Marlies Open Thread

but still they have won 2 world series while the jays havn’t even made the post season in what 20 years so really what is fair?

I saw the big crowd of Leafs fans up in the corner and you looked to be having fun. My wife and I try to see a game every year and on that trip went to Nashville and then saw the Capitals game on the way home to Halifax. Nashville was amazing, great city. Not to hurt any feelings but Toronto is where I least like to see the Leafs play. The city is so gray and the people seem so beaten. Now to be clear I have family there and my cousin is a metro copper and I love the Leafs beyond words but the city is not what I wish it was and people who live there pretend it is.

If I haven’t pissed you off too much here is a funny story. On the way to Nashville I walked to the bagage area with several Leafs: Lupul, Kessel, Connolly and Phaneuf. I was chatting with Phaneuf and put my bag where he did and just kept walking along. I was wearing a Leafs t shirt and the attendent put her hand on my back while saying “you’re with the Leafs” leading me towards the hall for their plane. I told her I wanted to say yes so bad but I guess I’m not suppose to be here….she said no your not and sent me back to my right area. Once in Nashville I was chatting with the Leafs broadcast team because they recognized me from the airport. They said they never saw any one get that close to boarding the plane.
I have to say the Phaneuf in particular was a really good guy….no Sundin but I predict he will grow into being a very good captain and a significant Leaf for a very long time.

Go Leafs Go!

is it possible not to sure

get ride of the dome and make it a greenhouse? lol i don’t know

but they did put really grass in at BMO field for TFC and for the winter the put a temporary dome over it and keep it in use 

shortens playing life expectancy for a ball player

lol

sounds like a profitable gig for him.

Is the Rachel Phelps character modeled after Loria or did he steal his business plan form Major League? I am guessing he stole the business plan since he didn’t purchase a share of the Expos til Major League was released.

hahaha shouldn’t be a problem at all then

so I found this on Wikipedia about Marlins (of all teams) new retractable roof stadium and the use of real grass 

Since first laying down sod in early February 2012, the grass has had difficulty growing under the frequently-closed roof. Planners had selected a strain of Bermuda grass—named Celebration—for its reputation of doing well in the shade.[50] Even so, with the grass receiving only about 4 hours per day of sunlight, some of the sod keeps turning brown. The worst-affected area is in deep right field where patches of dead sod have been replaced multiple times. Groundskeepers are attempting to point grow lights on the area to nurse it to health on non-game days.[51]
During the first months of games played at the new park, at least 4 or 5 leaks showed themselves in the retractable roof. Fans sitting in at least 4 seating sections still got wet under the drippy roof on rainy days. Leaks have progressively appeared under different spots as stadium workers kept plugging them by opening up the roof panels and patching the joints.
Samson said it will take time to work out the kinks: “We knew going in that other retractable-roof ballparks had to make adjustments for one or two years to get their field right. We hoped that we’d get it right the first time. So far it’s not right. We’re going to keep working and find a way to make it better.”

We can sure hope it is.

Have fun. leaving soon to help move my daughter so I won;t be back on once I leave.