Comments on: Why is this night different from all other nights? http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/08/31/why-is-this-night-different-from-all-other-nights/ Media, Baseball, Boston, the Red Sox, Music, Literature, and Mnookins Fri, 16 May 2008 21:51:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Carson http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/08/31/why-is-this-night-different-from-all-other-nights/#comment-812 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:15:32 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/08/31/why-is-this-night-different-from-all-other-nights/#comment-812 Quotes on Red Sox tickets from said fandom in today's Herald: "Prices have dropped pretty drastically," Brownell said. "Who wants to pay through the nose to see a lousy team play with third-string players?" "To be honest, at this point, I have no interest in going to games at Fenway this weekend and wouldn't mind giving them away for free." "They're playing bad, and that's why I knew there'd be tickets because I wasn't worrying about it selling out" "Even if I had to eat the tickets, it's better than paying for the extra night at the hotel and suffering through another loss" Then there's this: "Sox officials continue to exhibit a sunny optimism, perhaps nowhere more evident than in the team's offer of playoff and World Series seats to season-ticket holders. In a letter mailed recently by the Red Sox, season-ticket holders were offered ``warm greetings as we drive through the `dog days' of August and plunge into the pennant chase in September." Later in the letter, the Sox wrote that ``the return of Curt Schilling and the reliability of other veterans such as Manny Ramirez, Trot Nixon, Tim Wakefield, Mike Timlin, Jason Varitek, and Doug Mirabelli have been gratifying." Quotes on Red Sox tickets from said fandom in today’s Herald:

“Prices have dropped pretty drastically,” Brownell said. “Who wants to pay through the nose to see a lousy team play with third-string players?”

“To be honest, at this point, I have no interest in going to games at Fenway this weekend and wouldn’t mind giving them away for free.”

“They’re playing bad, and that’s why I knew there’d be tickets because I wasn’t worrying about it selling out”

“Even if I had to eat the tickets, it’s better than paying for the extra night at the hotel and suffering through another loss”

Then there’s this:
“Sox officials continue to exhibit a sunny optimism, perhaps nowhere more evident than in the team’s offer of playoff and World Series seats to season-ticket holders.
In a letter mailed recently by the Red Sox, season-ticket holders were offered “warm greetings as we drive through the `dog days’ of August and plunge into the pennant chase in September.” Later in the letter, the Sox wrote that “the return of Curt Schilling and the reliability of other veterans such as Manny Ramirez, Trot Nixon, Tim Wakefield, Mike Timlin, Jason Varitek, and Doug Mirabelli have been gratifying.”

]]> by: yazdog8 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/08/31/why-is-this-night-different-from-all-other-nights/#comment-811 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:14:59 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/08/31/why-is-this-night-different-from-all-other-nights/#comment-811 It's dispiriting to hear the players make those comments. In fact when they were in Oakland, the Sox did a good job of avoiding any contact with their fandom whatsoever during BP. I don't know if the players understand that the average fan, not the WEEI windbags or the dirt dog supporters really understand that this team is struggling due to events completely beyond their control. They are they Red Sox. They are our team. And I hope the players and coaches understand that we support them. It’s dispiriting to hear the players make those comments. In fact when they were in Oakland, the Sox did a good job of avoiding any contact with their fandom whatsoever during BP. I don’t know if the players understand that the average fan, not the WEEI windbags or the dirt dog supporters really understand that this team is struggling due to events completely beyond their control.

They are they Red Sox. They are our team. And I hope the players and coaches understand that we support them.

]]> by: deversm http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/08/31/why-is-this-night-different-from-all-other-nights/#comment-809 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:38:17 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/08/31/why-is-this-night-different-from-all-other-nights/#comment-809 Tavarez starting in place of Wells.... Halladay on the mound against a no-O Sox lineup. A Boston team that is reeling and emotionally spent... I invoke the reverse-lock for tonight's game. Go Sox! Tavarez starting in place of Wells…. Halladay on the mound against a no-O Sox lineup. A Boston team that is reeling and emotionally spent… I invoke the reverse-lock for tonight’s game. Go Sox!

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