Comments on: A morning in Surprise

By: juliath83

juliath83 — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:48:37 +0000

God, the BP hats look horrible. Not just for the Rangers, just in general.

By: iclight79

iclight79 — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:51:15 +0000

That*

By: iclight79

iclight79 — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:39:31 +0000

We call than infamy rather than fame.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:34:18 +0000

Wash!

By: Chris Fiorentino

Chris Fiorentino — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:11:23 +0000

Great song. Great movie. Thanks for the youtube link Craig.

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:45:14 +0000

Marty Bergen got a few HOF votes in the late ’30s. He is, of course, famous for killing his wife and kids and then himself.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bergema01.shtml
If you’re not familiar with the story, the last four paragraphs of his SABR bio page sums it up well.

By: indaburg

indaburg — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:41:04 +0000

“The batting cages abut the concourses.”

Hehehe… you said “abut.”

It didn’t abut a butte by any chance?

By: coryfor3

coryfor3 — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:37:58 +0000

Well I certainly feel like a better informed baseball fan now.

By: nsauser

nsauser — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:25:16 +0000

I used to live in between the Peoria Sports Complex and the Surprise Stadium it was about a 15 min drive to either one. As far as a fan experience you are right on. They are also fairly affordable because they both have large grass areas for seating with tickets being $7 – $8 per. Craig, be careful not to get in the way of any old ladies at the grocery store, they can be quite mean. You are in the heart of Sun City over there. You should grab a golf cart and drive the city streets like the retired folks.

By: Francisco (FC)

Francisco (FC) — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:58:29 +0000

If your Hall of Fame has room for the guy who literally bankrupted the franchise, I’d say you have a “big Hall” mindset.

To be fair it's a Hall of Fame. The man is certainly famous enough though for all the wrong reasons.