers other physics majors.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 29, 2009 12:32 PM MDT up reply actions
Interesting to talk to AND physics majors?
Aren’t most physics majors socially inept?
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 29, 2009 1:39 PM MDT up reply actions
Attending Mines
The answer to your question is yes, they are socially inept.
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JFK
My sister is probably starting at Mines next year...
majoring in Computer Science. She’s really particular as well…as well she should be with the unwashed masses in Engineering.
Business majors are where it’s at for marketable singles.
Eschew Obfuscation!
I'm not sure what you were trying to accomplish with that link...
neither business nor engineering was mentioned, and the criteria measured in the graph isn’t really what I was referring to.
Eschew Obfuscation!
I suppose
it’s not entirely on point. But interesting nonetheless, wouldn’t you agree? My major (linguistics) doesn’t appear on the list either.
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by PioneerSkies on Mar 29, 2009 4:22 PM MDT up reply actions
Is that still just a women's college?
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 29, 2009 5:02 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure it is
but don’t confuse Wellesley College with Wesleyan College. Eschew obfuscation.
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by PioneerSkies on Mar 29, 2009 5:19 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm not. It was from Wellesley
how unimaginative ;-)
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 29, 2009 5:44 PM MDT up reply actions
Hmmmm.....
my friend at Wellesley’s a virgin, and she’s an IR major…
OTOH, being an International Security major has never gotten in my way?
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be good
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Mar 29, 2009 10:02 PM MDT up reply actions
ugh huh
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Mar 30, 2009 9:59 PM MDT up reply actions
You don't
believe me?
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 30, 2009 10:37 PM MDT up reply actions
not by a long shot
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Mar 31, 2009 6:22 AM MDT up reply actions
tell me why i should
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Mar 31, 2009 4:51 PM MDT up reply actions
reallly
my darling
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Mar 31, 2009 7:20 PM MDT up reply actions
nah
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Apr 2, 2009 4:19 PM MDT up reply actions
Hey Russ..
my darling
~ by pierzynskirules
Now who’s hitting on anything that moves?
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not i
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Apr 3, 2009 2:37 PM MDT up reply actions
She's only hitting on me.
The lady apparently has discerning tastes.
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i guess i do
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Apr 3, 2009 5:54 PM MDT up reply actions
Heh
It’s almost like you’re implying my brother doesn’t fit that criteria. Which I know you’re not. But he’s pretty shy anyway, so the interesting to talk to part isn’t often apparent right away. Plus, you know, there’s the church thing, anyway.
Depends on the Mormon I think
I have a Mormon friend who would be married by now if not for the religious disconnect.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 30, 2009 9:24 PM MDT up reply actions
Hmmm....
that girl I believe I mentioned earlier this year, that I “drove” from Catholicism to Mormonism, she wanted to marry me, and I don’t think that’s changed much. But she’s a convert, so I don’t know that she counts.
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why
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Mar 30, 2009 9:59 PM MDT up reply actions
::shrug::
Because she liked me, I guess?
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 30, 2009 10:38 PM MDT up reply actions
why didn;t you marry her?
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Mar 31, 2009 6:23 AM MDT up reply actions
Because
I don’t like her? At least, not like that.
That, and I’ve already been engaged before. It didn’t end well.
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ok geez
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Mar 31, 2009 4:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Definitely depends on the person and on the situation.
Barring some extraordinary circumstances, my brother wouldn’t.
And it’s less the day-to-day problem of the different religions, but more the temple/eternal marriage thing.
Yeah,
I would assume as much.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 30, 2009 10:38 PM MDT up reply actions
Denver Highlands currently
and this is the farthest I have lived from Coors in awhile I used to live in the Regency the dorms for Metro State right down Park Ave. Before that I lived in the Metro Apratments right across the street from Coors field that was so awesome.
San Diego, CA
Although I grew up around Delta, CO. As an adult I have lived in St. George, UT, Laramie, WY and Grand Junction, CO.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Google Map
Here is a google map of the Purple Row invasion, so far.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
You can
add Rox Girl in Cincinnati
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 12:54 AM MDT up reply actions
What if she's back in Hayden?
Oh wait, they don’t have the internet yet. So she wouldn’t be posting from there.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Hey!
Okay, it’s more true than I like to admit.
Yep, I’m still in Cincy, it looks like it will remain that way for the next little while.
Why Cincy?
I know it’s the Queen city and all, but there has got to be another reason.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Because
Rox Girl is Queen of Purple Row, obviously.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 12:43 PM MDT up reply actions
More like the Queen of Baseball Writing...
Seriously, can you think of a girl that can keep up with RG when it comes to baseball? I’m not sure if there are any guys that can keep up either, for that matter.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
It's the chili, I just can't get enough of it.
Kidding, I actually don’t like Cincinnati chili that much because it reminds me of an inferior lamb dish I used to have growing up.
Anyway, there were a combination of factors that led me here. One, the cost of living was low enough that I could afford to give up a day job and freelance. Two, there was an even better opportunity here for somebody close to me.
I love
the comment under Rox Girl’s name: “The undisputed leader in all things baseball.” Although Silver might contest this theory.
"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." ~Bob Gibson
JFK
I have a lot of respect for her writing.
Although Silver’s good too, in a different way.
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Map update...
If you zoom in close, the names appear.
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Here’s the updated Purple Row Map link. It’s the same as the previous link.
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by Charlie77 on Mar 27, 2009 2:35 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Did you just realize how close to Mexico you live?
Senor?
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Oh my.
I had no idea. Driving down to Nogales for 90 minutes to drink beer and smoke Cuban cigars while I was still in high school never taught me a thing.
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Sweet
I want to make my pin Budapest, but I don’t live there anymore. mkorpal is Fort Collins, CO as well if you want to add him
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 27, 2009 2:11 PM MDT up reply actions
I was going to pin RMN as...
The spelling-pest, but then I changed my mind. -strokes chin thoughtfully-
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
I can't believe
how far away from everyone else I am. That is ridiculous. No wonder Astros-Rockies games are a lonely affair.
by A.J. Haefele on Mar 28, 2009 7:09 PM MDT up reply actions
I've been to two
Astros-Rockies games in Houston. Conveniently they both came in the Astrodome in 1995 and they lost both games.
"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." ~Bob Gibson
JFK
True story
Last couple of seasons I’ve had to bribe my friends to come to games with me. Since they didn’t want to buy Rockies gear, I told them they could wear their SFA (college in Texas) gear, since it’s all purple. We bought out an entire row and created our own “Purple Row”.
It’s too bad Brian Fuentes happened.
by A.J. Haefele on Mar 28, 2009 11:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Were you at
the game Biggio hit 3000? That would have been awesome, because I thought it was on TV.
"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." ~Bob Gibson
JFK
And.....
that’s the only non-SDTF person I know of offhand, and I only know that because my frosh yr roommate was an Eagles fan.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 30, 2009 11:08 AM MDT up reply actions
Hahaha.
The school hasn’t produced a litany of studs. It’s not a Division I football team, but the basketball team just made it’s first NCAA Tourney appearance and actually has some decent recruits coming in. Things are looking up for the basketball team, but the football team just plain sucks.
by A.J. Haefele on Mar 30, 2009 4:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Purple Row covers the 4 corners of the globe!!!
If I left anyone off the map or misplaced anyone, let me know and I might fix it.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Woo
5 continents
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 28, 2009 12:15 AM MDT up reply actions
Then let's change it to
The four corners of the Pacific Ocean, although that is a stretch since Brazil is on the Atlantic side.
"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." ~Bob Gibson
JFK
Four quadrants
and you have it covered
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 28, 2009 11:00 AM MDT up reply actions
Technically...
Africa is connected to Korea by landmass, so we’ve got it covered…ah sorta. The only continent we’re missing is Antarctica, but a buddy of mine says the Rockies are pretty hot down there as well. Here’s a picture text he sent me:
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This deserves to be a FanShot
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 28, 2009 11:54 PM MDT up reply actions
This looks doctored to me....
hey! That’s not even real snow!! And that penguin is probably a guy in a suit….
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yo, a Purple Dinosaur has been done before
I’m with you pedalpusher, this penguin dude is something I could get behind
I made this pic last year..
Because of some long forgotten comment that Squeaky made.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Also,
what do you mean by “landmass”? Because, depending on your definition, they may actually be divided by the Suez canal….
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Centennial, CO
Work in Lone Tree. Graduate of Arapahoe High school and Metro State College.
Also from Centennial, CO
And for my Monday Night Football self-intro I’m claiming: Roosevelt Elementary, South Plainfield NJ.
Planted my flag in Centennial after being stationed at Ft Carson CO, via Ft Bragg NC, via Ft Wainwright AK, via Ft Bragg NC again, via New Jersey – and I’m staying put! My question is: after 8 years in Colorado can I get one of those Colorado Native bumper stickers?
by TulsaDriller on Apr 3, 2009 11:42 AM MDT up reply actions
after 8 years in Colorado can I get one of those Colorado Native bumper stickers?
Well, were you born here?
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 4, 2009 12:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Does that mean that since
I’ve been here almost 19 years and because I wasn’t born here I can’t have one. It wasn’t even my fault, I was 2 when I moved here in December 1991.
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JFK
Well if that's the case..
Can I put mine next to my California license plate? Before I left Colorado I was considering getting the Colorado Pioneer plates. My family has lived in Colorado for more than 100 years.
It's opening day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Omaha Nebraska
No I hate the skers, go Buckeyes and Buffs!
Plan on moving to the Denver area soon, if I find a job out there!
Currently in Longmont, CO
via Fort Collins, College Station, TX, Denver, Fort Collins for school and (ugh) Grand Junction where I was born and raised. I am the quintessential every once in awhile poster.
Hey Russ
you might have these numbers. How many people are signed up on the Purple Row? I’m just curious since it is hard to judge how many people are around these parts.
"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." ~Bob Gibson
JFK
There
are 694 members signed up.
"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
Thanks
"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." ~Bob Gibson
JFK
As noted in Yesterday's Game Thread
Happy BIrthday!!!!!!!
"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." ~Bob Gibson
JFK
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by frightened inmate #2 on Mar 26, 2009 9:05 AM MDT up reply actions
eh, not so good at this internet
that’s supposed to be a picture of a cake. Holly, when you see a red x, think of a birthday cake.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Mar 26, 2009 9:06 AM MDT up reply actions
host pictures at imageshack.us
you just paste in the url of whatever picture you want, and then you have free, dedicated hosting.
Not to pimp the site, but it’s more responsible to use hosting rather than image leeching.
Not meant as a “shame on you” but as a “hey here’s a cool thing”
Follow me on Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/rockiesmagicnum - But be warned I only actually "tweet" every....well, not often.
by Andrew Martin on Mar 26, 2009 9:21 AM MDT up reply actions
Thanks for remembering!
And of course you linked to where I state my age. Oh well, I don’t actually care if people know. ;-)
I linked that comment
because you actually stated it was your birthday. I hadn’t even considered the possible age thing
"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." ~Bob Gibson
JFK
One more year and you'll be as old as me!!
I decided to stop having birthdays after 32.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Happy B-day, Holly
Hope it’s a great one.
by pedalpusher on Mar 26, 2009 11:48 AM MDT up reply actions
Currently Smithfield, RI
After bouncing from New London CT and College Park MD / Washington DC – looking to go back there soon though :(
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UMD 8/04 - 5/08: Go Terps!
Capitol Hill, although moving about half a block away from Coors in a couple weeks :)
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
Is that DC or downtown Denver?
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Denver
by way of Anchorage AK years ago.
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
Now you're pinned!
My cousin just moved to Anchorage, what moved you to Denver?
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
College - DU
almost 8 years ago, and i’m still here. I’ll be back up there all summer fishing. Which is awfully bittersweet, I’m excited to get back out on the water – but awfully sad that my live baseball watching will be limited to April, May, and September (October, God willing). I’m thinking about getting one of those handheld XM players so I can keep up all summer.
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
GO PIONEERS!!!
unfortunately they’re losing 3-0 to Miami right now…
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by PioneerSkies on Mar 27, 2009 4:59 PM MDT up reply actions
4-1
at the 2nd intermission. this officially sucks.
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by PioneerSkies on Mar 27, 2009 5:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Wow
I didn’t see that coming. I had thought Miami was a defensive oriented team. What is DU doing?
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 27, 2009 5:48 PM MDT up reply actions
4-2
Final. DU looked flat the whole game.
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by PioneerSkies on Mar 27, 2009 6:25 PM MDT up reply actions
I didn't realize...
That Miami had such a good hockey team.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
It's Miami (OH)
to be clear. They have a strong connection to DU. George Gwozdecky coached there before coming to DU. Enrico Blasi played for Gwoz in Oxford and later was an assistant coach for him at DU. Blasi is now the Redhawk’s head coach.
This is Miami’s 7th appearance in the NCAA tournament. For some perspective, DU has won 7 national championships, tied for 2nd all time with North Dakota, behind only Michigan’s 9 titles.
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by PioneerSkies on Mar 28, 2009 10:48 AM MDT up reply actions
I haven't been up there to see hockey yet,
But I’ll be at Miami to watch a Phillip Glass concert in a couple of weeks.
Longmont, CO woohoo!
By way of:
Reston, VA
Arlington, VA
Falls Church, VA
Washington, DC
Cheyenne, WY
Felixstowe, Suffolk (UK)
Kwadendamme (NL)
Marquette, MI
Austin, TX
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
How long and how did you like DC?
Chance I might spend a couple years there in the mid to distant future.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Mar 26, 2009 10:11 AM MDT up reply actions
My hometown! :-)
I was actually just at a wedding in Falls Church in November.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 10:15 AM MDT up reply actions
I enjoyed it greatly, for the most part
I was stationed there from ‘95-’98, and then when I got out, I moved around the VA burbs for the next several years, until we moved here in 2005. Even within the context of Arlington, I lived in a couple different areas.
When I lived in DC, I was a couple blocks from the National Cathedral. Nice area, but a dead zone for metro stations :(
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by Mondogarage on Mar 26, 2009 10:23 AM MDT up reply actions
Cool
The future Mrs. works for the gubmint and wants to take a job out there for a couple years. We’d probably be looking around the burbs, too. We were out there last year, she was staying downtown, and it was dead on the weekends.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Mar 26, 2009 10:36 AM MDT up reply actions
Errr.... yeah......
Georgetown was like that, too. I guess the residents didn’t want the Metro bringing up “scum” from the SE…. or something like that.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 10:37 AM MDT up reply actions
I think it was more a case of...
The real folk not wantin’ dem dere Gtown snobs leaving their bubble. ;-)
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by Mondogarage on Mar 26, 2009 10:55 AM MDT up reply actions
That
could also be true.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 11:08 AM MDT up reply actions
When I was stationed in D.C.
Worked on Nebraska Ave. We lived in Falls Church. The D.C. area was great for a serviceman and a govt. girl. We practically lived in Georgetown on weekends…lots of rock and roll clubs in those days.
And (this is going to date me a bit) we spent a fair amount of time at D.C. Stadium watching the Senators. They weren’t very good but hey, it was Major League Baseball.
When you say
the Senators, do you mean the Twins, or the Rangers?
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The Strom Thurmonds...
Since he was talking about his age.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
I was thinking more...
…the Walter Johnsons.
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The Rangers
But I saw the Senators/Twins play the White Sox in Griffith Stadium about a thousand years ago.
Heh....
so you were watching the Senators back before RFK was RFK…
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 27, 2009 10:22 AM MDT up reply actions
DC is a beautiful city...
One of my top 3 fave cities to visit.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Oh, and for you DC/VA peeps, you'll like this
We now have THREE Five Guys out here…two in Fort Collins, and one in Longmont. So awesome. I’ve missed Five Guys burgers so damn much. Wifey used to go to the OG #1 store in Shirlington, back in the day…
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Really??
You have Five Guys in Colorado now??
Of course, we have In-N-Out, but I think I actually prefer Five Guys.
Are they franchises, or company/family-owned? How’s the quality?
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 10:36 AM MDT up reply actions
Five Guys
They started franchising in 2003, apparently, and have been moving into states one or two at a time. First they went big in NC and Fla, I guess. And one Colorado franchisor is eventually going to have a dozen or so. None in Denver yet.
I’ve never had the pleasure of an In-N-Out, but would really look forward to one. That said, imho, Five Guys is the best fast food burger I’ve ever had. Ever. And I’m an old fart, so I’ve eaten a lot of burgers.
But I still have a soft spot for Whataburger’s double jalapeno cheeseburger from my teen years, when M-M-M-Mel Tillis was doing their ad spots.
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by Mondogarage on Mar 26, 2009 10:58 AM MDT up reply actions
Like I said,
what’s the quality of the franchises like? Equivalent to DC?
Five Guys gives you a lot more options than In-N-Out does. Do they still do the peanut thing while you wait?
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 11:11 AM MDT up reply actions
Well, the same guy owns all three CO franchisesq
And I would say the quality was equal to DC. Same awesome grilled shrooms and onions, same well-done yet somehow still juicy patties, and even the peanuts.
The fries were soooooo good.
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by Mondogarage on Mar 26, 2009 11:35 AM MDT up reply actions
Careful
when you mention “shrooms”. There are quite a few Rowbots from Boulder. ;-)
I woulda thought they’d have gotten rid of the peanuts by now, as a liability. (Kids with peanut allergies walking in, smelling the peanuts, and going into anaphylactic shock)
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 11:37 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh, there's peanut warning signs all up in that joint
I guess I should be careful when I mention “joint”, too. There are quite a few Rowbots from Boulder.
One thing I noticed in Longmont’s Five Guys…the tacky people who would take another batch of peanuts on their way out the door after dinner. Reminds me what a hick town I live in.
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by Mondogarage on Mar 26, 2009 11:41 AM MDT up reply actions
Heh....
I was always one of those “tacky people” who did that, because I was a poor starving college student. Also because my girlfriend loved them and would snack on them at night.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 11:57 AM MDT up reply actions
My brother-in-law is allergic to peanuts.
I’ve never been to Five Guys, but it reminds of a place where we went to dinner in Provo for my brothers’ graduation. They had buckets of peanuts in the lobby, and we all had to make sure not to touch Geoff.
Five Guys came to my area in NY
in 2007. Don’t eat burgers, so I stick to their hot dogs. Wish I had their bacon cheese dog right now.
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That sounds amazing
and it is almost time for lunch now. You people aren’t helping my appetite.
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JFK
Bacon Cheese Dog
Does that by chance come with a side of angioplasty?
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by Franchise26 on Mar 26, 2009 11:24 AM MDT up reply actions
They have a special meal offer for that.
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Why don'tcha eat burgers,
if you don’t mind my asking? You a Hindu?
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 11:56 AM MDT up reply actions
Never really liked the taste of them.
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Ah.
I’m cutting back myself, but for cholesterol reasons.
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But I do eat soy burgers.
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Ah.
I had one of those for the first time a few weeks back. Not nearly as tasty as a cow burger.
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Oh, so you graduated
from Bovine University?
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When I grow up.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 10:01 PM MDT up reply actions
In-N-Out
Closest thing I’ve found to In-N-Out (the undisputed fast food burger champ) in Denver is a chain called Old School Burgers – it’s a straight up rip-off, actually, all the way down to how they cook their fries, but it’s excellent.
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by Franchise26 on Mar 26, 2009 11:26 AM MDT up reply actions
Do they
employ like 15 people per shift, the way In-N-Out does? Are they open 24 hours?
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 11:55 AM MDT up reply actions
I was at the In-N-Out over by Hi Corbett on Sunday
and I don’t think I’ve ever seen that many customers in one burger joint at one time.
by pedalpusher on Mar 26, 2009 11:59 AM MDT up reply actions
Mmmm, In-N-Out
I haven’t been there in a while. Maybe I’ll get it for dinner today or tomorrow.
And yes, I’ve been there late and it’s always packed.
Wait--
you wouldn’t listen to the Red Hot Chili Peppers because an album had “Sex” in the title, but you’d eat at In-N-Out? ;-)
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 12:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh, blech.
Now I’m going to think about that whenever I go there. Thanks a lot! But it’s still worth the tastiness.
Sorry!
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 12:39 PM MDT up reply actions
I wish In-N-Out was in Colorado
And also Whataburger. But if they were, maybe they wouldn’t be special.
by pedalpusher on Mar 26, 2009 12:10 PM MDT up reply actions
One of my best college friends
is from NorCal, and likes In-N-Out, while his gf is from Houston, and likes Whataburger.
He maintains that Arizona has nearly every grocery store, convenience store and fast food chain known to man — sometime he wants to come and do a side-by-side taste test.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 12:42 PM MDT up reply actions
I was there last week too :)
Quite the hoppin place.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 26, 2009 3:14 PM MDT up reply actions
Funny thing is.....
that one’s been there for like 3 years now, and it’s still that busy.
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I live one mile from a Five Guys
I ate there for lunch one day…bad idea…food comas and work don’t mix
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 26, 2009 3:13 PM MDT up reply actions
I still need to try Fatburger
That’s allegedly best burger in Denver.
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Fuddrucker's
makes good burgers, too.
The only thing I know about Fatburger is that Mark Reynolds once smacked an absolute bomb that bounced off the Fatburger sign at Chase. It’s known as, “The Fatburger Shot”.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 11:54 AM MDT up reply actions
Did he boot three groundballs that day?
Or just the usual two, lol.
Man, of all the days to be working from home, why can’t FSRM be showing today’s game.
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by Mondogarage on Mar 26, 2009 12:00 PM MDT up reply actions
Heh....
don’t remember. Maybe one or two. Didn’t commit any “official” errors that day.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 12:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Have you tried Griff's in Arvada?
I only ever went there once or twice, but it’s supposed to be one of the best around. Apparently it used to be a chain, but now just a few individual locations exist throughout various states. There might actually be one in Denver, too, but I’m not sure.
+1
the Cricket is the bomb!!
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by PioneerSkies on Mar 26, 2009 10:54 PM MDT up reply actions
I used to eat there all the time...
It’s right across the street from the Sears District office in Denver.
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Hardin Montana
Or there abouts actually live a few miles outside of town in the country right on the Bighorn River, some of the best trout fishing in the world. But I teach in Hardin.
by Chacinisthefuture on Mar 26, 2009 11:38 AM MDT reply actions
Really?
I hadn’t realized that the Bighorn was great trout fishing. I drive through Hardin a couple of times each year. Maybe some time I’ll stop and fish.
IT's really good
On the top 13 miles coming out of the dam/afterbay system, It’s quality is down a little bit right now, but you still get some really big trout (20-30 inch) pretty easily.
by Chacinisthefuture on Mar 31, 2009 8:53 AM MDT up reply actions
Rec'd
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 12:08 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
São Paulo or Campinas, SP - Brazil
Hey, I’m the first south-hemisphere reader…
And out goes the zoom in the google map.
by Kaneda on Mar 26, 2009 12:11 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
Woot!
This is exactly why I wanted to do this post! I love having Rockies fans from around the world.
How did you come to be a Rockies fan?
I'm kinda a bandwagon fan...
..so that’s why I mostly lurk here. It’s just that one of the first games I watched just happened to be the 2007 tie-breaker vs the Padres. A friend of mine mentioned how the Rockies were a pretty crappy team, and I was watching out of curiosity.
When the Padres scored 2 in the top of the 13th, I was pretty upset… But you know how that turned out.
I’ve been watching the team ever since. My friend still thinks the Rockies are crappy (damn yankee fan). And boy, liking baseball in Brazil just sucks.
We have a few Brazilian fans at the Snakepit.
Muu says there are some amateur leagues there, but most of the best ones are Japanese-only.
He’s a player-coach for an amateur team, actually.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 12:36 PM MDT up reply actions
I read some things written in portuguese there
I was really surprised… You can hardly spot a baseball fan here (except for other Latins – I work with some guys from Colombia and Cuba). Imagine finding a brazilian who know what’s a Win Share.
There’s a lot of amateur tems in colleges and where there’s a lot of japanese, but other than that it’s a pretty bleak scene. But Junichi Tazawa came to Sao Paulo last year with his team (it was japanese immigration year).
My grandparents (on my mother’s side) were japanese, by the way.
Great!
I already had to edit out Iceland to make Silver fit on the map.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Wow....
didn’t even notice. I’m sure the Icelandic Rockies fans will be furious.
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Brazilian Bull Riding
looks pretty popular. And they are some of the best in the world. Too bad it’s not baseball though.
"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." ~Bob Gibson
JFK
BLECH
Bull riding reminds me of my ex-fiancee… DO NOT WANT.
(Hey! Not like that… get your mind out of the gutter! She was a bull riding fan. Pretty much the only sport she liked.)
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Apparently?
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 30, 2009 12:57 PM MDT up reply actions
No harm in liking bull riding...
Have I mentioned that a lot of my best friends from home are rodeo people?
Don't think you have.
Wouldn’t care either way about bull riding if it weren’t for that nice little episode in my past.
Either way, please stay a baseball blogger, rather than a bull riding blogger.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 30, 2009 12:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Are..
Rodeo people = carnival people?
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
I linked that one
because you actually stated it was your birthday. I hadn’t even considered the possible age thing.
"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." ~Bob Gibson
JFK
...so
how long until Brazil is in the WBC?
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by PioneerSkies on Mar 26, 2009 10:58 PM MDT up reply actions
Brooklyn, NY
Originally from Denver. I know from last year there are a few NY people around here.
Yes there are.
Now if I can find out who keeps visiting from Baruch College. . .
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The question is,
can everyone else keep a secret?
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Hmmm....
along those same lines, it might be me. Or it might not be.
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Have you posted where you're from yet?
Not that I’m going to blab about it, I just want to add it to the map so everyone can see of themselves.
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Oh, I thought you meant Rykers Island by that comment...
and you and Dogs are in the same neighborhood, btw.
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Do NYC Thugs...
still say “Neat”?
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I didn't/don't attend that CUNY school.
At the bottom of the page, there’s a link to the site’s Sitemeter stats and it tells me IP addresses.
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There are, I think,
five comments around the site that mention which CUNY college I attend. My post at the very beginning of this thread could also help figure which one.
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I know....
but I won’t tell.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 30, 2009 11:01 AM MDT up reply actions
You and at least
six others here.
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Yep, pretty much.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 30, 2009 12:08 PM MDT up reply actions
So basically
Queens, cool. Hey man, it’s never that obvious I have cousins in Whitestone and they don’t go to Queens…
Yeah, it's not always obvious.
And according to your registration date, you’d have missed all the comments about which school I attend.
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Grew up in Pawtucket, RI
The city where CDI went to high school…he wore purple there, too. Also, home of the AAA Red Sox aka Pawsox.
Currently reside in Johnston, RI.
You just reminded me that
I should have mentioned way up at the top in my first comment that I live literally right across the street from Tulo’s high school.
How did you end up a Rockies fan? Was it before we had CDI, or was that why you became a fan?
Purple Row
really played a big part in me becoming a Rox fan. I started following the Rox when CDI first got to Tulsa, never really expecting to become a full fledged Colorado fan, but I wanted to be familiar with the organization. Purple Row became my main source for everything about the Rox and I actually became a fan of the Row before I became a fan of the team.
Now I’m hooked. I’ve been to Baltimore, Boston and Denver to see the Rockies. I’m hoping to see them play Florida in August. I’ve been listening to most every game on the computer for the last couple of years and this year I’ve purchase MLB.com to watch the games.
The power of the Row never ceases to amaze
Very unique story. A Rhode Island fan is a nice feather in the cap. Happy to have you :)
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 26, 2009 8:40 PM MDT up reply actions
The Pebble Reports...
Are what first attracted me to PR. You don’t get that kind of information anywhere else.
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Putney, London, UK
Fully fledged Britisher (though I milk my Italian heritage whenever possible – my dad’s a born and bred Venetian). I have been to precisely one baseball game in my life, in new Britain, CT.
I milk my Italian heritage whenever possible
It’s not like your username is a dead giveaway or anything…
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by PioneerSkies on Mar 26, 2009 11:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Any Olympic venues going up near you?
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Nope - they're mostly east London
I live right near the centre where British tennis is failing to be rejuvenated, though.
I spent five years with an American girl who was from Arkansas
But when we started dating, she attended DU and I went over to visit her a few times and fell in love with Denver. So when I started following baseball more seriously, and needed a team to support, the Rockies seemed the obvious choice as I had such positive associations with the state.
I could also have ended up a Reds fan as my mum lived in Cincinatti for a while before I was born and my godparents are from there – there are pics of me aged 1 wearing an enormous Reds cap :)
+1 on falling in love with Denver
it’s really easy to do.
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only because you're talking about your love life
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Mar 26, 2009 7:10 PM MDT up reply actions
yep
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Mar 26, 2009 7:30 PM MDT up reply actions
read again
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Mar 26, 2009 8:32 PM MDT up reply actions
At least he has one to talk about.
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That's what he wants us to think
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 26, 2009 9:29 PM MDT up reply actions
Over 40 unique posters is what amazes me.
This thread really brought out some lurkers from the woodwork. Hopefully they will continue to post and not be afraid of contributing.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Savannah, GA
by way of Greeley, CO.
Any other Rockies fans in the Low Country?
We used to have a few in Louisiana, but I haven't seen them comment for awhile.
Given the map of this post so far, south of Parker doesn’t seem to happen that often for Row users.
There was
One handle that said like SCRoxFan or something. Helluva difference between South Carolina and Southern Cal, but I figured I’d give it a shot.
And Greeley isn’t a bad town. As much as I disliked it while living there, I do find myself missing it from time to time. Especially Roma’s and a few of the bars. Oh, and Tacos Rapidos.
by LawrenceDavis on Mar 26, 2009 10:17 PM MDT up reply actions
I've never been to Tacos Rapidos
Well…actually I did, but technically I don’t remember it. And I’ve avoided Roma’s after their food code violations. When did you leave Greeley?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 26, 2009 10:25 PM MDT up reply actions
In 2007
At the end of 2007.
And the health code violations are what makes Roma so wonderful. The six inches of cobwebs and dust on the ceiling keeps it homey. Oh, and the bazooka beers.
by LawrenceDavis on Mar 27, 2009 2:20 PM MDT up reply actions
Health code violations
are one of the things that make Nico’s so great and authentic…. amirite, PF?
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Uh. I'd put taste ahead of health code violations
I wouldn’t have tried Nico’s had I known of the violations probably. But I didn’t die, so I could handle it.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 27, 2009 3:32 PM MDT up reply actions
See?
You live and you learn.
Besides, I actually don’t think that particular Nico’s has ever been cited. The other one you went to, I’m not so sure…
Oh, and just FYI, avoid Losbetos — not as good taste and more health code violations.
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I was going to avoid it anyway based on what the name is similar to
Losbetos, -Lo, +A, s
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 27, 2009 4:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh
I yelled at you on your other stomping grounds, btw
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 27, 2009 4:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, I saw that. Will respond later. (dr WNC already did)
Not sure how I feel about this SBN stalking.
The FanPost wasn’t trying to prove that Campbell is “better” than Cutler, just point out that when you take the whole picture into account, Cutler isn’t nearly as far above Campbell as some people had been saying — and certainly not enough to justify trading for him. (Especially since the Redskins always get hosed in trades — even the CP for Champ trade, we threw in a 2nd rounder)
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And that 2nd rounder turned into a T-Mobile saleman
In fairness, I wasn’t stalking. You linked it in a thread a while back. I know you weren’t saying he was better. I agreed in fact with your end conclusion. Just disagreed with how you got there.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 27, 2009 4:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh, c'mon.
Don’t be so sensitive — I was playin’ about the stalking thing.
I intentionally cherry-picked stats that favored Campbell because I was presenting the other side — the prevailing notion is that Cutler is clearly better, and I was just trying to show how it’s not so clear-cut.
I disagree with some of your points about “stress situations” — or at the very least, I think they’re balanced out by division strength.
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You'd think so
but the D gave up 30.8 pts/gm in the division (3-3), and 26.3 pts/gm out of the division (5-5). About the same uphill battle either way. I guess you’re allowed to cherry pick on your own grounds ;o) Indeed, Campbell does play in a wicked division…
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 27, 2009 9:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah...
NFC East … BRUTAL defenses — Eagles @ #3, Redskins @ #4, Giants @ #5, and even the Cowboys @ #8.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 27, 2009 10:10 PM MDT up reply actions
Who WAS
that 2nd rounder, by the way? Wasn’t Tatum Bell, was it?
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If I remember correctly, yeah
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 27, 2009 8:15 PM MDT up reply actions
Good idea to get out of Greeley
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 26, 2009 9:30 PM MDT up reply actions
I think I win the distance award...
Anyang, South Korea. Anyone beat that?
You know you want to check out Matt's Korea blog: http://koreamatt.wordpress.com
by MattTheRock on Mar 26, 2009 10:14 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
Hello
"Wait, what?.....wait, what?.......wait..............what?"--Guy on phone on 16th street mall bus
by frightened inmate #2 on Mar 27, 2009 10:46 AM MDT up reply actions
I thought
you might like that
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by PioneerSkies on Mar 27, 2009 10:56 AM MDT up reply actions
He sure did
He even Blue’d himself.
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Your location shows up as...
Asian characters on my googlemap! I tried to calculate the distance “by public transit” and it says:
Your search for transit directions from 20th and Blake st, Denver Colorado to Anyang, South Korea appears to be outside our current coverage area. Please consult our list of participating public transit agencies.
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Oh wow
I’m gone for a day and a non-game thread gets 200+ posts. I blame DbacksSkins.
Boulder here, going to CU. Though I spent the first 18 years of my life in Colorado Springs, ironically enough about 2 miles from UCCS.
"Admirably obsessive." - Uni Watch, March 24th, 2009
No,
I’m gone for a day and a non-game thread gets 200+ posts. I blame DbacksSkins.
That’s the shocking thing! I’m only responsible for like 170 of them!
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 26, 2009 10:46 PM MDT up reply actions
I live in southeast Denver.
Just north of Cherry Creek Park.
Dex knows.....
by The Lodo Magic Man on Mar 26, 2009 11:07 PM MDT reply actions
What a clever
and completely awesome signature!
I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better. -Georg C. Lichtenberg:
Thanks.
Although I now live in Denver. I went to college at KU in Lawrence, and I grew up in Tulsa.
Dex knows.....
by The Lodo Magic Man on Mar 28, 2009 12:52 PM MDT up reply actions
DC represent!
Actually, DC Metro Area. Vienna, VA to be exact. Just west of the previously mentioned Falls Church, 4 blocks from my local Five Guys.
Good Five Guys story… Ted (my Rockiescast co-host) and I had spent 4 years at Georgetown University and had just heard about this awesome burger place in Alexandria, VA (there were only 4 or 5 of them at the time). We were intrigued, so we ditched out on our senior convocation (with guest speaker Maria Shriver) to go check it out. One of the best decisions of my entire life! Now there’s a Five Guys 6 blocks from campus. Those little punks don’t know how good they have it.
by RockiescastScott on Mar 27, 2009 7:56 AM MDT reply actions
Oh, we knew how good we had it when Five Guys came to Gtown.
Don’t you worry.
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Fort Lupton, CO
By way of:
Dalhart, TX (very small town)
Albquerque, NM (I used to love going to Dukes games. The minor league team there is now the Isotopes, no kidding, it was not just a Simpsons episode)
Phoenix, AZ (don’t hold that against me I was a kid and had to go where my parent went)
Kinsley, KS (even smaller small town)
Lucas, KS (the smallest small town, about 600 people)
Las Cruces, NM
Colorado Springs, CO
Superior, CO
Fort Lupton, CO (back to small towns again)
What if the hokey pokey is what it is all about after all????
My parents live about 4 miles east of Fort Lupton
Sorta-proud graduate of Weld Central High School here
I've been to Dalhart before...
On a roadtrip to Clarendon, Tx to visit a friends college girlfriend. We were pulled over in Dalhart and the officer thought we were a little loopy, after 10 hours on the road and a case of Mountain Dew we were loopy. In honesty we couldn’t stop giggling over the name of the next town, Dumas. We kept asking the cop to repeat the name because it sounded like Duma** when he said it.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
I've been thru
Dalhart and Dumas and Clarendon many times, driving to and from Waco in college. As tempting as the “It’ll Do Motel” was, I don’t think I ever stopped in these towns. I usually fueled up in Childress.
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by PioneerSkies on Mar 28, 2009 10:39 AM MDT up reply actions
I go through those towns
as well when I go to visit family in Dallas, Houston and Louisiana. They are small and oddly named. We usually fill up in Childress or Amarillo.
"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." ~Bob Gibson
JFK
"It'll Do Motel"
Heh…. my favorite is the “No-Tel Motel” on Miracle Mile here in Tucson.
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I SAW THAT!
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 28, 2009 6:44 PM MDT up reply actions
Don't lie...
it’s where you stayed, isn’t it?? ADMIT IT!!
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What part of No-Tel don't you understand?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 28, 2009 7:47 PM MDT up reply actions
I understand
that it’s meant for the staff, NOT for DbacksSkins!! HAHA!!
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I'll break code.
And tell you that it looked boarded up. Granted that doesn’t mean that we couldn’t stay there. It may have been better than the motel 6, at least.
IIRC,
it’s always looked boarded up.
But perhaps it’s finally kicked the bucket.
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It looked pretty abandoned and overgrown to me
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 30, 2009 9:22 PM MDT up reply actions
Hmmm...
I’ll have to drive by and take a look. (And hope the cops don’t try to nail me for cruising on Miracle Mile)
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Dalhart
Ate at a Pizza Hut there. Was the first time in my life I ever ate a pizza with chicken and bacon on it, which is still my all-time favorite.
I have noticed
Most people that know where Dalhart is have only heard of it because they drove through it going someplace else. I have not stayed at the “It’ll Do” Hotel. When we go there we usually just stay with family.
If you have been through that part of the country when Herford is is full effect you will think that Greeley smell like a rose.
What if the hokey pokey is what it is all about after all????
Unfortunately, I remember that
I was somewhere around there and remember scrambling for dear life to roll up my window when I got a whiff of the air outside.
Denver, Colorado (13 years)
by way of:
Yonkers, Hartsdale, White Plains and Woodstock, NY
Burlington, VT
Walden, CO
Kuna, ID
Thorne Bay, AK
Blue RIver and Dayville, OR
Jamestown, ND
Clemson, SC
by Fiftytwoeighty on Mar 27, 2009 11:30 AM MDT reply actions
Might I ask
What brought you to Thorne Bay, AK?
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
A temporary job
What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it's all about?
by Fiftytwoeighty on Mar 28, 2009 7:53 AM MDT up reply actions
I've been to Walden..
It’s halfway between Steamboat and Laramie. We used to drive that way when the wife and I were heading home from visiting our parents in Delta. It’s beautiful in the summer. Kinda slippery in the winter.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
It's on the less interesting side of the mountain...
North Park was one of our rivals in high school. ;)
Did you play any sports at Hayden?
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
I believe
she’s mentioned the school band before.
"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
RG is a band geek too?
WOOT!
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 30, 2009 9:21 PM MDT up reply actions
Heh....
I did Jazz Band in middle school for one quarter?
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Don't tell my mom or Mr. Grimes my band teacher this,
But I actually played volleyball specifically to get out of marching band season, truth be told.
Vollyball is better
than marching band anyway. HS football really isn’t all that great to watch unless it’s the championship games or something like that.
"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." ~Bob Gibson
JFK
Depends on the MB
CSU just got recognized as top 5 nationally by the College Band Directors’ National Association for 2008 ^^
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 31, 2009 9:14 AM MDT up reply actions
stupid trombone chop
that gimmick was cool in high school
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by PioneerSkies on Mar 31, 2009 5:24 PM MDT up reply actions
I never got into it either
but I also don’t play trombone…crowds with simple pleasures in visuals….but the trombone suicide was not part of the show that earned the award.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 31, 2009 6:42 PM MDT up reply actions
what takes real guts is
mooning the Nebraska Cornhuskers womens basketball team during a game. I bet the CSU tuba section has never done that!
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by PioneerSkies on Mar 31, 2009 6:49 PM MDT up reply actions
How classy :)
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 31, 2009 9:23 PM MDT up reply actions
He sort of looks like a band teacher in that screenshot
Save that he’s about to get fried, but our Mr. Grimes had a bit more facial hair.
Wow..... yup,
you’re about 2000 miles further, give or take.
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How's the weather there?
And the surfing? In Australia, do they call the World Series the Spring Classic?
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
In Australia
They don’t mention the World Series. Too busy worrying about the two football grand finals happening and the upcoming cricket season.
The weather is good often too hot, and I don’t surf, but I expect it’s enjoyable.
by KindredSprites on Mar 28, 2009 3:35 AM MDT up reply actions
Like Skins, I don't really count.
Phoenix, AZ. But I’ve got connections to Conifer, Evergreen and Aurora. And I will be living in Colorado at some point in my life, of that I’m sure.
Denver, CO
Born/raised in Brighton.
I find it crazy that there are so many northern Wyoming people here. My grandparents lived in Lovell (east of Cody by 30-40 miles if I recall correctly) so I know the drive through Shoshoni, Worland, Greybull, etc.
Fort Carson (near Colorado Springs)
I’m surprised there isn’t more representation from Southern CO.
by WanderingRoxFan on Mar 27, 2009 9:54 PM MDT reply actions
My officemate
is from Pueblo?
He hates baseball, though…
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 27, 2009 10:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Raised in Widefield
but I currently go to Colorado School of Mines in Golden which is why I listed that.
"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." ~Bob Gibson
JFK
Lamar Community College...
usually has some pretty good teams. Scott Elarton is from that area.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
New Mexico
Thought I would check in as it is getting close to opening day. Hope to find time to contribute this season.
I am checking in from Grants, New Mexico – small town about 75 miles west of Albuquerque.
Keep an eye out for us heading up I-25 next Thursday night – pumped up to be heading “home” to Coors Field for the opener next week!
I’ve spent most of my life in the Rocky Mountain west, Montana, Wyoming and now New Mexico. The Colorado Rockies are truly a regional team and I hope to never again leave Rockies country.
Welcome to the Row
Opening Day should be a blast and it is great to know that people are coming from ALL OVER to see it. We also hope you continue to contribute this year because new voices and opinions are always fun to hear.
"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." ~Bob Gibson
JFK
Excuse me, Charlie,
but is your name BillyRay? I was asking him….
But anyway, I KNEW it!! I drove either through or by that place when I roadtripped to visit Albucrazy in August 07.
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Yep
Right on I-40 – three little exits covers the entire town. It is easy to miss if you stay on I-40.
Not a ton of love for the Rockies here in NM. Most baseball fans here seem to favor the D-Backs slightly but the big boys like the Yankees/Red Sox are pretty popular. Now that the Dodgers AAA team has moved back to Albuquerque (the Isotopes) I expect the Dodger blue to show back up. If anyone happens to be in Albuquerque – try to check out a game at Isotopes Park, it is a great place to watch a game. Just wish the Sky Sox made more visits…
As Phoenix and Denver are about the same distance from here – the cable’s Fox Sports bounced between FSRM and FSAZ with coverage the past couple of seasons almost exclusively on the Diamondbacks. I enjoy Mark Grace, but his partner might be the biggest homer in all of play by play. Painful as a Rockies fan to watch. I recently upgraded to DirecTV and was in heaven watching FRSMHD yesterday.
Daron Sutton is definitely a homer....
Grace used to be more of a homer, but I think he’s toned that down quite a bit since he’s started doing national games for Fox. The thing I like the most about Sutton is that he has a really good understanding of sabermetrics and statistical analysis — for which he is (you’ll have noticed) mocked incessantly by the old-skool Grace.
I find it genuinely interesting that most New Mexicans seem to favor the Dbacks, despite the fact that the Rockies have been around longer.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 29, 2009 12:43 PM MDT up reply actions
What's with the attitude?
Did someone forget to take their happy pills today?
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Yeah....
I forgot to refill my prescription this week.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 29, 2009 12:44 PM MDT up reply actions
Maybe you should..
find a nurse to give you a shot, until your pills come in.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
My mom's
a nurse, but she’s not nearly that creepy looking?
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My mom's a nurse too
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 29, 2009 5:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Mine
worked only weekends starting right after I was born, and then when I was in middle school and my sister and brother were in elementary school, she went to the University of Phoenix and got her MSN. She still only works 2 days a week, though. (Plus legal consulting)
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My mom would totally have to go back to school too
if she wanted to practice again. It’s been too long, too much has changed, she’s forgotten too much.
Well, my mom didn't stop. She just only worked on weekends.
We needed the money anyway, so
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 30, 2009 10:39 PM MDT up reply actions
That was a creepy looking nurse...
I think she worked on the set of Dark Knight. She’s disappeared now though, or Russ edited her out.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Hmm?
She’s still there…
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 30, 2009 11:01 AM MDT up reply actions
She's back now...
The host site must have been down temporarily .
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
My HS football team used to play..
Aztec and Kirtland, NM all the time in that area. They were both pretty good, and Kirtland had the nicest locker room I have ever changed in. It was carpeted and had large wooden lockers like the pro’s do. The only problem was at night the wind would pick up and the breeze would blow the smell of the local pig pens over the field.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
My HS football team used to
STOMP YOUR FACE.
Jk. But my senior year, we DID play (and cream) Irvine HS in Cali?
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Watch it Boobie Miles...
No one talks about my HS Football team like that!! Montrose was a powerhouse in Colorado 4A football, my freshman year and a couple of years after I graduated. Not really when I played, but the two weren’t related!!
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Their Girls BB Team
did pretty well this year too, as they beat my high school in the play offs.
"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." ~Bob Gibson
JFK
Mr. Mraule is a good coach...
He was the AD when I attended there.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Los Angeles
Born and raised Cheyenne, Wyo. Stops in Tucson and Durham along the way.
Which part of L.A.?
I’m going to put you in Muscle Beach for now. Finally a third PR’r in Cali, Holly and I were feeling all alone.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Presently
I live in true L.A., not even a cute little neighborhood name or anything. I’m right south of Hancock Park if you know the area, just on the outskirts of Koreatown. I used to live a short walk from Muscle Beach when I lived in Santa Monica though…good times. Hoping to move back to the beach someday.
There's
a Koreatown in LA? Wow…. that’s pretty specific.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 29, 2009 12:29 PM MDT up reply actions
I used to live in Thai Town and Little Armenia when I lived there,
They overlapped in Hollywood. There are ethnic enclaves from around the world all over LA, for many countries, including Korea and Thailand last I checked, the city is the largest population center of natives outside the country.
Santa Monica pier...
is one of the coolest beach spots I’ve ever visited. Where else can you ride a roller coaster, catch a shark and watch models in bikinis during their photo shoots?
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Santa Monica
is a great place to live. Really, nothing not to like. I miss it.
also
its fair to say that there are NOT a lot of Rockies fans in Cali. Whenever I go to Rox/Dodgers games, I’m a man alone…
We'll have to catch a game together...
Dodger stadium is on my list of stadium’s to visit.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Wait --
you live in SoCal, yet you haven’t been to Chavez??
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I just moved to SD in September...
And no I haven’t been to Chavez, the season was over. Although I did catch one of the last games of the season in Anaheim, it’s only an hour from my house. Dodger stadium is in Northern L.A. and the traffic gets a lot worse up there. Plus I don’t want to end up on an episode of the Hills or anything.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Ah.
Fair ’nuff.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 30, 2009 11:02 AM MDT up reply actions
absolutely
I gave up my share of season tix this year but always up for a game…
Are you near the La Brea Tar Pits?
We took the kids there for a day over the winter. We had a blast, and the next day it was featured on an episode of Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
!!!!!!!
DIRTY JOBS FTW!!
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 30, 2009 11:04 AM MDT up reply actions
Not too far from there
Though I haven’t been since I was like 5 years old.
Calif.
Oakhurst, California near the southern enterance of Yosemite National Park.
Welcome to the Row
We seem to be growing in California. Now all we need to do is take over Arizona and the Rockies will have the largest market in the West.
"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." ~Bob Gibson
JFK
With the Rockies moving from Tucson, which has long been a bit of a Rox enclave,
taking over Arizona seems unlikely…
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400 Comments with this one
"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." ~Bob Gibson
JFK
I
live in Fort Collins Co (or Foco/Fort Fun), about 10" from Posiedon’s room. Also spent 11 years in Highlands Ranch Co and 8 years in Lomoc Ca.
I already placed you on the map..
At PF’s suggestion. But I pinned you farther north by the Budweiser plant.
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Wow
Jinx
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 30, 2009 10:04 AM MDT up reply actions
Move him to the New Belgium plant
That would make him a lot happier.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 30, 2009 10:04 AM MDT up reply actions
Budweiser?
Gross.
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 30, 2009 11:06 AM MDT up reply actions
+1
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 30, 2009 12:33 PM MDT up reply actions
But wait!
It’s “drinkable”. (As is motor oil)
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 30, 2009 12:56 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
If you ask for one at 1702
they’ll give you a pint glass and tell you the tap is in the restroom
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 30, 2009 12:57 PM MDT up reply actions
HAH!
Did you try?
Whenever I’m at the Dubliner and I see somebody drinking a Miller Lite, I cry a little inside.
Oh — embarrassing beer story of the week: I was under the impression that Smithwick’s was English, not Irish, and was corrected this weekend. :(
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Of course not :)
Someone else did though. And shame on you.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 30, 2009 4:56 PM MDT up reply actions
I figured
you might have done it as a joke.
I was corrected by both the bargirl and my best friend. It was upsetting. :-(
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I had both Guiness and Smithwick's when I was in Ireland...
and truth be told, I preferred Smithwick’s by far.
Eschew Obfuscation!
by Jeff Aberle on Mar 31, 2009 11:04 AM MDT up reply actions
I prefer Murphy's.
Haven’t been a Guinness fan ever since I discovered there was something better. :-)
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by DbacksSkins on Mar 31, 2009 11:12 AM MDT up reply actions
If we're talking
creamy ale goodness I prefer Boddingtons – although it’s not a stout, and also is not Irish. So I guess not really that close.
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
I usually
get Boddington’s when I’m at the Dubliner…. “the usual” for me is a Michael Collins single malt on the rocks to start, and then Boddington’s the rest of the night.
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I randomly
found myself at a heavy metal karaoke bar in Lompoc once. Fun night…
Hee
I really didn’t expect it to be quite this massive. But I’m glad I did it. It’s great to get to know everyone a little better before the season starts.
It is nice
and of course people aren’t going to pass up the opportunity to talk about themselves =p
by A.J. Haefele on Mar 30, 2009 4:08 PM MDT up reply actions
My fiance is from the Dyersburg area.
I’ve been out there to visit twice. Nice area.
Dyersburg?
That’s a little random. I went to college in Jackson, which is only about a 45-minute drive from Dyersburg.
Yeah, we stopped in Jackson.
We went there on the way back from Nashville. We flew into Nashville because Southwest flights from Denver are so cheap. Also, one of my friends from grad school married a girl from Jackson.
It really is a small world.
Only been there once.
Went skiing there years ago…. sometime in the early 90s, I wanna say.
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My boys rode Thomas the Train there once...
I played the coldest football game of my life there. The field had a frozen sheet of ice on it. Fortunately for me I was a bench warmer that year and didn’t have to get tackled on it.
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Yet you would have been warmer
if you were running around generating heat instead of expending your resting heat on said bench.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 31, 2009 9:15 AM MDT up reply actions
To normal people
this is common knowledge: Movement=more blood flow=warm body
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JFK
warm body
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Mar 31, 2009 6:03 PM MDT up reply actions
That would have been the second best way to keep warm..
Before the game I spent about $50 in heat packs and stuffed my clothes with them. :~)
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I'm going to say it hits
721. Once it hits it, I’ll close comments :)
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 30, 2009 4:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Only to be reopened.
"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln
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NUH-UH!!
I’ll fight you for it
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 30, 2009 5:13 PM MDT up reply actions
Littleton, CO
Born and raised in Conifer
High school in Evergreen
Undergrad/grad school in Golden
Littleton's alright.
I preffer either in Denver or Evergreen myself.
by blooming rock on Mar 30, 2009 7:17 PM MDT up reply actions
A little late joining in on this...
but I hail from Aurora, CO once again after going to college in Greeley,CO (graduated Dec. of last year).
I live and die with the Colorado Rockies and the Avs/Nuggets aren't that far behind....
by AtkinsandTulofan on Mar 31, 2009 11:58 PM MDT reply actions
Congrats on Graduating
Your really not very late, there just happens to be a ton of comments here.
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JFK
Thanks!
I am glad to be done with school. I love learning, but am glad to be done since that last semester was chaotic. Now I have more time to dedicate to the Rockies and Nuggets which I can always appreciate.
I live and die with the Colorado Rockies and the Avs/Nuggets aren't that far behind....
by AtkinsandTulofan on Apr 2, 2009 12:37 AM MDT up reply actions
Tucson is a good excuse
How was/is the trip?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 1, 2009 12:08 AM MDT up reply actions
We're leaving tomorrow...
and I am so sad to go. The trip was wonderful…we wound up staying in phoenix and only going to road games (a’s, whitesox, and royals), but still just amazing! I still love HC, but it was cool to go to the other stadiums since previously we had only seen TEP. We geeked over seeing Matty again and I was able to snag a Rox tank top at the A’s park. I think the Royals park in Surprise was my favorite of the 3….had the old-time ballpark feel to it, people were very friendly working there, and the music was the best. I also did wind up having encounters with Iannetta, Spilly, Tulo, and Atkins among others so everyone that commented on my facebook will be pleased. Iannetta is a very polite boy along with being a special boy. Tulo was extremely happy and giddy. Spilly was Spilly and Atty was well…you all know he is my favorite. I have also fallen in sports love with Dexter Fowler and he was quite charming to talk to.
So, sorry to have written a novel, but the trip was great and I look forward to hearing more about yours too Andrew!
I live and die with the Colorado Rockies and the Avs/Nuggets aren't that far behind....
by AtkinsandTulofan on Apr 2, 2009 12:47 AM MDT up reply actions
You should have written a fanpost about your trip!
Feel free to post any pics you took, I would love to see them!!
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
I agree with Charlie 77
Do you have pics, because they are the best part of ST because your close to the players.
"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." ~Bob Gibson
JFK
I do have pics…don’t know how great they are since I am new at using this camera, but I’m sure they’ll be ok. I will probably do a fanpost about the trip within the next few days. I need to upload the pics tho.
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by AtkinsandTulofan on Apr 5, 2009 6:42 PM MDT up reply actions
Even though it's a little late..
I think I will post one! I just need to get my pics uploaded to my computer.
I live and die with the Colorado Rockies and the Avs/Nuggets aren't that far behind....
by AtkinsandTulofan on Apr 5, 2009 6:39 PM MDT up reply actions
I was born in Aurora
and lived there for 12 years. Represent!
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 1, 2009 12:15 AM MDT up reply actions
A-town Represent!
I have had my ups and downs there, but can’t beat the location and easy access to Coors Field/Pepsi Center!
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by AtkinsandTulofan on Apr 2, 2009 12:50 AM MDT up reply actions
Close
In dental school. Unfortunately I went to college in Utah, and CU no longer considered me in state, so now I’m way out here with 2 years to go.
Craig, CO
I’ve been a lurker here for several years, just haven’t had much to comment about, but, Western Slope CO has been poorly represented here (except for a few formerly froms).
If you’re having trouble finding where to stick my pin, that would be just down the road from the hometown of RoxGirl.
I was raised in the Dakota’s. I First attended a Ball Game at Metropolitan Stadium in 1966, the year after the Twins were beaten by the Dodgers in the World Series (could this be why I hate the Dodger).
I also attended a game in the mid 70’s. Rod Carew didn’t play that day, but he juggled baseballs on the dugout step the whole game.
Also attended games at Kauffman Stadium, Mile High (Home opener 1993), Coors Field, and Jack Murphy Stadium (1995).
Thank You holly96 for starting this post, and Thank You to all you great folks at Purple Row. You’re the Greatest!!!
Welcome to the Purple Row
It is nice to see holly96 had the effect of pulling quite a few people out of hiding and causing them to post. Hating the Dodgers isn’t a bad thing you know. Once again welcome aboard.
"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." ~Bob Gibson
JFK
Welcome to the Row!
I’ve driven through Craig a few times, so it wasn’t too hard to find! Nice to see the WS on the map!
"Never fall in or out of love too early in the Spring." ~ Tony La Russa
Northwest Colorado represent!
Craig had the better shopping for regular people until Steamboat built their Wal-Mart and the slightly better movie theater. We made quite a few trips there each year and I had a few friends in town.
Welcome to the Row, btw.
Welcome to the Row, Dad!
I don’t know about the biggest, but you’re probably the tallest fan around here.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat." ~ Roger Kahn, The Boys of Summer
This thread
is a monster, threatening to collapse in on its own gravitational field and thus form a black hole, sucking all of SB Nation down across its event horizon, into…. God only knows what!!
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Not even.
Pension Plan Puppets regularly used to run up 1000 comment GAME THREADS. I haven’t been there in a while, but I definitely remember them attempting to crush SBNation.
Oh, don't worry.
BCB routinely has GDTs over 1000 comments BEFORE switching to an OF thread. I’m just messin’ around. Nothing bad will happen to your SBN. :-)
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The Leafs
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 3, 2009 12:28 PM MDT up reply actions
Famous for their logo and grammatically incorrect nickname.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 3, 2009 12:28 PM MDT up reply actions
Holly's going to have to come up with a sequel...
like, “Why are you, Rowbots?” or “Where are you, Rowbots 2: The Reckoning”
Where are you Rowbots 2:
Electric Whereareyou?
Listen, this signature line is a big part of who I am.
by frightened inmate #2 on Apr 3, 2009 10:53 AM MDT up reply actions
Home of the best 4th of July fireworks in Colorado...
BTW, FYI, you are the 69th PR fan on the map.
It's opening day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BTW
If you want to move mine i’m now at 22nd and Blake :)
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-Glendon Rusch
Great Location to be
"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." ~Bob Gibson
JFK
I cannot complain
Although my wallet might when I end up going to every home game for the first two months…
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
Ok, you're moved..
I heard there’s a good hot dog stand right around the corner! :^)
It's opening day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I must say...
I am a big fan of that map! Loving it, Loving it!
I live and die with the Colorado Rockies and the Avs/Nuggets aren't that far behind....
by AtkinsandTulofan on Apr 6, 2009 11:22 PM MDT up reply actions
have you had a chance to check out Big 12 Hardball blog on SN?
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?
Author: Jim Bouton
I've lurked there briefly
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 8, 2009 11:45 PM MDT up reply actions
Syracuse, NE
Don’t know why I missed signing in to put where I was at. I’m prolly too late.
I got nothing.
Good topic
I live in St. Petersburg, FL. which is where the Rays play. A LOT of people think that the Rays play in Tampa however Tampa is about 30 minutes from Tropicana Field . Which brings me to what I do for a living. Day time I work for the local P.D. and in the evenings, I am on the Rays grounds crew. Something that I’ve been very proud of being a huge baseball fan for over 40 years. I am part owner of 5 thoroughbred race horses (that’s where my Rays $$$ goes : ) ).
Last year was a dream year for me. I saw my first horse win in May and then I get to go to the World Series in October. (She won again on April 2 of this year too however I have a STRONG feeling that I’m not gettin’ back to the World Series this year). St.Pete gets pretty warm during the spring and summer months and it’s ALWAYS humid. It is so difficult to find and buy any Rox gear here in Florida. Very frustrating.
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