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How 'bout those Bargains in the Park: $3 hot dogs, $2 peanuts, cracker jacks, water, and coke (normal coke, not the crazy Free stuff like Diet Coke Plus which allegedly has vitamins and minerals and tastes like poison).
$5 beers in the 'garden' on 6th Ave. I was impressed. I guess that's where all my unused miles go, funding promotional events. at least I got an airline blanket. To everyone who got a Scoreboard Gourmet card, and to those who did not: what did You think?
Maybe
there should not be so much Free stuff at Pinstrips in the Park. Maybe
it should just be a game shown on a giant screen. Free stuff makes
people crazy. This man (picture) literally pushed me out of the way to
get himself a Free vanilla coke. Thankfully my camera was in my hand so
I could capture the moment. You would have thought it was a Free coke
stand in the middle of the desert the way people were climbing all over
one another for beverages. Standing in line to get into the park, a
woman behind me complained to her 10-year-old about people cutting the
line...then she pushed her way in front of me and another woman. We
started laughing immediately and agreed a Free Blanket and a Free
Poster was not worth the argument. I love those small bonding moments
with strangers. I vote for No Free Stuff, just baseball and
concessions, at the next event. And do it again soon. And move the beer
garden closer to the screen...currently it's like a backyard dog pen.Labels: yankees
a
little more time on the chowhound PA board has taught me two things:
1: there are no foodies in or around Scranton
2: you can get Tony Luke's in the Phillies ballpark, or by stopping at
their Oregon Avenue location, about a mile from the stadium, right off
I-95.
two things about Tony Luke's inside the park:
1: you can get roast pork and/or cheesesteak
2: you will wait on line, maybe for an entire inning
outside the park you will obviously have a wider menu selection,
everything will be less expensive, but you might still have to wait on
line, though maybe a shorter line.
Tony Luke's full MenuPhillies
v Diamondbacks tonight 7:05pm. Phillies are 2 games down in the series
but Randy Johnson is pitching so things could work out for them
tonight. Bitter? Me?Labels: phillies
Whataburger
Field, home to the Corpus Christi Hooks (double-A Astros), is named for
the burger chain started in 1950 by Corpus Christi local Harmon Dobson.
According to the Whataburger website, Dobson wanted to serve a burger
so good that whenever someone tried one they'd sit back and say, "What
a burger!" With each Win at Whataburger Field, a large orange flag with
the letter "W" is raised high above center field. On Wednesdays, fans
can help raise the "W" by registering here
at least one week before the game, which means I should have put this
post up last week. sorry.
Who gets to raise the flag (the winner) will be selected in a random
drawing one week prior to each of the Wednesday home games. Wednesday Winners Receive:
Four Front-Row Tickets Behind Home Plate to a Wednesday Hooks game,
Parking Pass, Dinner for Four from Whataburger (Delivered to Your
Seats), One Hooks Championship Replica Ring, and if the Hooks win,
winners will be included in a “Bring Home the W” flag-raising ceremony
All 2007 entrants, including Wednesday winners, are eligible for a
Grand Prize.
Grand Prize Winner Receives:Four Front-Row Tickets Behind Home
Plate to the final home game on September 3rd, Parking Pass,
Whataburger for a Year
Today the Hooks play the Arkansas Travelers (double-A Angels) at
7:05pm. Someone has to do something about last night's tie. And someone
else needs to explain to me how the game ended in a tie.
Remember
when the Yankees were winning? When they weren't, oh, more than 10
games out. Don't make me say it, the actual number.
Anyway, back when there was a W or two every week, a young pitcher
named Tyler Clippard (do you think MLB got that picture from his little
league card?) beat the Mets. And while I was in a restaurant with my
grandmother having linguine with white clam sauce, Tyler celebrated his
first major league win with champagne and Big Macs, in a hotel room,
with his parents. "McDonald's and champagne," is how he was quoted.
fantastic in every way.Labels: yankees
that's right; Friday I'll be sitting in a minivan with two major Scoreboard Gourmet contributors and fans (of SG and baseball).
We're hitting Scranton - Clemens-free, I imagine - Cleveland, and Pittsburgh.
My first time in each of the three stadiums! It's a very exciting
combination of MLB, MiLB and AAA. And will likely be a test of wills,
or patience, or something.
I've tried to get some chowhounders to give me I-80 suggestions but
that's been a dead-end (I'm leaving that pun in too). Anyone have ideas
for late night/early morning stops along I-80 in PA? I'm not saying I
haven't driven it before, I'm just asking for ideas...thanks in
advance.
I bolded those towns, did you notice?
don't like that map pic? too bad.
Is
anoyone watching the Blue Jays/Yankees game? Can you speak to the
quality of Pizza Pizza? From where I'm sitting (couch in New York) I
have to guess that Toronto pizza is pretty doughy, raw, heavy. Yes? No?
Even so, that sign behind the batter is making me crave a slice. Click
here:About Pizza Pizza
to learn everything from how Pizza Pizza had the first the first
insulated pizza bag to how they had the first computerized order taking
system. Those Canadian pizza guys were crazy innovative, eh? the #1
question asked of Pizza Pizza: Does your pizza contain peanuts or
peanut oil? hmm. we're clearly not in my world anymore.
and the answer to the #1 question: No. though they cannot guarantee
that all of their products are 100% nut-free. Pizza Pizza, I'm lovin'
it...Pizza Pizza MenuLabels: bluejays
