Olmec Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Didn't see this posted anywhere else. I think this is pretty cool. https://www.npr.org/2019/08/08/749507311/mlbs-yankees-and-white-sox-to-play-at-field-of-dreams-farm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinFromBoston Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sykotyk Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 They're not even playing at the actual field. They're building another field and stadium. Enjoy a two lane country road getting 8000 people in and out of there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 I really liked Mystery, Alaska. 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 As AMG said 20 years ago (fantastic YouTube dub).... and later through Stewie Griffin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 This is absurd. 1) it's a temporary stadium?? Seems incredibly wasteful and inauthentic. 2) I assume they're charging MLB prices, so people would spend a lot of money to watch a game in a sub-standard environment (let alone Iowa factor.) 2.a) while it's only one game, the players will also have to adjust to playing in a stadium constructed out of legos and rubber bands, as opposed to the palaces they're accustomed to that have all the modern training amenities. 3) 8K max? That sucks for the other people that would normally have wanted to go see the Yankees play in Chicago, but now can't. I don't know if that Yankees are a regular road sellout when they play familiar AL teams on the road like they are in many NL markets, but it still robs fans of an opportunity. 4) Gimmicky stuff like this should be saved for pre season or exhibitions that don't mean anything. I assume MLB is getting a nice check for this, probably to promote a re-release of the film or something, so good for them. Doesn't mean it's not dumb. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 I think it might be neat if every team dedicated one game every year to play in some town in their "home market" that's outside of commuting range to the stadium. While it might not make sense for a lot of east-coast teams since like in the Phillies example, I don't think there's anywhere in their 'market' that's more than a 3-hr drive to Phila, but for the midwest and southern teams that have huge (but sparse) territories, it'd be nice to throw some of those fans a bone on a rotating basis every year. Not too dissimilar to how the Packers used to play in Milwaukee, but for different reasons. Example - the Twins market (at least from a blackout perspective) extends past the Dakotas. Maybe, now that the precedent is set for playing in sub-standard facilities in sub-sized areas, play a game in North Dakota (the players would probably need to take classes about how great god is though) one year, then South Dakota the next, or have the Mariners play a game in Montana or somewhere in BC (maybe Vancouver, maybe... well, that's all I know about BC.) It's dumb for the same reasons I listed above about the Field of Dreams scam, but if they're going to do stuff like that, the little league game, the civil rights game, then at least this plan could be justified as solidifying their markets. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFGiants58 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 I genuinely dislike that movie for the line, "if you build it, he will come." That statement, transformed into "if you build it, they will come" has been used far too often to justify taxpayer-funded albatrosses for sports team venues. If you want a good baseball movie to get people to love the sport, there are better options. Major League, A League of Their Own, 61, The Sandlot, Bull Durham, and so on. I just happen to have a distaste for Field of Dreams and how schmaltzy it is. MLB: Project 32 (Complete), MLB: The Defunct Saga (Complete) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Yeah, it’s saccharine crap. The fifth-best baseball movie on Kevin Costner’s resume. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFGiants58 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, Gothamite said: Yeah, it’s saccharine crap. The fifth-best baseball movie on Kevin Costner’s resume. It's a waste of James Earl Jones as well, even more than Soul Man or Exorcist II: The Heretic. The best use for the movie is funny overdubs with Jones' most famous character: A game of father-son catch probably could've converted Vader back to the light pretty convincingly. MLB: Project 32 (Complete), MLB: The Defunct Saga (Complete) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Hey look at that, a stadium the White Sox may actually be able to sell out for once. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilSox Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 On 8/10/2019 at 8:35 AM, SFGiants58 said: I genuinely dislike that movie for the line, "if you build it, he will come." That statement, transformed into "if you build it, they will come" has been used far too often to justify taxpayer-funded albatrosses for sports team venues. If you want a good baseball movie to get people to love the sport, there are better options. Major League, A League of Their Own, 61, The Sandlot, Bull Durham, and so on. I just happen to have a distaste for Field of Dreams and how schmaltzy it is. On 8/10/2019 at 10:56 AM, Gothamite said: Yeah, it’s saccharine crap. The fifth-best baseball movie on Kevin Costner’s resume. Is there a bandwagon forming to talk about how terrible Field Of Dreams is? If so, count me in. That 1988-1993 era was a golden age for baseball movies and Field of Dreams gets lumped into it for no good damn reason at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Major League A League of Their Own Bull Durham The Sandlot All better than Field of Dreams EDIT: I will entertain arguments for Rookie of the Year; Gary Busey never duped a Chicago exurb into building a ballpark behind a Walgreen's ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont care Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 7 hours ago, the admiral said: Major League A League of Their Own Bull Durham The Sandlot All better than Field of Dreams EDIT: I will entertain arguments for Rookie of the Year; Gary Busey never duped a Chicago exurb into building a ballpark behind a Walgreen's Even for the love of the game is better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFGiants58 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 7 hours ago, the admiral said: All better than Field of Dreams EDIT: I will entertain arguments for Rookie of the Year; Gary Busey never duped a Chicago exurb into building a ballpark behind a Walgreen's Can I add The Fan (Robert DeNiro stalking Wesley Snipes, who is playing an obvious Barry Bonds clone), The Natural (although it has those who dislike it), and 42 to that list? MLB: Project 32 (Complete), MLB: The Defunct Saga (Complete) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, SFGiants58 said: Can I add The Fan (Robert DeNiro stalking Wesley Snipes, who is playing an obvious Barry Bonds clone), The Natural (although it has those who dislike it), and 42 to that list? I feel like if you didn't watch The Natural 30 years ago, it's kind of hard to appreciate it. I saw it for the first time last summer, and it couldn't possibly live up to its reputation. And, as it happens, it didn't. In large part because, to me, it seemed like there were four total sets repeated over and over again, and it felt far more like an assemblage of actors going through scenes rather than an actual cohesive narrative. For the Love the Game remains close to my heart though, probably because I did indeed watch and enjoy it in 1998 or whatever. It's no Draft Day, but as far as Costner sports movies are concerned, For the Love of the Game is terrific. Tin Cup is his best sports movie. 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Just now, DG_Now said: I feel like if you didn't watch The Natural 30 years ago, it's kind of hard to appreciate it. I saw it for the first time last summer, and it couldn't possibly live up to its reputation. And, as it happens, it didn't. In large part because, to me, it seemed like there were four total sets repeated over and over again, and it felt far more like an assemblage of actors going through scenes rather than an actual cohesive narrative. The Natural is a weird one because I wouldn't really consider it a baseball movie in the traditional sense. Baseball is the vehicle used to move the plot along, but the real meat of the picture is focused more on overcoming corruption and evil and excess that occurs off the field. It's a very good movie, don't get me wrong, but it doesn't really hold up compared to other baseball movies because baseball is sort of secondary to the plot. At least, that's what I've always felt. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilSox Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 7 hours ago, the admiral said: Major League A League of Their Own Bull Durham The Sandlot All better than Field of Dreams EDIT: I will entertain arguments for Rookie of the Year; Gary Busey never duped a Chicago exurb into building a ballpark behind a Walgreen's Rookie Of The Year isn't on the level of those other movies, but I'd gladly watch it a dozen times in a row before I subjected myself to that trip to the dentist that is Field Of Dreams. Angels In The Outfield too. How does a movie dealing with actual angels manage to be less saccharine than Field Of Dreams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilSox Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Oh, and speaking of The Sandlot, Wendy Peffercorn looks like THIS now... That's just not fair.... how the f--k is she even hotter?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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