It’s not easy getting fans in the seats these days. Competition is tough and extras like baseball tickets are being cut from many family budgets. ESPN lists their top ten minor league promotions, including: Dairy Day (pictured above), Midget Wrestling Night and Pillow Fight Night!
Includes a great gallery of stadiums.
Uses Doppler radar, like conventional hand-held sports and police radar speed guns and attaches to the back of any ball glove.
Endorsed by Ken Griffey Jr. “All-Century Center Fielder”
Substitute the Packers in place of the Giants and it would had been perfection.
FOXBOROUGH, MA—As the once-invincible, still-insufferable Patriots attempt to come to grips with their 17-14 Super Bowl loss to the Giants, the death of their dream to go undefeated, and the possible end of their dynasty, almost every other person in America is reveling in what they consider the perfect ending to New England’s season.
Nothing like honoring a legend with a gaudy shoe!
These limited-edition commemorative Arnold “Red” Auerbach Collection shoes honor the late Celtics patriarch for his contributions to social change and to the game of basketball. Adidas will produce only 938 pairs of shoes, one for every Auerbach win, for this special program recognizing one of the winningest coaches in NBA history. The shoe contains depictions of various Red Auerbach iconographies, including the Celtics logo, 938 wins, 16 championships, his retired #2 jersey and famous celebratory cigar. The sock liner has a parquet floor pattern to emulate the famous playing surface of the Boston Garden. It also includes famous quotes by Auerbach sublimated in kelly green. The shoe also recognizes Auerbach as a leader of social change. It includes embroidery of C50C, representing Auerbach’s drafting of the first African-American player in NBA history, Chuck Cooper, in 1950, B66R for Bill Russell becoming the NBA’s first African-American head coach in 1966, and 63-FIVE-64 representing the first all African-American starting five in league history during the 1963-64 season.
I imagine The Chief and the other legends will get their own numbers on the shoe.
Each pair of shoes is numbered through 938 starting with 00, the number Celtics Legend Robert Parish wore. Parish along with other Celtics Legends will receive their own commemorative shoes to honor the special relationships Coach Auerbach had with his players.
link (thx mr larry)
Pee your pants for the Milwaukee Brewers! One site is collecting pledges for signees to wet their pants if/when the Brewers make the playoffs. The Brewers last made the postseason in 1982 (they lost the World Series to the Cardinals), however they currently have the best record in baseball. 200 people have made the pledge so far.
If/when it happens most fans will be drunk enough that’ll it’ll mostly be beer anyway.
Cool idea. Unfortunately none of the doors in my office or condo would work with this door/table conversion because a wall runs along the inside of each.
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Got my first taste of polo today-on the sands of Miami Beach. An interesting sport, with a lot of rules (no charging at angles, the player behind the ball having the right of way, no slide tackles) to keep it from being as rough as it could be. A few horses took shots from the ball, which is basically a mini soccer ball. Having the horse stand in front of the goal during a penalty shot seemed a little cruel.
Overall a fun time, enhanced by free booze, hors d’oeuvre and cigars…
Went to the Marlins/Phillies game last night. An exciting matchup that included an inside-the-park home run, a Marlin being a single away from hitting for the cycle and free 10-year anniversary flags! (Mine flew off my car antenna on the way home).
Great time was had by all, but when they showed the attendence as over 32,000, I had to take a second look. There were maybe half that many people at the game. Check out the photo above and keep in mind that baseball capacity for Dolphin Stadium is listed as between 36,331-47,000 (sources vary on this). Fairly sad for the 2nd game of the season, on a Saturday night.
Apparently every Saturday game is now ‘Super Saturday.’ This week included fireworks and a few American Idol runner-ups. However the best part of the night was seeing local sportscaster Jim Berry make an ass of himself on the jumbotrons.
Eternal Image has a line of Major League Baseball urns and caskets planned for launch during this season. Cubs fans, you might as well ready one for your team right now.
They also have Precious Moments urns and caskets. Perfect for the wife who’s husband is lined up for a Nascar casket.
“The AltiPower Personal Hypoxicator uses your own natural breathing process to produce reduced oxygen (hypoxic) air. Continuous breathing using AltiPower, with its patented, semi-closed, respiratory circuit, gradually decreases the oxygen content of the breathing air. This replicates the conditions of high altitude and with it, the benefits of alpine-like air.”
I may be climbing a 10,000 ft mountain later this summer, and coming from zero elevation Miami, something like this may help. However, I’m failing to see how this works any differently than a paper bag.
Best piece of information from the Altipower site, the World Anti-Doping Agency president’s name is “Dick Pound”…seriously.
link (via getoutdoors)
Bossaball is a sport that mixes volleyball, soccer, gymnastics and capoeira on inflatables and trampolines.
Personally I’ll stick with regular old volleyball. This must be a pain to set up, probably costs a lot and must pop now and then.
Might work as a party rental, but expect to sign some insurance waivers.
Here’s video of a match between Brazil and Spain.
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Las Vegas WET is a $1 billion project with plans to build the largest indoor water park in America, an indoor ski area as well as the usual casino, hotel and event areas.
Check out the renderings on their site for some pretty wild looking pool areas.
Sumseeds are sunflower seeds that come ’supercharged’ with caffeine, taurine, lysine and ginseng. No word on HGH, creatine or ephedra for the professionals.
link (via trendhunter)
For the third straight year Sirius is airing every game of the 2007 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. How can any serious gambler not own a satellite radio? Sirius is starting a lacrosse show soon for the real degenerates!
The action starts tonight with the play-in game between Florida A&M and Niagara. Here’s to Wisconsin doing better than they did in the championship game of the Big Ten tournament (which I had the displeasure of seeing in person this past Sunday in Chicago).
(via orbitcast)
Yes, unfortunately it’s come to this…
“You get caught with a firearm, you’re dismissed from the football team,” UM’s coach said Monday.”
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