Very good baseball game on ESPN2 right now.

[MicroBob]

The Jackals just recently started up in the UHL (in 2001 or 2002 I guess).
Maybe they transferred leagues...haven't kept up with it.
They played teams like Port Huron (MICH), Rockford (ILL), Quad Cities (Iowa) as well as some other teams a little bit closer that I can't specifically remember currently.
I only went to a couple hockey games while there.

Only lived in Elmira for one spring-summer and that was it.


The Pioneers play in a neighborhood park called dunn Field. nice, old ballpark. I liked the atmosphere there (and I'm really picky when it comes to whether or not I like a minor-league baseball stadium).
Not much to like about the city of Elmira though. Pretty boring.

At the time the league included Adirondack, Albany, Brockton, Pittsfield, Quebec, New Jersey (Montclair St campus) and Allentown.
League has changed a lot since then (adding Bangor and Lynn and somewhere else too I think).


Quebec may be my favorite minor-league stadium and atmosphere ever (narrowly beating out Daytona Beach).

Both are probably more like the old stadium in Rochester (which I have never been to).

I like the newer, retro-style stadiums too in the minor-leagues....but not nearly as much as the genuinely old ones like Quebec and Daytona.
the restrooms are too small and are reaslly dirty...and the seats aren't exactly constructed at all the right angles (and the press-boxes really suck too)...but nothing beats the atmosphere of the old ballparks.

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Good stuff.

Have you ever been to P&C Stadium where the Skychiefs play? It's really a good stadium. Right outside the city and very clean. And the tickets are cheaper than here in Rochester.

Season tickets can be had for like 250.

[MicroBob]

Haven't been to that stadium.

Drove past the baseball stadium in Buffalo though. That's about it.

At AAA I haven't been to too many stadiums.

Indianapolis (the old stadium that was used in the filming of Eight Men Out...easily my favorite)
Memphis
Toledo
Richmond
Iowa
Louisville (the old one....doubled as the football stadium for U of L)




Speaking of just KNOWING someone is going to make it when you meet them....that's EXACTLY the feeling I got when meeting Matt Park at the Baseball Meetings one year.

I haven't even heard him on the air....but just meeting him I was fairly certain he was solid (and I think most announcers suck).

he's not in the bigs obviously....but calling D-1 football and hoops for a major university is good enough for me.

And he may still have some 'moving up' left in him. Wouldn't surprise me in the least.

[theredwave]

I went to this game, well got there in the middle of the 8th. Huskers were down 3-2 in the bottom of the eigth with a man on and no outs, I'm fairly sure the ump called a questionable balk which saved us an out and we ended up driving the guy home for the tying run. Pretty unexciting from here on out, me and my buddy did end up watching the eventual game blowing pitcher in the bullpen in the 14th or 15th inning and he looked pretty lazy, but what the hell do we know. All three of his only pitches were off the plate or much worse. After the game the Texas players gave their longhorn \--/ wave to the crowd, I was about 30 feet away and yelled out "You lost" and then gave them the upside down horns and pointed to the scoreboard, that's when one player decided to flip me off. Fun game except it got pretty cold, too bad I have to miss Saturday's game but I'll probably end up going to the one on Sunday. Hopefully we can go at least 2-1 for the series and move up rankings a little bit, we've had a pretty weak schedule so far.

[tdarko]

triple A makes 1800 a month. if you are a 40 man player you make a little more.

[tdarko]

league min is 300K now and A ball makes 1200 a month which is actually a pay increase this year.

[tdarko]

wow i played in the northeast league when i got released, its called the can-am league now.

[Dead]

What team did you play for man?

[tdarko]

actually university of nebraska, after that the yankees and then i was traded to the royals and just got released this spring training.

best spring training i have ever had too...8ip 0er 6h 9k 0bb

[Dead]

That's awesome man.

You're not joking right?