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    http://www.sixfoot6.com/omni/ They're just simple, ass-ugly cars. I really don't know what to add. Interestingly, I went for years without seeing Chevettes until the $3 gas late last year. Suddenly, there were several on the roads in my rural town, and they were all well-kept. Some folks apparently kept them put back in anticipation of such an event.
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    It's so much better than the cartoonish blue. So true.
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    IMHO, the J.D. Power surveys — which are tallied with the advantage of a broad sample base — are a far more accurate. Consumer Reports relys entirely on its subscriber base.
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    I once posted at length about the fallacy of Consumer Reports, but Tim has since deleted that thread. I think it went something like this ... http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y225/southfork76/nissanfshondas.gif
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    I'm watching South Korea vs. Taiwan, called by Spanish-speaking announcers, with Japanese signboards on the backstop. It's insane.
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    Shibe Park was a very nice park in the beginning, as was old Comiskey; both were allowed to fall apart. Crosley Field became untenable once Interstate 75 was built just across the left field fence. Forbes Field was made less than ideal because of the ever-expanding university campus that had it landlocked. Tiger Stadium remained in use because the Tigers' owners saw the folly in moving to Pontiac with the Lions in the '70s, but the surrounding neighborhood eventually crumbled, leaving ownership dead set against any further renovations by the 1990s. Ebbets Field and the Polo Grounds were of course abandoned by westward expansion; the Mets played at the latter at their inception, but by all accounts the place had been let go, and was in shambles in those days. Wrigley and Fenway are here now because their owners believed in their value and their respective neighborhoods didn't betray them. I agree 100%. With the exception of the Cards, those stadiums ripped the soul out of every team that took one.
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    The Cubs' attendance took a hit too, but they managed to outdraw the Sox in '97 with a horrible, horrible team. Had Jerry been able to put more people in the seats, he could have stemmed the red ink and kept chasing Cleveland. A great park would have helped him do that. Most of Wrigley's peers were demolished because they were piss poor or their surrounding neighborhoods could no longer support a park. Wrigley and Fenway remain because they were worth keeping, not because of some random circumstance.
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    I'd argue that both won in spite of their small fan bases and rotten parks, not because of them. The Marlins couldn't generate the revenue necessary to maintain a championship team. It remains to be seen if the Sox can, but note that they've drastically remade their park in the image of the old timers in an effort to make the place attractive. I suppose the point of all this is that you won't find a single GM who sees a crappy, half-empty park as a competitive advantage. Wrigley should be the perfect situation for a home team - opponents have to face the Cubs in front of ravenous crowds, at odd hours and on a field surrounded by bricks. The park isn't substandard; it's the Cubs' own fault that they can't take advantage of what should be the greatest home field in the league.
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    The Marlins' park is so bad that it drives fans away, a major factor in the dismantling of both of their championship teams. The '97 "White Flag Trade" was indirectly brought about by the suckiness of the Sox' park - Reinsdorf was bleeding cash, and decided to pull the plug. Popular, moneymaking parks are an asset, not a handicap. Stadiums that no one likes are a major hinderance to profit and sustained winning.
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    You like Miller Park. That's fine, but the fact that you think it's a "great new ballpark" is all that really needs to be said to discredit your views on this matter. I actually never said that. But hey----why let what I really said stop you from twisting my words? What do you actually think of it?
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    I think the bleacher work is a preface to that. Wrigley won't rot away - it'll be replaced a piece at a time, just as has been done throughout its life to this point.
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    You like Miller Park. That's fine, but the fact that you think it's a "great new ballpark" is all that really needs to be said to discredit your views on this matter.
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    Really? Cub supporters are well-traveled fans, and discounting that, there are three modern stadiums within the Chicago city limits. Wrigley thrives because it's great ... not because its patrons are deprived folks who've never seen a game anywhere else and don't know any better.
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    Is that the right article? It was this afternoon. Looks like they moved it.
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    The attendance figures tell a different story. Apparently, most folks don't go to the ballpark to sniff the pavement, ogle vendors and hang out amongst the chamberpots.
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    I'll do just that the next time the Cubs play there.
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    Atlanta's cornball stuff isn't on the field. The kiddie playland, nonsense at the gates (which are at the wrong end of the park) and cartoon characters running around like they're at Kings Island are what really pissed me off. I've never been to Detroit, but I assumed it had to be a joke of a park when I saw photos of actual carnival rides on the gounds.
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    They did it.
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    It's ridiculous that Effa Manley is in and people like O'Neil are left out. The Hall is a sham.
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    I'm not bothered at all.
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    Al Yellon's take
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    Why? Those seats are merely replacing the nearly-inaccessible assigned seating that had occupied the space since 1985.
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    Detroit and Atlanta set the standard for carnival parks IMHO, and they both suck.
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    :mrgreen:
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