An Olympic Guitar - For Real!

[jet_powers]

Wow! That's harsh! It's environment that made me a Red Sux fan.... It's not by choice really.
 
The Royals kicked the Sox butt this year, so that's not really an accomplishment! Good luck to the A's but I'm still pulling for Detroit!
 
Just to show us Sux fans do have a sense of humor....
 
Q. If Fenway Franks and Yankee Franks are made by the same company, what's the difference?
 
A. You can't get a Fenway Frank in October.
 
JP

[richbass939]

Bill, sorry to hijack this thread back to its second topic.
about $110 in materials, a bit of head scratching, a mess, and viola!
I see the materials, can imagine the head scratching, and can definitely see the mess, but I don't see the viola.  I didn't know you had a viola.
Rich

[lbpesq]

John:
 
Yea, I guess it was a little harsh, but you have to understand my instinctive reaction to anything Red Sox - when I grew up in NY, my dad's office was literally across the street from Yankee Stadium.  Mickey MAntle was, and still is, my favorite ballplayer.  I've been going to A's games since moving to the Bay Area in late '77 and have been a season ticket holder for 16 years or so. Yet I have only stopped co-rooting for the Yanekees in the last 10 years as I became more and more disgusted with George and the growing disparity in $ spent by the Yankees (and now the Red Sox too) and everyone else.  I do have to say that when I visted Fenway Park in 1986, it had the worst food of any major league stadium I've ever been too!
 
Rich:
 
Good eye.  While viola is usually used to describe a violin with a thyroid problem, in this case it is dyslexic french, meaning look honey, I'm finished.  The freakin' guitar cases are out of the way, can I go to the studio now, please?  
 
Bill, tgo

[jet_powers]

Bill,
 
Ah, I didn't know about the NY connection...
 
I grew up on the west coast and I suppose I should have been a Giants or A's fan but somehow adopted the Twins as my team. After moving to Mass. for my high school years the Sox were the home team and oh well, at least I didn't have to root for the Cubs.... The money aspect of baseball you mentioned makes me wish that game had a salary cap too. If Fenway grub was the worst you've had, apparently you've never been to the old Tiger Stadium! As I recall from my 2003 trip to Yankee Stadium there wasn't much difference between there and Fenway except I believe Fenway is about the best place to catch a MLB game.....
 
JP

[keith_h]

Hey watch what you say about the Cubs  :-) ... The only place I've ever been robbed was when I was 10 watching the Red Sox play the Angels at Fenway. I made the mistake of having to use the faclitites.  
 
Of course they ruined Wrigley by adding lights all in the name of the all mighty dollar but I would still rather see a game there than Fenway any day.  
 
Keith

[lbpesq]

This past summer my 11 year old boy and I did a baseball tour:  Games at Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium, Camden Yards, and a trip to the Hall of Fame.  I've also been to Oakland Colesium, Candlestick, SBC (Giants), Old Yankee Stadium, Anaheim, Dodger Stadium, Coors Field, and the Polo Grounds (at least that's what I remember off the top of my head).  The best place to see a game among these IMHO is Camden Yards, hands down.
 
Just heard about Cory Lidle.  What a shame.  He pitched for the A's a couple of years ago and did a great job and seemed like a great guy (at least what I read in the papers).  Thurman Munson years ago, now this.  Being a Yankee and flying a plane is getting to be like playing keyboards for the Dead.
 
Bill, tgo

[jet_powers]

I've always imagined Wrigley would be a lot like Fenway, all the history, etc. I've nothing against the Cubs, in fact, I want to see them in the fall classic and win it. Hopefully against the Yankees! Camden is within a days drive from New England but I've yet to go. Everybody I know who have been say it's great.  
 
Keith, if it makes you feel any better I was robbed at Fenway this summer. $60 for parking and $7.50 a beer.... Of course Yankee stadium was getting that much for beer three years ago, I can only imagine what it is now.
 
JP

[keith_h]

I've only been to a few of the big league fields. Mostly Wrigley as I lived in the Chicago area through high school and a few years off and on after that. I have seen a couple of bonfires at the old Kominski Park. I've also been to the old Royals stadium and the Arrow Rock stadium. Neither were that impressive as I recall. Last there was Fenway as I mentioned.  
 
I've never been to  the Oakland Colesium or Candle  Stick (for baseball) but I was watching my TV from Morgan Hill as nature tried to rebalance the natural order during the Bay Bridge World Series.  
 
Keith

[tbrannon]

Bill-
Next time the A's play inter-league against the NL West, take a trip to San Diego to catch a game in Petco-
 
Beautiful park that incorporates a lot of the nice older architecture in San Diego.  Plus it's sitting in the Gaslamp District, which IMO is one of the nicest areas of San Diego.
 
Toby

[tbrannon]

Keith-
You're not missing a thing by having not been to Candlestick.  
 
I've never been as cold as I was at Candlestick Park in June.  I went to a late afternoon start game- we had our shirts off through the 4th and as the sun set, the temperature dropped from 75 to a windy 45 in the stretch of about 15 minutes.  I've honestly never felt colder.

[tom_z]

Ahhh Wrigley Field ... I grew up Northwest of Chicago and have seen many games there. It is truly an old school park. A real neighborhood park, Wrigley field, with it's red brick and ivy-covered walls is one of the last ballparks like those our grandfathers watched the game in. Fans are close to the field, and there are still a lot of day games. There really is nothing like a Cubs game. Win or loose it's a great place to grab a Vienna Red-hot and cold beer.
 
And ? just wait ?til next year!
 
Hey - Hey!
Holy Cow!
:-D
Tom

[David Houck]

Bill; I love the ceiling in your den!

[lbpesq]

Dave, thanks, so does senior management!
 
Bill, tgo