SB Nation User Blog: jpl

Free tickets for Sunday

jpl — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:23:41 -0000

I have 2 tickets available for Sundays game. I am unable to attend due to a family function. It is Mark Ellis jersey day. I would greatly appreciate it if you could get me a jersey in exchange for the tickets. Either a medium or large would be great. The seats are in Sec 233 row 4. I can drop the tickets in the mail to whoever is available to use these. Let me know.

All Star Voting

jpl — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:47:00 -0000

MLB released the current results of the All Star voting for the AL today. Out of the 9 spots we're voting on, 7 of the leaders are either from Boston or New York. The leaders as of now are:

C Jason Varitek

1B Kevin Youkilis

2B Dustin Pedroia

3B Alex Rodriguez

SS Derek Jeter

OF Manny Ramirez

OF Ichiro

OF Josh Hamilton

DH David Ortiz

The "Midsummer Classic" has quickly become nothing more than a showcase for America's Teams.

I understand that this game is for the fans, but I think the time has come to eliminate the fan vote. An alternative may be to come up with some sort of statistical rating that allows the players with the best ratings at their position to go to the All Star game. By basing it clearly on stats, we may actually see a wider variety of players in this game and maybe...just maybe the world may hear about some of the great players out there who don't play in Boston or New York.

Another option may be having the players vote. It would be far more interesting to see who is considered to be the best amongst peers.

As a baseball fan, how would you change the All Star game and\or selection process?

A precursor to a Kendall trade?

jpl — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:05:26 -0000

The Cubs just traded away Michael Barrett to San Diego for the Padres backup catcher.....

Could this be a precursor to another deal with the A's? Piniella is known for liking a defensive catcher. The A's happen to have an interesting situation at catcher with a possibly available great game caller in Jason Kendall. Could Kendall be bleeding Cubbie Blue soon?

AN Swap Meet

jpl — Wed, 02 May 2007 16:41:36 -0000

I've seen this done on here in the past and always though it was a great idea. I'm sure all of us have some extra A's gear lying around that me may be willing to swap to another fan for something we don't have. Its always great to make sure this stuff goes to a place where it will be loved (we're working on that place for you Halsey).

I have two Chavez bobbleheads (one from each giveaway) and possibly a Hudson.

The View From Diamond Level

jpl — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:52:04 -0000

I've been registered on here for quite some time now, but just haven't gotten around to posting anything. I had a little experience this weekend that I thought I would share. My birthday is coming up on Friday and as a gift, my girlfriend got me seats to this past Saturday's game in Diamond Level. It was probably the best experience I have ever had at a game. We got there early and went in through the player's entrance. When we got down to our seats, we were able to stand there and get autographs from players as they were coming and going for batting practice. One of the first players through was Hiram Bocachica and he handed me a ball. The first ball I have ever gotten in about 24 years of going to the Coliseum. I was then able to get Rich Harden, Bobby Crosby, Ron Washington, Jeremy Brown, Kiko Calero and Nick Swisher to autograph it. It turned out to be quite the birthday present!

Frank Thomas

Swisher

Jason "Nerf Guns" Kendall

Lach & Umps looking at Roy Steele

Swisher Signing

Stomper Dancin'

The Walking Dead

Kiko Calero

Bobby doing an interview

Barry with the Japanese media (they were teaching him how to say whatever was written on the bandana)

Bobby signing

Harden signing my ball

Witasick

Joe Kennedy

BP

Milton Bradley