Weekend washout
The Wild Things were rained out Saturday night in Avon, Ohio., and there were plans to play a doubleheader against the Lake Erie Crushers Sunday afternoon. To nobody's surprise, the DH was rained out. That means of the 36 innings the Wild Things and Crushers wanted to play during spring training, only 14 1/2 were completed. That will make cutting the rosters to 24 players more difficult. Those intrasquad games last week suddenly became more important.Rain has been a pain throughout the league during spring training. A Windy City-Rockford doubleheader was rained out Sunday. Joliet and Normal played only 4 1/2 innings Saturday, and Evansville and Southern Illinois managed to play only three innings Friday night before being stopped because of rain.
Labels: Lake Erie Crushers
posted by Chris Dugan at
10:49 AM
14 Comments:
Gee, I thought modern playing surfaces were supposed to eliminate rainouts. We were promised something close to that weren’t we? Dang, fooled again by those rascally politicians. Getting to the place where we can’t trust anybody. Man, you can’t even trust Tiny Timmy any more. Who would have ever thunk that?
I guess we need a domed stadium.
I know how to finance one in Washington.
Eliminate host families and the Wild Things will have to house players in local hotels and provide at home meal money. Part of the bill will be the tourist tax on hotel charges. This tax could be dedicated by the county tourism bureau to fund a domed stadium.
I believe this posting in within legal discussion of weekend washout.
This would also help to improve the local ecomomy by more use of hotels and restaurants instead of freebees by host families.
In order to keep it legal on this blog, no one would give a nick name to the dome or discuss how it was funded.
MLB games in Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago were postponed due to the weather today. And had ther not been a roof over Miller Park, the game at Milwaukee would have been shut down, too.
MLB games in Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago were postponed due to the weather today.
So, what's your point? I thought this was a Wild Things blog
'surfaces were supposed to eliminate rainouts'---really? besides posts from natural grass, where did you ever read such a ridiculous statement?
“Eliminate host families and the Wild Things will have to house players in local hotels “
What a great idea! Screw the tourist again if they are dumb enough to come here twice. Or, just screw the fresh ones that are already stupid for coming here in the first place. I'm sure Timmy Consolobay could figure a way to make it all seem above board.
If the tourist folks are really into helping to local economy they should jump all over this idea. BUT WAIT – this would not put any money into the pockets of those turkeys that dreamed up the first scheme (screwed up there), I mean used their influence to make sure the ‘powers’ got everything they wanted at somebody else’s expense. Dog-gone it, I knew that was too good to be true. Oh Well!
I see Dutch is back highjacking the blog from all the unwashed. I can’t help but wonder what his agenda is.
Now see – I did not say one unmentionable word.
The point is it's hard to play baseball anywhere these days. I wonder if this is the wettest spring on record?
'The point is it's hard to play baseball anywhere these days.' that is the point.
First, Ron, your computer's mouse must be sticking because for some reason I've had two of your comments in two days come in multiple times, seconds apart, which makes Blogger think they're spam. I have to fish them out of the spam folder and post them whenever I can. If you haven't seen your comments instantly published, that's why.
Now, as for the last comment:
First, the O-R (I guess you were referring to me) doesn't give a hoot one way or another about plastic grass. Never have and never will.
What I do care about is this blog. I put way too much time and effort into the blog for some people to turn it into their own little joke. I'm try to start discussions about players, games or the roster and the first or second comment is almost always about turf. I still can't figure out what Tom Cochran and Matt Paul have to do with turf, but somebody connected them.
If anyone else wants to talk turf, then my advice is to start your own blog. All you have to do is go to www.blogger.com. It's free. If you have any questions, I'll be more than glad to help you get started.
But here, we're discussing baseball, not plastic grass, so everyone needs to stick to subject.
I have sent a private to e-mail to Chris Dugan regarding the above remarks.
Ron Wilson
Here's the above refenced comment from Ron Wilson. Sorry, Ron, thought I posted this last night:
Natural Grass, you don’t seem to understand why that won’t work. The Wild Things would actually be required to use some of their own money for that plan. Do you actually think that is going to happen when there is still a taxpayer to fleece? Yes, I used the word – taxpayer. This horse puckey.of the Peoples Republic of Washington County telling you that you can’t use certain words is, plain and simple, BS.
It always starts out with something small, such as a blog, and if that succeeds, it will be something larger the next time. As long as no profanity is being used there can be no good reason for it. There is nothing profane about the words “Taxpayer Turf”. Can they deny that is how it was funded? Is it untrue? Of course not! Do they dislike the fact they have been challenged – yes?
On April 4th on this blog, I had to endure this tasteless comment by one of ever-present anonymous posters,
“I didn't know this was the f-ing Ron Wilson blog. Is the o-r paying Ron or is he just spamming (sic) this blog for his own amusement?” I have NEVER used this sort word in any posting. So, why was something as personal as that allowed to remain? Why are we now being forbidden from using words that are perfectly acceptable in polite society? Its unofficial name is, Taxpayer Turf, like it or not! The O-R just wants to that the heat off this group of ageless tax collectors. Even God hates tax collectors!
I think we can now understand that the ‘knock on the door in the middle of the night’ is not as far fetched as you may think. It ALWAYS starts with something small. If we allow a little bit of censorship, it will grow as a mushroom. Think about it! If you just accept this sort of thing as ok, you will get exactly what you deserve.
Ron Wilson
Just what some of you guys have been waiting for is here!
Due to the fact that Chris has set rules that violate my principals of free speech I will no longer be a participant on this blog. IMHO he has taken sides on the issue and decided to stop debate. He has allowed at least one of you to use words that go way beyond decency while, at the same time, disallowing some of my post because of two common everyday words.
Natural Grass, keep up the good fight – never let them forget the sham politics that started all this!
So, bloodied but unbent, I leave this blog to enjoy blissful retirement.
Ron Wilson
BTW: Stu Williams, don’t laugh so hard, at least I’m not an attorney!
Ron is the only guy who has more fake retirements than Brett Favre.
Ron has no choice, he either retires or gets cut.
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