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New Marlins: Suspiciously Not Like The Old Marlins?
Remember, remember, the eleventh of November,Free-agent season and... uh... Okay, that really wasn't going anywhere. When I decided that starting an article with a reference to V for Vendetta was a good idea, I had a reason. The reason was to make a point, and the point is the following: the...
PHOTOS: Livestrong Sporting Park - Under The Bright Lights
Also file under: Learning something new about building stadiums; this is for you, Houston and San Jose. Being the extreme Livestrong Sporting Park geek that I am, and having the pleasure of seeing the beautiful, brand-new, still under construction stadium a handful of times each and every week,...
Stadium Boom Amounts to Fountain of Youth for MLB Parks
When conducting baseball research, my thoughts often turn to the state of the baseball economy and the effect of new ballparks on the game. However, I've personally never seen the new stadium boom quantified—let alone visualized—so I decided to take a swing at it. Here's what I came up...
Golden Nuggets: Intensity
Good morning folks, James here with your Nuggets for the day. There was a redesign for the forms I use to write these every day and now the input field is... much wider. Before, I used to measure the length for these opening paragraphs by how it wraps around the image of the casino but now I have...
Provincialism
Taking a break from my attacks on Lightning management, I'll redirect my efforts now toward the city of St. Petersburg, Florida. Previously known as "God's Waiting Room" (just had to dust that one off), St. Petersburg has turned into a happening place over the last decade. Nightlife thrives,...
Martellus Bennett Twitter - I think he's talking to BTB
Tweet! Tweet! Is that Marty B Twittering about our own BTB writer, Carl Shelton, and his post from yesterday? Sure seems like it! Someone sent a tweet to Martellus Bennett pointing out Carl's article which was full of much-love for the quotable TE out of Texas A&M. And also presented the dilemma...
Mayor Baker Recommends Archstone-Madison for Trop Redevelopment
St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker has recommended that the City Council choose Archstone-Madison's proposal to redevelop the Tropicana Field site should the team's plan to vacate the site for a new $450 million waterfront stadium come to fruition. The plan's financing is reliant on the successful...
Poll Numbers Skew Against Rays Stadium Proposal
The numbers are in, and they aren't good for the Rays' proposal to build a new stadium on the St. Petersburg waterfront. The results of a St. Petersburg Times poll released today found that 68% of city residents currently oppose the team's plan to open up the Tropicana Field site for development...
On New Stadiums, Debatable proposals
A bill sponsored by Louisiana State Representative Austin Badon (D-New Orleans) recently won passage in the state House. The bill requests that the Saints, the governor, and the Louisiana Department of Economic Development study the viability of building a new stadium and practice facility in New...
Blurbs and tidbits: So Happy Together
The great Turtles song comes to mind when watching T.O. and Tony Romo yuk it up in front of Rich Eisen at the Pro Bowl. You can speculate about Jessica Simpson or Britney Spears, but this is a relationship that has been through the ups, downs, sacks, dropped passes and blown coverages. By golly, I...
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