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  1. Gwreck
    Frayed Knot wrote: Who knows about the finances but getting at least two rounds deep in the post-season is a nice kick in the bottom line. They also drew over 3 million fans this year (more than the Cubs, Dodgers or Mets). Fielder made $15 million this year through arbitration so if he leaves in free agency that's a big chunk of $$ freed up.
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    ESPN had it at 6-9 months which could be anything from April to June for a return.
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    Dykstra is listed as advancing to second base on a "K" in the 6th inning. I guess that means there was a Wild Pitch or Passed Ball on called strike three to Hernandez?
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    Frayed Knot wrote: Detroit: Omir Santos (although I don't think he's even active for the post-season) No, he is. Victor Martinez has a toe injury that would prevent him from catching so they are carrying Santos as a backup.
  5. Gwreck
    Cardinals Win Howard dies on way to first base
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    Frayed Knot wrote: I'm so glad that NYC never picked up on the towel-waving idiocy. In fairness, the Mets handed them out at Game 7 of the NLCS in 2006.
  7. Gwreck
    Good pitcher's duel with Cardinals up 1-0 after 6. Furball triple in the first led to the only run.
  8. Gwreck
    An Upton opposite-field homer gave Arizona an early lead. Brewers threatening in the 4th with a leadoff Morgan double ahead of Braun and Fielder.
  9. Gwreck
    Jose will sign with the Mets because: 1. His injury history will reduce his open-market value, if only a little bit; 2. His value to the Mets exceeds his on-field performance and allowing Reyes to walk is the first step towards an even larger attendance hemorrhage than has happened the past 3 seasons.
  10. Gwreck
    My father is from Detroit and is a Tiger fan so I went along with him tonight for some good schadenfreude. There is a whole sociological study just waiting to be done regarding the House of Evil during a game like this but I'll share the key observations: 1. I've never heard so much profanity over a prolonged period of time. You wouldn't hear 15% of what we heard if you watched 3 Sopranos episodes in a row; 2. These have to be some of the worst fans in baseball, turning on their own players in an instant; 3. My father asked if he needed to take off his hat when walking out. When it was clear that A-Rod was going to be the last out, we quickly realized there would be plenty of misdirected anger and no worries.
  11. Gwreck
    Who's on the far left in that photo?
  12. Gwreck
    It's a real shame to lose Hale. I never understood why Wally Backman would have been any better than Chip as manager.
  13. Gwreck
    batmagadanleadoff wrote: I don't like that analogy. It's not an analogy. That's like saying that there isn't an artificial floor because Stubhub will charge at least one penny for each ticket. I disagree. The point is that you cannot buy tickets on Stubhub for $2 or $5 or $7 or $9 -- even if that's what the market value is -- because Stubhub's fees create an artificial floor. Besides, Ticket.com will also charge fees. Yes, but that's irrelevant to the issue of whether Stubhub has an artificial price floor. When you can buy $200 tickets for $50.00 on Stubhub, you'll see my point. Is this supposed to be condescending?
  14. Gwreck
    batmagadanleadoff wrote: And there won't be any artificial floor on Stubhub either. Stubhub charges a minimum $5 service charge + $5.20 delivery fee per order, so even if a ticket is listed there for $0.01, there's still an artificial price floor.
  15. Gwreck
    Nope. Season ticket holders will have access to Promenade, Acela and Caesar's clubs regardless of where their seats are. Champions and Delta clubs remain "more exclusive." No indication as to whether any such benefit is extended to partial plan holders but I'll wager the answer is "no."
  16. Gwreck
    I thought that was a great question as well. He's wrong about Philly though -- those are the "premium seats" behind the plate there; they are just priced more reasonably and people actually show up to sit in them (of course, those things go hand-in-hand). The question about ticket fees was weak. Open ended questions just give Howard license to B.S. for a few minutes. Gee, they're going to "look at" ticket fees? Thanks, that's a real comfort to me.
  17. Gwreck
    #7 is a trick question. He actually has 101 wins now. Miguel Batista.
  18. Gwreck
    This one is going to game 5.
  19. Gwreck
    Brewers down 2-1 after 3 in the desert.
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    No.
  21. Gwreck
    Ceetar wrote: Specifically, will this alter the amount of surcharges and fees? Probably not any meaningful decrease. Will fans finally be able to select specific seats, as you can with ticketmaster? Nope. Tickets.com doesn't have this feature.
  22. Gwreck
    1. The Mets' alleged dynamic pricing is a sham, because it incorporates an artificial price floor (specifically, the season-ticket-holder price). It's obvious they intend to protect the STH's investments, but by doing so, it's not really dynamic pricing. 2. Switching to Tickets.com is an unfortunate development. The Paciolan system the Mets used is far superior to the Tickets.com interface and user experience. I find it highly amusing that the Mets claim to have "selected" Tickets.com as their provider, given that Tickets.com is owned by MLB Advanced Media, LP. 3. Price reductions are a good thing. I get the impression that much of these reductions have been created by removing pricing tiers -- ie. seats that used to be called "Metropolitan Box Silver" or "Metropolitan Box Bronze" have been eliminated and are now just called (and priced at the level of) "Metropolitan Box."
  23. Gwreck
    Young will not be ready for opening day given the typical 1 year recovery time from the surgery he had.
  24. Gwreck
    Rick Porcello, tonight's starter for the Detroit Tigers, described as a Mets rooter in a family of Yankee fans.
  25. Gwreck
    Frayed Knot wrote: that fly out from Russell Martin in the 9th is 7 rows deep in YSIII ... or maybe more like 10 Granderson had one like that too. In fairness, Cabrera had a shot to the warning track in deep center that probably would've also been out in the Bronx.
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