Indians fans rejoice as it appears their team's management pull of BLOCKBUSTER for delicious taffy treat and some ball players

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I came across something the other day that really surprised me.  When discussing the career of Ted Williams with a friend of mine, it was brought to my attention that the attendance at Fenway for his  Last Game EVER, was 10,454.

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I had the most incredible day on Saturday.  A few weeks ago, my best friend (Dodgers season ticket holder) and I (Halo's season tix holder) realized that the schedule was going to allow us to go to both the Dodgers and the Angels game. 

The buildup was intolerable, and what proceeded to happen was incredible!!

I wonder if anyone else out there did the same thing.  As reasonable as it is to assume that a few people in fact did, it's also not completely out of question that NOBODY did, and he and I are quite possibly the only two people in the WORLD to see two Complete game shutouts, by two different teams, in two different leagues, in two different ballparks, on THE SAME DAY!!!!!

On another note, the former Secret Service agent Frank McCourt hired to head up Dodger Stadium security seems to be doing his job.  I have now been to my fair share of Dodger games this season so far and I'll say I'm impressed.  They have a new policy starting next month where if you are found in the parking lot with any alcohol, you will be immediately removed from the parking lot.  Now usually that's subject to enforcement, but early indications prove that the army of Golf cart attendants that circled us like a hawk while we were trying to enjoy a cold one made things pretty tough. 

I will be attending all 3 games over Memorial weekend and will be wearing red, so I'll give you all my reports on the improvement. 

For some reason, Mason and Ireland (and the at least two fans who have called in so far) think that signing Gary Sheffield is a no brainer.  The Tigers are on the hook for the bulk of his $$$, leaving anyone who choses to sign him a League minimum contract. 

Now I would take Gary Sheffield for league minimum if we didn't already have 4 aging past their prime outfielders, but apparently they have somehow overlooked that our opening day starting rotation will be:

Joe Saunders

WTY

Dustin Mosely

Nick Adenhart

Shane Loux

They seem to have stopped talking about it for now but here's the link to the audio (live)

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I don't see any posts of fanshots on the subject, but for those who are unaware, MLB Network will be playing LIVE (En Vivo) broadcasts of The Carribean Series starting today at 2:00p.m. PST with Venezuela vs. The Dominican Republic. 

I for one am pretty excited to see some real baseball.  Hooray for MLB Network starting to show their potential for all around Baseball coverage.  HERE is a like to the network's info on game times and schedule. 

I challenge everyone to comb through our blogs with an outsider perspective.  What is it about this fan base or this team that causes us to be so manic.  Is it that we’ve seen YEARS of irrelevance and failure, and know how fleeting, how temporary the success can truly be?  We’re all aware of our recent success and how despite that, we’re still viewed largely as a silly bunch of children run by a Mouse, and prey to a Monkey.  If you look at our conversations in here, how could you blame most outsiders for that opinion. 

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Bart Giamatti once said:

"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone:

Thank you Howie and gang...  It really has been fun.  I have still placed my season ticket deposit for next year.  I am still proud to call myself a Halo season ticket holder, but man does it hurt.  It's not like we earned it or anything.  It could have been any other team... But the god dammed RED SOX????  Nobody deserves this!!!!!!