Football coach Nick Saban will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Alabama baseball's 2010 SEC series opener against Vanderbilt at 6:35 p.m. Friday at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.
In case the 14-1 start to the season under new coach Mitch Gaspard wasn't enough to get you to the ballpark...
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Not even Nick Saban....
is big enough to make me interested in baseball. What can I say…just too boring.
Despite...
…clockster’s lameness, I just spent the last several (apparently 28 or so) minutes composing a fanpost about this and tonight’s gymnastics meet. Please give it a quick look and support the Tide.
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Mar 19, 2010 8:43 AM CDT up reply actions
I
think baseball is one those sports where if you love it, you probably played it. Similar to hockey. My wife is a big MLB fan and I’ve grown to appreciate it more over time, but I can safely say I’ll never love it.
"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken
The Girl and her family...
….are all into baseball, but I just can’t get into it. We’re taking a trip to Seattle in July and are looking at maybe going to a Mariners game while we’re there (only been to minor league games, so figure I’ll cross “attend at least one game of every major pro-sport” off the ol’ bucket list), but I honestly kind of dread it. Only reason I’m remotely interested is they are hosting the Red Sox, and it will give me a chance to pull against them. Fuck New England sports.
Roll Bama Roll - The Champagne of Bama Blogs.
Mariners stadium is pretty awesome
went there back in 2002, and despite my general lack of interest in baseball, the seats, atmosphere, and beer were pretty great.
Also, you have to love a stadium that sells extremely fresh sushi alongside brats.
Ingram is my boy!!
by BamaReturns07 on Mar 19, 2010 9:11 AM CDT up reply actions
I've
never been to anything but minor league games myself, where you have to actually fetch your own adult beverages. Everytime the wife and I discuss going to a Braves game, my mind immediately shifts to “mmmmmm beer guys.” Damn MLB wouldn’t have shit for attendence if it weren’t for Bud and Miller.
"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken
by Bens4vcobra on Mar 19, 2010 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Damn skippy
its probably the only sporting event I would go to that I give more attention to shenanigans in the stadium rather than the game itself.
In short, Alabama Coach Sarah Patterson smells blood. And she's looking to take it out on Brian Cook's girlfriends tonight. - NLS, 3-19-2010
by BamaReturns07 on Mar 19, 2010 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions
For the record...
…I have zero interest in MLB, but I love going to high school and college — particularly Alabama — baseball games. The combination of baseball at its purest form, my love for all things Alabama, Spring in the air, and the chance to unwind and relax for a change make it practically irresistable to me. And I never played organized baseball. Plus, CNS will be there, and last time I went to a Bama game, I met one of the captains of the football team as well. It was well worth the five bucks.
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Mar 19, 2010 9:17 AM CDT up reply actions
The combination of baseball at its purest form
Ooooooh make sure you don’t say that to the anti-aluminum bat brigade.
"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken
by Bens4vcobra on Mar 19, 2010 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Noted.
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Mar 19, 2010 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Nothing says "heads up" more than the familiar ping of an aluminum bat...
It's not what you've done but what you are doing that matters.
by AlabamaJammer on Mar 19, 2010 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions
ANY sport (sans nascar)
is fun to watch, IMO, if it is in person. i can’t stand to watch baseball on tv but in the stadium is a totally different deal
"You have to create 6 seconds of hell each play..."
Coach Nick Saban
ANY sport (sans nascar) is fun to watch, IMO, if it is in person.
You got that right.
Turn left, Tuuuuuurn left, TURN LEFT! GO STRAIGHT! Go straight. Straight…TURN LEFT!
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by RememberTheRoseBowl on Mar 19, 2010 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions
Also...
…back when we had the Birmingham Bulls hockey team, I really loved going to those games. I never played hockey and still know jack squat about it, but the games and the atmosphere were always really fun. Barons games, though? Boring as all hell. Wish Birmingham could sustain a genuine pro team…
Roll Bama Roll - The Champagne of Bama Blogs.
Agreed...
…on both Barons and Bulls.
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Mar 19, 2010 9:23 AM CDT up reply actions
I had...
… a Birmingham Bulls puck way back in the day. Don’t know what the hell a kid from rural Alabama was supposed to do with a hockey puck, but whatever.
And you’re right about the Barons. Minor league baseball in general is just so boring. I can honestly say that I only enjoyed two Barons games in my life:
(1) Watching Michael Jordan play (mediocre AA player as he was)
(2) Used car giveaway night
"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." -- Milton Friedman
by outsidethesidelines on Mar 19, 2010 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I saw Jordan...
…and even that was pretty boring….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Mar 19, 2010 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions
She
was a big softball star back in her day.
"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken
by Bens4vcobra on Mar 19, 2010 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions
well then, you better not piss THAT woman off...
… since she’s probably good with a bat
"You have to create 6 seconds of hell each play..."
Coach Nick Saban
Baseball can be boring on TV
but is really fun to watch in person! I wish I could go to an Alabama game!
by bamagirlinsocal on Mar 19, 2010 9:18 AM CDT reply actions
...and he's mad at you...
…for looking past San Jose State.
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He didn't look past San Diego State
He started prep work on them January 8th.
In short, Alabama Coach Sarah Patterson smells blood. And she's looking to take it out on Brian Cook's girlfriends tonight. - NLS, 3-19-2010
by BamaReturns07 on Mar 19, 2010 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions
He's still throwing out the first pitch, yo!
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Mar 19, 2010 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions
He's being the first CF Coach to utilize that to recruit
blue chip prospects. He will get three commitments before it crosses homeplate.
Which, by the way, will be a perfect strike.
In short, Alabama Coach Sarah Patterson smells blood. And she's looking to take it out on Brian Cook's girlfriends tonight. - NLS, 3-19-2010
by BamaReturns07 on Mar 19, 2010 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions
That's why...
…he’s got time for this sh*t.
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Mar 19, 2010 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Told ya
http://blog.al.com/tide-source/2010/03/saban_throws_out_first_pitch_a.html
Which, by the way, will be a perfect strike.
In short, Alabama Coach Sarah Patterson smells blood. And she's looking to take it out on Brian Cook's girlfriends tonight. - NLS, 3-19-2010
by BamaReturns07 on Mar 19, 2010 8:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Not sure why
but it was really important to me that he threw a good pitch. Sometimes I think I need a psychiatrist.
That white stuff on the top of chickencrap is.....chickencrap.
You don't.
Cause he may have killed someone with his laser eyes if he threw a ball.
In short, Alabama Coach Sarah Patterson smells blood. And she's looking to take it out on Brian Cook's girlfriends tonight. - NLS, 3-19-2010
by BamaReturns07 on Mar 20, 2010 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions
BTW...
…both the baseball team and the gymnastics team were victorious last night. RTR.
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Mar 20, 2010 3:09 PM CDT reply actions
Follow-up
From the Bama Beat article:
Without any wasted motion, Saban toed the rubber on the mound and zipped a strike over the corner of the plate to the delight of the crowd.
“He was pretty good,” (Jake) Smith said. “He played shortstop in college (at Kent State). That’s what he told me. He said, ‘I never pitched. I couldn’t throw strikes.’ But he threw one then.”
BTW, you know who caught Saban’s pitch? Chris Smelley. Worlds collide.
"That rug really tied the room together."
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