The last lounge was getting pretty full and the new Grill should be saved for the serious issues facing us as a nation (well, not that nation). The lounge however should be more about Yahoo Serious. Lounge em’ if you got em’
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Muggy with a hint of cinnamon. It’s a good vintage, the grapes that year were earthy yet vigorously endowed.
An Odd Couple remake? Does this mean that in 10 years Matthew Perry is going to reboot Quincy?
i tried watching a couple episodes of quincy recently on netflix. he’s always annoyed and a little too shouty.
feels like such different times.
Ok, so I watched that last night. I love that Trombone Shorty is doing the theme.
But a complaint: can you really give someone a “developed for television” credit for a show that was already a play, a movie, and has been on TV at least 3 other times IIRC?
I see that The Mentalist has ended and I never got to see it. I will now forever be not cool enough to watch The Mentalist.
Same concept as Psych, worse execution.
I’ve heard it both ways.
Bed, don’t be exactly half of an eleven-pound black forest ham.
vignette17, don’t be a a myopic chihuahua.
Mount Rushmore of Rock Music.
Geddy Lee, Neil Peart, the other guy…that’s all I’ve got.
Chuck Berry, John Lennon, Keith Richards, and Ozzy Osborne
Neil Young Lou Reed Lennon Jack White
I like Jack White a lot but even Teddy Roosevelt has a better claim to that spot than he does.
Jack Black
Bud Black
Bud Spencer
Bud Bundy
Ted Bundy
Ted Williams
Ted Turner
Turner and Hooch.
Get out of my head
But it’s a fun place to be.
Jack gets extra points for being in 39 different bands.
You could say he’s a…Jack of all trades…I’ll let myself out.
Jack White defines rock and roll for me and folks I know that are my age.
He was nice to slf once. That is not very rock and or roll
I said it once before but it bears repeating.
If I was going with the generational point of view I guess Cobain would have to be it for aging Gen X’ers such as myself.
He kinda was the whole early 2000s indie garage rock thing, which was high school/college for me.
Nirvana hit when I was 17 and it changed music for my generation. Everyone who knew me was surprised I liked it…I never did wear the flannel shirts however.
I had a Nirvana period when I was in high school but it never stuck for me. But their historical significance for people your age is unquestioned.
I definitely did
I wore flannel shirts every day in the late 80s. stopped shortly thereafter
I wear ’em now. Very comfortable.
me. right now. all week actually. unless january was more than a week ago.
and had to get the knee hole in there. that’s the grunge.
I went to pdx for vacation. Packed exclusively flannel.
no coincidence the best flannel brand is from portland.
Yikes, evidently I’m closer to Bed’s age than DFA’s. Does this mean that I’m about to lose all my hair??
Not lost, it’ll just migrate to your back.
With a stopover on your ears.
Are any of you watching Fresh Off The Boat? I think it’s awesome, although I am a bit biased because the kid who has the star part is the son of a Facebook friend. Anyway, one of the episodes had a subplot in which the kid’s cousin comes for a visit and has suddenly gone from hip-hop to grunge.
For this one I guess there’s an actual Mount Rushmore and a personal Mount Rushmore. There would be no overlap on mine.
Actual Rock Music Mount Rushmore
Elvis, Hendrix, Lennon, Jagger
Personal Rock Mount Rushmore
Phil Collins (shocking!), Bruce Hornsby,Tom Petty, Mark Knopfler
A Rock Band Mount Rushmore seems easier.
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin
pretty sure the revolutionary war was fought to keep something like this from happening.
The British Bands Are Coming…to ROCK YOU!
Lou Reed, Jerry Garcia, Iggy Pop, and David Byrne.
Well…I like a few Talking Heads songs. I would rather not listen to music than listen to the other fellas.
David Bowie, Colin Newman, Ian MacKaye, Corin Tucker
I’ve heard of one on them…you folks can probably guess which.
Yeah, but you probably prefer the Minor Threat stuff over Fugazi.
he’s old school. Teen idols
My son decided it would be a good idea to whack me in the eye with his hand this morning…yep, I think I just got my ass kicked by a baby.
Mine is trying to break my nose. He has an aggressive headbang and lunge that combine to be really unfortunate.
My daughter never did this to me…I’m pretty sure Baby Phil is trying to replace me in the hierarchy of the house.
He also seems really interested in chest hair removal. So he’s either fashionable or evil.
If anyone is interested in a two part, eleven hour podcast about the NBA trades made yesterday, Bill Simmons has you covered.
*runs to his phone*
I shamefully listened to all 17 hours of his SNL podcasts this week.
I’m working my way through the SNL podcasts. I’m a fan…but sometimes a little brevity would be appreciated.
I’m usually much more excited about the Oscars than I am this year. I’m going into the show with low expectations so perhaps I’ll be pleasantly surprised. More likely outcome…it’ll be an hour too long, as always, and they’ll rush all the big awards in the last twenty minutes of the show.
i can’t wait. it’s the end of that horrible winter anti-tainment / daily overhype season that starts as soon as there’s no more xmas to sell, goes full bore around the super bowl with a range of remember-when slide shows about wardrobe malfunctions and surveys on the 10 best storebought gloops to put in your 7 layer dip, and finally comes to a lingering death in red-carpet-length series of photos of people who look deformed because they were taken with a wide angle lens from 3 feet away. but that’s just me.
Haven’t watched a single one since Titanic won.
I never miss it. To me the fun of it is making snarky comments while it’s on and then complaining about it when it’s over. Hopefully it won’t be boring like last year…I prefer a train wreck over boring.
I also rarely miss the Oscars, at least not since the days when they used to conflict with the NCAA finals. But they are causing much DVR reprogramming vs my usual Sunday night must-sees.
I’m just doing more and more stuff On Demand. Miss Hawaii still has the main room DVR filled to the brim but I barely use the DVR on my office tv.
This multi tv per household thing just is strange to me. Im helping my aunt and uncle clean up my aunts mom’s house after she passed away and they have 5 tvs/cable boxes. How many places do you need to be able to watch tv in one house.
When I was growing up there was just one tv… in the living room.
When I was growing up we only had the TV in the living room too. We have three but really only use two of them. We mostly watch TV together but we both have some things the other doesn’t like…sports for her, E for me so it’s good to have an extra TV for those times.
I mean i guess the gf watched the bachlor and I didn’t want to the other day, but A were on computers, which don’t limit you to watching TV and are much more personal, in that im not broadcasting it to the entire room. and B anything that Id want to broadcast to the entire room id want her to be into or be with someone else or otherwise id keep it to a computer with headphones on.
I don’t really watch much on my computers. A lot of the time I have the news on or a game while I’m doing some work in my office. We watch a lot of TV right now because we have two little kids so it’s a big mission when we go out.
Yeah… I mean I also hate ambient TV. It makes my house feel like a prison. It locks me in and I cant do anything else. Radio/podcasts works for me, but tv doesn’t.
I think you’re right that its a technology thing. Same as how luxury hotels designed in the 80s/90s have TVs everywhere (over tub, for example). Now, if we ever get a second it would be to go by the treadmill, but the iPad/netflix is doing just fine for us.
For us it really was/is for the kids. When we dont want to watch Sam and Cat or whatever the new Nick show is this year all day, they can watch in their room. I am now a bit over a year with just one TV for the adults and it works fine.
The tablet can work good for some things, as can music on the computer, etc. But I cannot do podcasts to save my life. Same with books on audio. I think it is mostly my hearing issues. When people are talking I want to know what they said so having it as a background makes little sense. I tried to do the Simmons cast years ago but after having to rewind parts 4-5 times I gve it up.
Maybe Im weird, but when I was a kid I didn’t consume TV that way.
I got Batman with adam west on Sat mornings and like an hour of pbs/power rangers, and that was about it.
oh and i got to stay up late and watch star trek tng sometimes!
Most of the time I have the news or a game on without the sound on. I just like to glance at it from time to time. I like silence when I work at home…I rarely get it, but I like it.
high school for me.
My wife is a die-hard Oscars watcher, but I am usually bored out of my mind. This year I have tickets to see Sleater-Kinney instead!
awesome.
Indeed, looking forward to see what you think of the show. We have to wait until May!
It was awesome, of course. Corin’s voice still rips the place apart.
They played a lot of stuff off the new album unsurprisingly, but plenty of classics too — Words and Guitar, Get Up, Dig Me Out, I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone (those last two were part of the five song encore). I think the last time I saw them play was before The Woods, which is one of my top three S-K albums, and those heavier songs translate really well live — Janet’s drumming on Entertain was incredible and they also had the awesome feedback guitar solo from What’s Mine Is Yours.
The one awkward bit was Gimme Love at the start of the encore. Their tour guitarist (who was on and off the stage from song to song) took Corin’s spot and Corin sang the song from center stage with just a mike. It somehow didn’t seem right for her to be up there without a guitar. I’m also not crazy about the song.
I also forgot how many lesbians you see at a S-K show. Let’s just say that my wife didn’t have to worry about me being out at the club on my own.
Chris gayle choked, the Windies are rallying, but I think they will come up short unless their bowlers are just lights out
just as i say that Andre russell goes nuts they are getting over 300
russell 36 for 11
final 42 for 13 balls 310/6. Not bad. they are in good shape. Pakistan is in trouble.
not out I should add
Gayle Force Windies
Has anyone made that headline pun before? If not, it’s mine now.
may want to run, not walk, to the patent office.
Where do you watch? Is there anything online?
One of the things I love about Netflix is just trying shows out. I’ve heard so much about Parks & Recreation over the years so we gave it a try…got through three episodes…does it get better?
Around season 3?
Hmm…that seems like a long wait. How are you doing?
I’ve improved.
Glad to hear it.
just skip to season 3… you won’t miss much. I started mid stream after I couldn’t stand it to start, and then I loved post 3rd season so much that I went back and watched the first 2
yes it does. notoriously. but even then some people just don’t like it. my wife hates it.
I have something I need to get off my chest and just come out and admit it…I’ve never eaten at Chipotle.
It was… Meh. But I don’t like onions, cilantro, or guacamole.
I love all those things but I’ve just never gotten around to going there.
How can you not like guacamole… its one of the greatest foods ever created.
I don’t like avocados.
I made myself like avacados but it took some time…now I love them. I eat them with a little pepper on them all the time.
Salt! they need salt. Also pepper, but undersalted avocado is like a crime IMO, salt brings out their flavor so much.
I’ve tried it with salt but I like it better with just some pepper. It’s one of my favorite snacks.
interesting… do you generally like fatty foods?
It depends on the fatty foods. I like my meats to be lean for the most part. I just found that half an avocado was a good snack to give me a bit of energy.
in brazil they eat avos with sugar, not salt. never tried it myself.
At Ippuku they grill them and add a little soy – simple and delicious.
ive never had that… but that might be lunch
i wonder if it would be good with fish sauce
Me neither. It seems like a crime against nature to eat at a chain Taqueria within miles of some of the best authentic burritos and tacos anywhere. That said, the rest of the Upgrade family likes the wretched place.
OMG a burrito the size of a toddler!
We finally have two or three really good Mexican restaurants…I knew things were looking up when I found restaurants where I was the only white person in the place. There’s plenty of good Tex-Mex but I love authentic Mexican food the best.
Tex-Mex doesn’t do it for me, the flavors seem all wrong.
I have a good friend who’s a Texan, and he’s also a rabid Razorback fan, so I always assume Texas and Arkansas are inextricably co-polluted, like married cousins.
If I had to guess I’d say folks here hate Texas more than any other state…well, they hate the state of the country that Obama the socialist, fascist dictator has left us in the most, but then here comes Texas.
I use to eat there a fair amount when I was on the road and had an expense account and was responsible for negotiating a lunch spot with someone with a less adventurous pallet than I. Never underestimate a clearly printed receipt for expensing and not having to argue with someone over lunch’s ability to make something significantly more palatable.
Also the quesadiarito thing is the biggest bunch of baloney ever, but ill order it when I drive to LA because that drive is bereft of good food.
In n Out, both ways
ah yes. the old kettleman stop.
but also, it’s not horrible, with phone help, to find a decent taqueria in one of those towns off the 5 by a couple miles down a county road, then back onto the 5 via the corresponding perpendicular county road. i’m assuming this is I-5 talk. if you can’t find a non-chain off the 101, you don’t deserve anything better than denny’s at king city.
Anyone ever try that barbecue joint in the back of a gas station in Buttonwillow (I think?) I’ve heard OK things, but never had the pleasure myself.
i haven’t but i hope to remember this conversation next time we drive that way.
lost hills has cheaper gas so usually i pass up buttonwillow. If someone’s got some info on the quality i could do buttonwillow.
that’s where coco got the pinkeye i think….
oh no, that was buttonpillow.
asvd
This is it. Next time…
if i didn’t have anniversary rezzies for penrose tonight…
penrose. brings out the eternal debate. is it better to be a genius who doesn’t care what anybody thinks and does it perfectly by following the tune of his/her own drummer only, and get most of your satisfaction in knowing that? (russ at camino) or to go for popular appeal and be really pretty good, almost great, definitely not perfect, and rake in the money anyway. (charlie and his haute-cuisines factory)
looks interesting… Ill try it next la trip
it was decidedly decent, maybe even high shelf for that area, but not like drive-out-of-your-way good.
saying it’s behind a gas station is technically true, but gives it too much an air of hole-in-the-wall underrated greatness. it’s actually around the corner from the gas station, in a full booths, tables, counter, wait to be seated, and pay at the register on your way out restaurant. more like a one-room cattlemens without a chain of locations.
i got the pulled pork sandwich, for purity, because i wasn’t stoned enough to think the components of their signature sandwich went together (brisket, pastrami, bacon, pepper jack, onion rings, jalapeños…), and i was actually pretty stoned, to tell the truth. and yeah, the meat was solid BBQ. everything around it was meh though. the bread was supermarket. and the thing they want to sell you on (and sell you on the way out), the BBQ sauce, comes in a tiny plastic cup like the kind you fill 15 of at farolito to satisfy your green salsa craving, but they only give you 1. yeah, a plastic cup, sliding around on your plate, at a sit-down restaurant.
judging a meat restaurant by their salad, which i do believe is fair: the lettuce was denny’s iceberg. the tomatoes were white. the oil was not olive.
maybe next time i’d get a dinner plate rather than a sandwich, to focus on the meat. but it’s gonna be a, oh look i’m hungry and i happen to be at buttonwillow, not, let’s not eat breakfast so we get hungry at buttonwillow!
im usually the driver, so on the road is easiest for me… im looking for something that doesn’t make me feel bloated.
then stop at the market the day before your trip and and get a coupla apples and some soda crackers! geeeez.
Before I get to the grapevine, ive usually eaten my snax!
Also just off the 5 is this kick ass sausage place in Gustine. They must have 60 varieties. Pick up some tasty sandwiches and a bunch of frozen links for when you get home.
Ill try that too.
GM, have you tried the linguica?
I think so. It was a little too spicy for my taste, as I recall.
In and out is supremely overrated. Their cheese is terrible and their fries are inedible
Yep.
their fries get significantly better if you order them well done. Still not that good.
Thanks, and go As.
Animal style…
But yes, big time weakness for a problem McDonalds and Chick-fil-a have so thoroughly solved (though in wildly divergent ways).
Who knew that tons of shitty chemicals and disgusting oil actually makes potatoes taste good.
Thanks, and go As.
Id never support homophobia by buying Chick Fil A, and im not a huge fan of mcd, but I five guys sure seemed to figure it out.
Also true wrt. 5 guys
5 guys is homophobic too? Did not know that. I won’t patronize them either then.
(I meant that they’ve figured out fries)
The problem with five guys is that their burgers lost a ton of quality when they went national, and it isn’t clear to me that much magic survived.
This is so true. The Five Guys burger I had in California tasted nothing like the one I had in New Jersey.
The other problem is that it’s FKing stupid expensive for a burger and fries.
Thanks, and go As.
I think that’s true for the national-chain version. The DC version was good enough to justify the price hike.
In Florida I went to BurgerFi which is similar to Five Guys. They’re mostly East Coast but I see there’s one in Napa. It was about $17 for one person to get out of there, which for counter service is absurd no matter how good the burger is. It wasn’t surprising that at 7 p.m. in peak tourist season the place was 1/3 full.
Yeah their burgers are not good.
I’ve eaten there once, and was tremendously underwhelmed, especially considering the price and the wait time.
you can throw a ton of shit on beef, but if your beef sucks im not going to care.
I don’t have anything to add here; I just want to say I like this comment
Does anyone who was at Jesa’s Halloween party two years ago remember what burgers were there. I know it was one of your popular ones, but not sure if it was In’n’Out or Five Guys.
yup, i brought them. in n out. animal style.
I think nm means 5 guys has the fries figured out. I mean how could a place called 5 guys be homophobic?
At least I really hope so, cuz that shit is delicious.
Do this next time: double double – medium rare, mustard fried, chopped chillies, ketchup instead of spread. And yes, the fries must be well done
Chopped chilies? That’s new for me.
Also, surprised not to see a whole grilled onion on an order like this.
I’m just not a big onion fan. And when I do the above order, I personally also tell them no pickles with the mustard fried addition, but I know a lot of people like pickles
Harris Ranch!
We used to do Pea Soup Andersons when I was a kid
Probably 6 years ago we were driving to Disneyland and passed Anderson’s.
The oldest asked if it was really made from pee.
Thanks, and go As.
I have been their. Their soup is not good and I like to cut over on 152 to 101 before then.
152 only works if you live in SF or the Peninsula. Also known as Blood Alley (so for the most part they’re welcome to it).
Im not making a prescription for your travels just explaining mine.
The sausage place is one exit north of 152, FWIW.
Chipotle is about as good as it gets in the Boston area. This place has wretched Mexican food.
I haven’t eaten there in years and don’t envision a scenario that takes me back there. I guess it would have to be while with a group in a largely food-barren place. It’s not terrible, it’s just always going to be a lesser option than most other things
It’s nowhere near as good as a well run non-chain. It’s 1000x better than comparable chains.
(Freebirds is better).
Your favorite Kabaddi team?
The Rochester Royals.
The Bengal Lancias
Ever eaten Kaya?
Would someone named Maya count?
Her naughty sister? Sure?
What happens when you meet those sisters stays with those sisters.
yes. but we might be talking about different recipes.
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It’s been about 30 hours and five airports, but it all faded at the look of my lovely Mrs. and the fact that she made killer Hollow Bone and Lift Me Up
The two things I hate about travel are long stays at airports and the fact that American medicine can never clear up the STD’s I get with foreign hookers.
I did say the second show would get a little blue.
Welcome home!
Thanks! With every trip my respect for your million grows
If you had to fight one superhero who has super powers who would you choose?
Joe Morgan / Built-in-Speed-Gun
He taunts people by saying how much he hates that book Billy Beane wrote about not caring for stolen bases.
Sepak takraw: Thailand or Malaysia?
And in the unlikely case that you are not familiar with Sepak Takraw, some highlight:
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Is this like volleyball where you only get three kicks per side? And you can kick it to yourself?
Yes, three touches per team, regardless how they are distributed. It’s wildly popular in Malaysia
It certainly looks cool. I can fake most sports but this is one that would play me for the fool.
I have seen people playing this once or twice in GG Park, it looks hella fun, except for the inevitable fracture the current me would suffer in the first 5 minutes.
Volunteer work.
With Bryce Harper
While Kayaking on the Yuba River.
This season of Archer has been excellent. The episode where they get stuck in the elevator is a top 5 all time episode.
That’s just what Big Elevator wants you to think.
He who controls the elevator controls our direction. He who controls our direction controls the elevator.
I’ve gotta give Archer another try, I watched one episode and hated it, but it seems like a lot of folks whose opinions I value find it hilarious.
I love it but it’s not for everybody. It hits my sweet spot of sarcastic and silly.
I’m a fan too
I am in its danger zone. I didn’t like it at first though
i watch it from time to time, and i get why i should think it is funny, but honestly I just don’t find it that funny at the end of the day.
This pretty much how I felt, but I’ve only watched one episode.
me 3.
My plan to get ready for my fantasy draft is to watch both The Natural and Major League…this plan seems sound.
Wow, I’m really glad that I pay for an American Sports Channel, so that, when I have Jet Lag and cannot sleep, I can indulge into finer points of bass fishing.
Bass fishing, raccoon hunting, and cousin marrying are the big three of sports here in Arkansas.
I’ve done two of these things but I won’t spoil it for you by saying which two.
I’ve never done any of those things, but I’ve only been married twice so far.
So there’s still time.
I didn’t know you were twice married.
So far.
Where’s the line?
The one he walks?
No, the one to get in on the hawt FSU action.
Oh, yes, another episode!
Just remember when you have your bass on the line you want to throw your rig into the water and then jump in and face the bass like a man.
I laughed at this.
Thanks, and go As.
I thought it was the most moronic thing I ever saw until the moment some guy in a bass fishing jersey and a bass fishing hat stopped raising basses out of his bag to a tumultuous ovations of a filled up dome and raised a $500,000 check instead.
Those boys can make good money…some big endorsement opportunities as well. People who are into bass fishing tend to really be into it.
well its also a super gear intensive sport right? Isn’t it kinda like golf in that everyone needs a lot of gear so there are a lot of gear manufactures with money to throw at the players for endorsements?
If you really get into it the big cost is the boat. You need a bass boat to really be a proper bass fisherman because of where bass tend to hang out. It’s hard to catch them from shore. The most expensive thing about golf is the green fees which really add up.
right, but with fishing, there are thousands of little things that you can buy, and new innovations that you can try out. the turnover in gear sales has to be huge.
It can add up and you also have licenses to buy. Take away the boat though and golf is still a more expensive sport to keep up with because of fees and balls. If you add up the money I’ve spent on golf in my life I’m pretty sure I could buy a condo.
Right… im just saying that both require a lot of gear, and youre more likely to try Top Dynomo Tech lure/golf ball, if Mickelson or some equivelent bass guy has endorsed it.
I would think bass fishing is the most expensive type of fresh water fishing. Trout fishing is cheaper and trout taste better in my opinion. I’m sure experts or big names in the field have an influence on equipment purchases especially if you’re new to a sport.
I bet dmoas is good at fishing because you have to be expert at putting the lure on a hook. And we all know he is that
I’m a real man…I use dynamite.
It’s hard to be a bass fisherman trying to make bass casts to catch bass in the Pro Bass League.
fishmasters!
Bed, yesterday I ate at Arby’s. I pulled in and there was a car parked diagonally across two spots. They also had the seat belt closed half way out of the door.
So some asshole got pissed and threw a fit while we were in line, then stormed out. Made a total fool of himself. Five minutes later the guy comes back in with his tail between his legs and asked to use a phone. The dumbass locked his keys in his car that was taking up two spaces.
Arby’s: Where shit gets real.
This is the best story ever.
ha!
There’s no time for decency and proper parking when getting Arby’s
He was ordering like, 20 sandwiches. 8 beef and cheddars plus ham, 12 classics plus something. Who has an order that big and doesn’t have it written out? Or who doesn’t call it in before you go?
If you set up a lunch meeting and bring Arby’s, you’ve already lost my support
This guy was wearing a camouflaged shirt and bib overalls. Just throwing that out there.
If you set up a
lunch meetingshotgun cousin wedding and bring Arby’s, you’ve already lost my supportThe 76ers just traded the players they just traded for for some other players that they then will trade for some embryos to be named later.
The 76ers still exist?
I read that they could have 8 draft picks in the upcoming draft if everything breaks a certain way. This is like having 60 million in cap space in the NFL. It means your team have almost no talent on its current roster. I’m sure the Sixers are still charging full prices to watch this “team” however.
I do appreciate that their D-League team is called the 87ers.
These Chinese New Year uniforms which the Warriors are wearing are beautiful, except for the unforgivable flaw of the sleeves. Gah.
If George Karl loses tonight against the Celts I wonder if he’ll get fired?
finally broke my personal streak where every time i watched the warriors at the Y they’d lose. which seems frickin’ impossible this season. fun game tonight though.
I would have never guessed an extended period of garbage time at the end. One thing I think is certain – no matter how it goes, the Western Conference playoffs are going to be crazy good.
So nice they’re wearing them again tonight. Which is a little weird.
The Chinese cleverly figured out a way to make their New Years holiday last a whole month.
For breakfast…
A. Cold pizza
B. Cold Chinese food
C. Cold BBQ chicken
D. Maya
E. Kaya
That looks like sexy peanut butter…it’s the Jimmy Carter of peanut butter.
The first day I ate it, I thought it was peanut butter, because it was right next to it on the buffet table. It was a great surprise, it really is excellent. I brought four jars back home.
I just Googled it…coconut jam…that sounds good.
Who would be on your Mt. Rushmore equivalent for international (as in non-US) athletes?
And as, if I recall, nobody listed any female athletes, how about this one (US included)?
We do need some female athletes…I’ll start with tennis and go Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, and Serena Williams. For international it’s tougher for me outside of golfers and track and field guys…I don’t know enough soccer players to come up with a decent list.
I think Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner would definitely be on mine for the female athletes (although perhaps not in a traditional “competition athletes” way)
Mountain climber…I did Everest with her back in 67.
She could probably carry you on her back.
I have no doubt about that. I’m built for jogging and golf…not anything tough.
If you were, she probably couldn’t carry you, so that’s a plus.
In that case you’d have to join Oh Eun-sun’s expedition, because everybody gets carried there.
Since I’m afraid of heights I’m guessing my career as a mountain climber would be a less than successful one.
For tennis you have to start with Billie Jean King. It’s always hard to translate historical context, but the Bobby Riggs match alone puts her in the pantheon.
Usain Bolt, Sir Don Bradman, Pele, Sadaharu Oh
I didn’t even know who Don Bradman was. Cool
If I was doing my list again I’d think about Carl Lewis…he might be the best athlete I ever saw…and the worst National Anthem singer I ever heard.
I loved Carl Lewis, as I was doing same disciplines at the time. Also, don’t forget this:
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I think we can say any pregame activity was not Carl’s strong suit.
Based on Bed’s comment above, I think Federer replaces Bolt.
Men’s tennis is tough…the equipment has changed so much. It’s the same when you’re trying to do golf. Woods actually used to be made out of wood.
but then he learned not to lie and they turned him into a boy named tiger. until he cheated on his wife and turned into a tree.
Bolt is too recent, but the others are solid.
Just for the beard though, I’d replace Bradman with W.G.Grace.
Male, foreign 1st team: Pelé, Emil Zátopek, Ben Ainslie, Aleksandr Karelin,
Male, foreign 2nd team: Teófilo Stevenson, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Reinhold Messner, Sadaharu Oh
I figured on Pele…sadly, I know him mostly for his acting work in Victory. Sly Stallone was one hell of a goalie.
Another one who should be mentioned: Gretzky
He made a few earlier lists. It’s easy to make the case for him.
elcroata would be the first face on that monument, then everyone else would refuse the honor for fear of looking weak by comparison.
Mount Rushmore for Actresses…
Meryl Streep, Katherine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Jodie Foster.
The terrain park at Homewood has been converted to a series of snow-banked turns – so much fun!
When did Mount Rushmore become so popular?
It’s my new questions game…I ran out of food questions.
Mount Rushmore of food!
Steak, Steak, Steak, Steak
mount rushmore of national monuments!
Mount Rushmore of Mount Rushmore questions!
Because…why not? My Mount Rushmore of Food.
Mexican, Italian, Vietnamese, American Barbecue
Mexican, Sushi, BBQ, Pizza
Thanks, and go As.
Welcome to the weekend and a Nina Simone Saturday, as we honor what would have been her 82nd birthday today. Find out what it means to be young, gifted and blog with us now as we fire up a PAL DVD of a fiery performance of hers from the Hamburg Jazz Festival at the tail end of the Reagan Eighties!
BINGO!
Nuh-uh. I got bingo first. I just didn’t call it because I was cleaning up this beer that I spilled on my card.
The More You Know…Beer related accidents cause hundreds of Americans to lose at Bingo each year. Stay sober, stay winning.
You guys should watch “The Amazing Doctor Pol”. It’s a show about a vet. Tonight he performed a vaginoplasty on a horse.
I will program my VCR right away.
My life is way more interesting since I’ve joined the medical field. My tolerance of disgusting crap has also improved.
I have to think that the view of the ice from at least 80% of the Levis Stadium seats is horrible.
I was in the top deck. It was surprisingly good.
I would imagine the lower bowl probably sucked though.
Also they have GOT to figure out the traffic/parking situation. The lots opened at 3, I pulled off the freeway onto Great America Parkway at 2:55, and didn’t park until 3:30.
Don’t get me wrong, it was really fun, but there’s ZERO chance I’d spend NFL money to go watch a game there.
Thanks, and go As.
what the…?
the bowler and another player just traded left shoes.
Damn kiwis
South africans
it was the afghans. that really tall bowler they have.
that game is tight
i guess there’s no balking in cricket.
and i just heard KK say, that ball. has got. to be caught.
Is there any crying in cricket…and I mean by the players not the people forced to watch cricket.
I’ll leave you with this…Never judge a book by its cover unless the cover of a book asks you to judge it by its cover.
challenge accepted… i’m gonna make you judge before this night is over.
1
2
special for you: 3
4 (bonus points for ambiguous number of bosses.)
5
6. i made the same expression as the monkey when i opened this page.
7 and 8. ’cause they showed up together.
9. took a minute for this one to wash over me.
10. amazon won’t confirm that this is a real book.
unlike the rest of them, this one looks like pure trash.
let’s see if anybody can finish this sentence correctly… “my billionaire triceratops ______ ___ ___ .”
chuck tingle, everyone!
I can’t wait to see the suggestions I’ll be getting from amazon now.
oh shit. i’m logged in as my wife. this is awkward.
LOL
My suggestions are *crazy* now.
3. “Includes Naming Your Pussy, How to Feed Your Pussy, Sleeping with Your Pussy, Disciplining Your Pussy, How to Handle A Hot Pussy and lots more”
Reviewer of #8 thinks it fails your judgeable cover test, as “it is no larger than a regular sized book of lesbian horse stories.”
bwah ha ha.
AV wins the lounge and he wins it in a big way…number three made me laugh for a good two minutes.
:)
A family friend bought me #3 when I got my cat. I was 8.
and that’s why you’re a dog person now!
Thank you for this, AV.
oh no. thank the digital advances in self-publishing.
Note to winners who are part of a group: if you’re not the guy who gets the mic first, leave your speech notes in your pocket, you won’t be needing them.
Totally. OMG free donut guy–that poor other guy he was with!
My social anxiety inhibits me from watching events such as the Oscars.
This is why I don’t watch Cricket.
I thought last year’s Oscars were the dullest ever…turns out I was wrong. There wasn’t even much to snark about…it was just dull.
I was disappointed that Neil Patrick Harris didn’t bring the laughs. The writing of the scripted stuff was weak.
The show does better with a professional comedian who can improvise. The writing was weak and an actor needs good writing to be funny.
His one joke about The Lego Movie not being nominated was good. And Benedict Cucumberbatch is John Travolta trying to say Ben Affleck. The rest was meh.
I only caught the last 10 minutes or so. Enough to see that incredibly labored and unfunny gag about NPH’s “oscar predictions” and to hear Sean Penn make a pretty awful green card joke. Was the whole show that bad?
There needs to be a new Oscar category: Best Picture That People Actually Saw.
How about a five year moratorium on getting an Oscar for playing someone who is dying or has a crippling disease.
I’ll just assume it was Reggie McKenzie’s idea to have Lady Gaga do musical tribute to a 50 year old movie at the three hour mark of the Oscar telecast.
It was random for sure, but Lady Gaga totally killed it. She was spectacular. Highlight of the show hands-down.
My hands were not down…they were trying to find the remote control.
Breakin’ 2 Electric I apologize if I offended you, I had no idea it was a word or what it meant
To be fair, expecting Fox News talent to know what words mean is setting the bar high.
upopn hearing of this this morning, I had only the vaguest sense the word existed. I am about twice as old as that person.
Even with the vaguest knowledge of the word, it sounds racist to me, and I certainly wouldn’t use it to describe something.
what, exactly, did she think it meant?
i don’t know. you’re gonna hear it if you pay attention.
definitely have to mumble when singing big daddy kane’s part. you think you cleared the J word, and then here comes the rhyme. ouch. (edit: ha! they bleep the B word and the N word but not the J word.)
i feel funny even singing will smith.
they even bleep out the motherfucker word!
ah, I had forgotten!
Can’t follow those links right now, is one Burn Hollywood Burn? Love that song.
yup!
btw, I looked at her twitter, there is a picture I can’t seem to embed of her black co anchor smiling and holding a giant “sugar daddy” candy bar and the message on her tweet is “happy birthday!”
Seems the former Miss Missouri is full of racist terms she didn’t know about
But a Sugar Daddy is really a candy bar.
it totally is
“Sugar Daddy” is a racist term? I have to admit ignorance of that one.
Thats new to me too.
Same
pimp
ed’s confused. he’s thinking of donald sterling, who’s both a sugar daddy and a racist.
Ah yes, the ol’ “I was trying to be outraged and nonsensical, not outraged and racist” defense
I still want to see Selma and American Sniper but none of the other movies interest me much. I might see Birdman because I like Keaton. There’s a good chance I’ll have forgotten this year’s Oscars by Thursday.
Selma was really good
+1 to that.
I’ll leave you with this…A man never stands alone when he has friends…or a multiple personality disorder.
my friend posted on facebook that she was watching south africa v india at the pig and whistle. If I can swing it, maybe a fk up on thursday for SA v Windies
What channel do you watch it on? Is there streaming available somewhere?
Cricket 365
So with all this Cricket you’re watching…has you wife and family left you yet?
Milo asks to watch now and then
If you can get your son into Cricket I’m pretty sure the Queen will knight you.
Chris Gayle is getting all chris Gayle on Zimbabwe
id do that.
OK, so I think I am meeting my friend at pig and whistle on Geary at masonic at 730 tonight to watch the first innings of the West indies v South Africa match.
Stop by if you can
oh, you and your euphemisms for cop blowjobs…
Just the first innings? So I could come by Sunday morning?
Thanks, and go As.
I know I’m supposed to say the best change I’ve made the last few years was getting married and starting a family but in truth it’s when I changed from briefs to boxers.
How can you tolerate the bunching?
I like the freedom. Boxers are AMERICA!
I switched years ago and rarely have I experienced that
My first concert of the year is Thursday. I’m so ready. I hope I’m not murdered.
Well that depends…who are you seeing?
The Avett Brothers… with the hitchhiker I picked up last year.
You probably should drop them off at some point.
asvd
Since you’re talking about a possible murder I’ll just assume you’re going to see the The Oak Ridge Boys.
If I die, someone tell my mom I thought she was just okay.
Universal people
Their sound was reminding me of something and then I discovered that they put out records on the same label that released the A-Frames stuff, which I love.
(the drummer is the bass player from the A-Frames)
Did I type universal? Twice?
I might go see universal people Saturday. Peeps should see them in Oakland on Friday
Are they old school because apparently that’s where my musical taste lies.
A lot of dot balls for the west indies. Run rate isn’t so good. But only one wicket and chris Gayle seems to be doing ok. They are going to runout of overs though
Century for Gayle.
OK, so if I’m reading correctly, he tallied 215 runs yesterday. How long does that translate to him being at bat?
About 3.5 hours.
If they spent less time milling about after commercial breaks, maybe cricket would be more appealing to a wider audience
BOWL CLOCK!
Good lord.
Without knowing the first thing about this sport, it sounds like a guy like this guy is basically impossible to get out without the bowler getting very lucky or the batsman getting tired/bored.
he was yesterday (or today really). But the match before I think he got 4 runs.
they seemed to have a game plan of getting dots and singles for the first 20 overs or so, then swinging for the fences when the bowlers got tired.
Gayle has been not that good for a bit, the head of the WI cricket even forwarded a critical tweet from a fan. He is 35 years old I expect, without any knowledge, that cricket batsmen have a similar aging curve to baseball players.
A dot is like a foul ball?
· is a bowled ball that scores 0 runs.
Tonight is the 20th anniversary of my final Grateful Dead show, at the original Coliseum Arena. I’d like to say it’s a great memory, but it isn’t. It wasn’t clear exactly what was going on with Jerry but he had seemed disengaged since well back into 1994. This was a particularly listless performance and things got so bad that he actually declined his turn after Saint of Circumstance, which is why Corrina is the next song. He did rally a bit for a decent version of Visions of Johanna (reading lyrics clipped to a music stand, I think, as they had just started playing that one); that’s the only thing worth listening to in this show. I left feeling discouraged enough about the scene that I skipped the June Shoreline shows that year entirely; just felt like I had seem them in much better times and didn’t need these memories. Jerry was gone not long after that. That whole period was kind of a downer as also in February 1995 the baseball work stoppage had been going for over 6 months with no end in sight.
I went to the parking lot to pick up this woman I was carpooling with around this time. Anywhere from 92-95. I would have been here to see jawbreaker, though. I sat next to her in some class. No idea How we found each other in the parking lot without Mobile phones
I was probably at that show, I went to most of the Coliseum shows in the 90s. Can’t be sure though; my collection of tickets is in a box somewhere in the garage. My last ones were late May ’95, a two show run outdoors in Portland OR, with Chuck Berry opening. Great camping party scene at a place a few miles out of town. Also saw a (non-dancing) bear at Cougar hot springs near Eugene a day or two beforehand. Shows themselves suffered from the fact that it was over 100deg&; that weekend and the venue was flat exposed fairground.
The Portland shows in May ’95 wouldn’t have entered my thinking for the above-mentioned reasons. I had been to Autzen Stadium in both 1993 and 1994. The 1993 shows were right at the end of what I thought was the last great stretch of the Dead, from Jerry’s comeback from the health problems in 1992 through the summer of 1993. In 1994 they played a mediocre Friday thru Sunday run at Autzen. The Friday afternoon show was played in pouring rain and is notable mainly because a white Bronco was being chased on the L.A. freeways at the same time our show was going on hundreds of miles to the north. The second set of the Sunday 6/19/94 show at Autzen is really good though, two hours worth, my last happy Dead memory.
I joined AN right around this time in February six years ago…you’re welcome A’s fans.
I plan to spend the next six years really focusing on my VORP research. I feel like we’re this close to a major breakthrough.
I want to pour one out for all my various screen names over the years…sirbed, Brian29, Bed, OakFoSho, attijah, bed, B.E.D. and of course Nico.
Remember…
(BaNnEd)
I feel we have turned a corner
I joined in November 2005 which means….
Oh my god, that was 10 years ago. Shit.
i do wonder when they’ll have a new theme song for the champions league.
What? I love that song. I would have played it as my wedding march if left to my own devices.
it’s like ode to joy in the libertadores. not bad as far as music goes. it just gets old used this way. but hey, repurposed handel is way better than john tesh, any day.
You take that back
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that’s pretty amazing. that he can tell that’s the tape he used for the NBA, and not the tape he used for any of his other songs.
EDIT: I retract my joke! Shows what I know.
yes. but you spelled “songs by john tesh” wrong.
ooh! speaking of umlauts… agüero is keeping it interesting.
i was wondering… i have a pretty good handel on beethoven. (pro tip: 3rd > 9th.)
and here’s something you won’t hear me say often: LOL messi.
The Ninth is pretty overrated.
I think it still has a pretty good VORS, it’s just the one thing that everyone is familiar with-that and the 5th.
It’s not bad by any means, but it’s an absurdly long wait for the part everyone loves.
i like the first three movements better!
i listened to both right after writing that to make sure. (it was a conclusion from my college years…) the 9th suffers from its fame more than anything within the music. but i still conclude the 3rd
is betterappeals to my taste more because of the risks it takes, though not by as much of a difference as i used to think.i got a special kick out of listening to the hitler’s birthday performance.
The 3rd is wonderful. I like the 7th a lot too.
The second movement of the 9th is gorgeous, but parts of the rest are a little boring for me until we get to dat string swell that wakes up the chorus like 45 minutes later. God that piece is long.
It just sounds like they’re singing VAGGIIIIIIIINNNAAAAAAAA
Thanks, and go As.
lol.
When the only tool you have is a hammer…
I looked up the English translation of the lyrics:
Pretty much says it all.
Strange, it’s a song about the A’s.
i’m taking this to mean there’s a game i’m missing right now.
Two. At least one of them has been very good.
Very, very good.
Aw, fuchs. So close…
Real Madrid must have the most spoiled fans on the planet.
was too busy. wasn’t able to enjoy casillas reining ronaldo back from leaving without thanking the fans.
Casillas saved their asses with this save. Couldn’t save Modric’s pride though.
wow. how late in the game was that?
Very. Right after the last goal, so 86th or 87th minute.
dang. that would have been better than the montreal – pachuca ending. i suppose those who want a champions upset now have to root for luiz adriano, and i think i can do that.
suarez bit micho??
that’s just gross.
he didn’t. micho had his hand on suarez’s throat.
i hate micho.
Anyone have recommendations on places to buy moderate-to-good scotch in the East Bay? BevMo’s prices had shot up and its selection declined significantly when I was there last weekend.
Ledgers on University.
Ooh, looks promising, thanks!
This.
Whiskey Galore in Christchurch, NZ is good.
What’s your timescale and what are you looking for? I’ll be going through duty-free pretty soon …
Thanks, but I’m looking for more of a standing connection, usually a MacAllen or Balvenie or Yamazaki, a fresh fifth every 3-4 weeks. Which doesn’t sound so bad until you consider the fifths of bourbon and cases of beer which also must be replenished regularly.
I am not a scotch drinker, but I have heard that Costco has a pretty good selection
Thanks, and go As.
I am not a scotch drinker but a regular costco shopper and I find this to be true.
The other thing is you can buy alcohol at costco without a membership
They have a 40 year old Glenlivet in their “Kirkland Signature” series at the moment.
With the added bonus of having your scotch be the same brand as your tube socks and paper towels!
and batteries and car tires and allergy medicine!
Thanks, and go As.
Kirkland claritin single-handedly pays the annual membership fee. It’s like $11/year.
Speaking of brown booze, any of you whiskey heads ever try Anchor’s “Old Potrero”? I’m not sure whether it’s technically a whiskey or a rye or what, but it’s pretty delicious.
I saw it somewhere recently and was intrigued. I’ll have to pick a bottle up.
I made it to Wichita alive and well. When I vacation, I do it to the max. Weatherford, Oklahoma. Wichita, Kansas. Kalamazoo, Michigan. Oakland, California.
How’s the Wichita Lineman doing? Still on the line?
Probably not today. It’s fucking windy. Today a receipt from a Toys R Us in Nevada paper cut my face as it blew by.
That’s pretty windy.
You driving? Pick up any new hitchhikers?
I drove, yes. No new hitchhikers, but I’m meeting the last one I picked up tomorrow.
I’m pretty much in heaven. I have a king size bed in my hotel, and there’s a Red Robin less than a mile away. I could live here.
Having a bed where my feet don’t hang off is amazing.
Scotland and Afghanistan might end up being a fun match. Right now Afghanistan is chasing 211′ they are 96/5. After 22 overs
6th wicket. Now it’s trouble for the afgans
7th!
Looking bad now
afganistand banana stand! they pull it off By 1 wicket! 3 balls remaining!
people are excited
seems neat
“the view form the grandstand. Which was condeeainmed.”
Thank you for that Australian ray fosse
So in two weeks I’m going to Florida (for the first time) and getting on a cruise (also for the first time). Since I’ll be in Florida during Grapefruit League season, it seems silly not to go to a game or two, so I’m planning on the Twins at least, maybe more. Does anyone have any advice about any of these endeavors? I’m most nervous about leaving the cat for 11 days (he has a daily visitor, but still) and about having extremely limited internet access for the week at sea. No doubt it will be really good for me to go for a week without Twitter and Facebook. It’s about $1 a minute, so I plan to check my email twice a day and that’s that.
You dislike sun, right, and you’re going on a cruise? Hmmm, better bring a few gallons of SPF 100 sunscreen.
Watch out for South Florida drivers. Two types you’ll notice immediately: A) The ones who drive 25 in the 45 zone and then change lanes a foot in front of you without signaling; B) the ones who drive with right hand on horn, left hand out window with middle finger extended.
I can do without the Key Lime Pie, but a Cuban sandwich, mmmmmm.
I have no So. Fla. knowledge, but my cruise recommendation is to try really hard to smuggle alcohol aboard. Secrete it in numerous different containers in varied suitcases and carry-on locations. Get creative with shampoo bottles and the like. The cruise people will try very hard to stop you and will probably catch some,but not all of you’re clever.
Going to alcohol jail is not so bad on the cruise, i just got a disappointed look and instructions on how to retrieve my booze on the last day. But they only found half of what i had. In fact, next time i will intentionally plant a dummy bottle meant to be found, as cover for the more carefully hidden stuff.
Ooh, that’s good to know. They say we can have one bottle of wine.
Yeah, if it weren’t a boat full of old friends and colleagues I wouldn’t be interested. (Also, my former boss is footing the bill for most of it.) I’ve never been on anything larger than the Larkspur ferry, so I just hope not to be barfing the whole time.
I worried about this, too, when I went on an Alaska cruise in 2013, because I typically turn green the instant I can no longer see the horizon. Turns out that these ships are incredibly stable, so I hardly noticed any motion.
I think it depends on how much ocean your ship tries to cover. On my Hawaii cruise we went between several islands, and on the couple of occasions when the ship was going fast I could definitely feel the movement. Not a problem for me but a big problem for some other members of our party. But 80% of the time yes, motion of ocean not noticeable.
I went on an Alaskan cruise last summer and I LOVED being off the grid. I bought a 100 minute internet package, and that was enough, even with checking my work emails. It limited me to answering only the most vital things and forgetting the rest. It was HEAVEN.
I woke up today having totally forgotten what day it is: it’d have been the 83rd birthday of an iconic figure of American music… maybe THE iconic figure. He’s gone 12 years now but I think they’ll be saying his name for a while longer, wouldn’t you say? And what better way to mark the occasion than with a concert recorded this very day in 1972 in that most country of cities: Amsterdam, The Netherlands? I’m going to Jackson (via Holland), so blog along for the ride and enjoy a composite master FM broadcast of this complete Johnny Cash birthday show!
Holy crap. I can’t believe it’s been 12 years.
Guys, I’m alive. Barely. I waited outside 2.5 hours in the cold. 20°. It was so good though. ðŸ˜
And I somehow chipped a tooth.
And this was the tightest security I’d ever been through. Metal detector and pat down. Then I had to RUN! up two flights of stairs and down another. With my dozen legs.
are your typing fingers dozen?
Yes. And my eyes are messed up.
And how has the company been?
stupid friend had too much mediation for the day, and the bar wasn’t showing it, so DFA and I watched the match on Cricket at bat from teh uptown.
AB De Villiers is a monster, and why dono’t the best batspeople go 1 and 2 in the order? is there a THe book for cricket?
You want your best scoring batters to be facing a worn ball, but the opening pair are guaranteed to get a new ball (and the number 3 batter likely will too, especially in limited overs matches).
new balls favour the bowler? (you see what I did there?)
ISWYDT.
New balls favour fast bowlers, old balls favour spin bowlers.
the uptown? you were in my neighborhood?
uptown in SF. 17th and capp.
There was a chance that the bar keeper would put the match on. He tried, but it wasn’t in their package.
Incidently I rode down haight and looked at the two “pubs” there. nope 8 tvs on the warriors game
i swear. you guys copy everything.
that was one of the first bars i ever hung out at when i worked in SF. before that even, when i’d visit from santa cruz.
i’m kinda demoralized that i didn’t recognize the name. i’m looking at google drive-by and recognize the look of the sign, but not the word that it says. and the couches look like the exact same ones that were already disgusting 15–20 years ago.
also, the uptown in my hood is closed. i can’t remember anything anymore.
proprietor recently died. I think the employees have taken it over
I’m a little surprised Mad Dog didn’t have it.
As was I.
Maybe if teh warriors had not been on. (it was the warriors last night?)
Yep. It was a big Warriors game, but I have to think that if the bar paid for the cricket they would have shown the cricket on at least one screen.
did you try
http://www.thekezarpub.com
Well, then
watched slaying the badger last night. was about to start having some racist/culturist convictions about sleazy french cyclists and their loose allegiance to words and what they mean. then i watched stop at nothing. racist/culturist convictions avoided, whew!
I managed to put off my 50+ colonoscopy until this morning. The prep is kind of annoying but the procedure itself isn’t horrible. But when the discharge nurse said “no alcohol today” due to the sedatives, I thinking, well that’s not a very realistic request. I’ll be sure to upload these nice color pictures of my anus, my appendiceal orifice and my ileo-cecal valve when I get a chance.
that’s a lot of colonoscopy, can’t that just do 1 and not 50+
Thanks, and go As.
Got my season tickets today, huzzah! Complete with A’s season ticket holder lunchbox, A’s season ticket holder pins, A’s season ticket holderlanyards, and (strangely) an A’s season ticket holder auto cigar lighter USB adapter. The lunchbox is super bomb diggity dank.
Because season ticket holders drive slightly and less fancy cars without USB ports, in order to pay for the tickets?
I have some regrets about not having the FKing season tickets. Hope they re-simplify next year.
Yeah, the tiers are a huge hassle, and if they don’t simplify I will probably be one-and-done as a season ticket holder. I don’t mind paying more for the higher value games; I do mind not being able to swap those games around even if I’m willing to eat that price difference.
Right, and three tiers is one too many
Plus, they always sell out the big games. Charging more is fine, but are there really unsold tickets costing them money on opening night or vs. the Yankees?