The Mighty Mite

Trust me, they will but by how much is the question. The Lightning and Bucs draw very well in Tampa, most Rays fans that live in Tampa will not make the trip to St. Pete especially on weeknights.

No sir.

Rays better win tonight as it will be almost impossible to comeback from a 3-0 deficit.

Exactly, the guy was basically a huckster.

Our Sox have a history of bad ownership but looking back the franchise was best under the Comiskey family in the first 20 years and again in the GO GO years. They did suffer after the Black Sox scandal but they had some nice seasons when Jimmy Dykes was managing led by Hall of Famers Luke Appling and Ted Lyons. I was never a fan of Veeck as he traded away a future All Star team after the 1959 AL Championship season. I will always appreciate him stepping in and buying the Sox in 1976 but he was under financed and for some reason he blamed it on bad managers as the Sox had 5 managers in 5 years in his 2nd stint, we saw Paul Richards, Bob Lemon, Larry Doby, Don Kissinger and Tony LaRussa.

Excellent points but sometimes it’s hard to accept some things like I don’t understand why people go to ballgame, pay good money for a seat and windup standing and watching the game from a concourse. Every once in awhile during a Sox they will show a view from around the fan deck pointing to the left field concourse and it’s packed with people just walking around with some standing and watching the game, I don’t get it, I guess I’m a Neanderthal man.

Just think, back in the day this old guy went to games at Comiskey and Wrigley just to see Major League Baseball games and greats stars like Williams, Mantle, Mays, Aaron, Mathews and so many more besides our guys like Fox Minoso and Aparicio and never gave the experience and all this other stuff a thought while only paying a 1.25 for a grandstand seat, I can’t believe I survived all these years without the “experience”.

Ballparks I’ve been to, first year visiting and number of times. Comiskey July 15, 1955, 200+ games including 1959 World Series game 2, my all time favorite, very close to the action. Worked at Comiskey and Wrigley as a vendor in 1962. Wrigley Field 1955, 30 games, great for Bears games Yankee Stadium 1965, once, the original house that Ruth built Metropolitan Stadium 1966, once, giant erector set, wasn’t impressed Shea Stadium 1967, once, big and dual purpose with baseball suffering Connie Mack Stadium 1967, once, a real dump Anaheim Stadium 1975, at that time it was pretty bland, 3 more times after the remake, much better. Fenway Park 1978, once, cramped and old with some seats with bad sightlines Milwaukee County Stadium 1978, 3 times, pretty nice ballpark Comiskey Park ll 1991, 10 times, pretty bad when it opened but now pretty good. Pro Player Park 1997, 3 times including 2 World Series games, made for football Tropicana Field 2000, 10 times, not all that bad, pretty dark, the rings are the problem, when it’s full, it’s loud. Dodger Stadium 2009, once, great setting but as a ballpark no better than the Rate, still looked like new as it was built in 1962.

This should be a damn good World Series with 2 excellent teams, go Rays.

Good.

Rays had a chance to get a few more runs the last 2 innings.

Great job of hitting by Richie.

Rays win game 5, back to St. Pete to try to close it out.

Kwan with a great catch.

You had nowhere to go than up.