Baseball in Puerto Rico, classic or dud?

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Why haven't the Expos moved there already? There seem to be many more baseball lovers there than in Montreal.

― amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 11 September 2003 04:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh it's so good, from what I could tell on television. The PA system doesn't blare Europe or Kid Rock whenever a batter approaches the plate, and the stands look close to the plate, as opposed to these "intimate" crackerboxes that have been going up in every city threatened by an owner's venality.

But Stade Olimpique is a great place to watch a game, and that's from direct experience. Move the Marlins.

― Benjamin (benjamin), Thursday, 11 September 2003 04:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I feel like P.R. has contributed so much to the game, give them a team dammit!

― amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 11 September 2003 04:58 (twenty-two years ago)

give them a team but let us keep "nos amours," not that I've ever been to a game though I say I will every summer

― s1utsky (slutsky), Thursday, 11 September 2003 04:59 (twenty-two years ago)

"nos amours"? that's so cute, i mean, sickening.

― amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 11 September 2003 05:00 (twenty-two years ago)

hand-wringing columnists love to trot that one out, lemme tell ya

― s1utsky (slutsky), Thursday, 11 September 2003 05:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Apparently the park is really small, with short fences = lots of fly balls turn into homers. But I assume if the team moved there permanently, they'd fix that?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 11 September 2003 05:05 (twenty-two years ago)

i heard it wasn't much smaller than yankee stadium.

― amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 11 September 2003 05:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Seriously? Well, even if dimension-wise it's normal, its capacity is only like 20,000.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 11 September 2003 05:12 (twenty-two years ago)

It looked pretty small on TV last night.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 11 September 2003 05:12 (twenty-two years ago)

it's just an optical illusion owing to how their mascot is so big.

― amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 11 September 2003 05:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Also looked smaller because PR is a smaller landmass than the US.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 11 September 2003 05:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks, guys!

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 11 September 2003 05:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Oops, you FALN lowlife, PR is the US.

― Benjamin (benjamin), Thursday, 11 September 2003 05:27 (twenty-two years ago)

hiram bithorn: 399 feet to center, 315 to left and 313 to right.

pac bell (a "pitcher's park"): 404 to center, 335 to left and 307 to right.

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 11 September 2003 05:56 (twenty-two years ago)

nine months pass...

Bosko Balaban Stats For Season

Name Bosko Balaban
Team Aston Villa
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Starts 0
Substituted 0
Total Minutes Played 0
Avg Minutes Played Per Start 0
Goals 0
Avg Goal Mins When Starting 0.0
Avg Mins Played/Goal Scored 0
Goals Scored As Sub 0
Number of Bookings 0
Total Booking Minutes 0
Avg Bookings Per Start 0
Number of Red Cards 0
Total Red Card Minutes 0
Avg Red Cards Per Start 0

― bosko, Monday, 14 June 2004 03:13 (twenty-one years ago)

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