The Coffee House

[JonA_CT]

Sorry, Gary. George Springer is a fellow UConn alum and from CT. Gotta root for him. (I even might have clapped politely when he hit a dinger against the Sox the last time I was at Fenway...)

Springer played at UConn? I thought UConn only had female basketball ...

Hah! So sure...we have a few of those...the men's basketball team also has 4 banners of their own in Gampel Pavilion.

UConn usually fields pretty decent baseball teams, for a Northeast school anyways, and their hockey team has been competitive in Hockey East for the last few years. Field hockey and soccer have also won national championships in the last few years.

Not bad for a college campus that is literally in the middle of nowhere in CT. We can't ply recruits with warm weather and beaches and bikinis like some locales...

 

[SquarePeg37 8]

Oops, was it Bergman who hit it? Yeah that would have hurt if it hit his head.

 

[Gary A.]

Sorry, Gary. George Springer is a fellow UConn alum and from CT. Gotta root for him. (I even might have clapped politely when he hit a dinger against the Sox the last time I was at Fenway...)

Springer played at UConn? I thought UConn only had female basketball ...

Hah! So sure...we have a few of those...the men's basketball team also has 4 banners of their own in Gampel Pavilion.

UConn usually fields pretty decent baseball teams, for a Northeast school anyways, and their hockey team has been competitive in Hockey East for the last few years. Field hockey and soccer have also won national championships in the last few years.

Not bad for a college campus that is literally in the middle of nowhere in CT. We can't ply recruits with warm weather and beaches and bikinis like some locales...

... you can almost reach out and touch the Hollywood sign from the USC campus, which is literally a Rose Garden away from the world's best known and revered sports venue, The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, site of two Olympic Summer Games and home to the Trojans.

For home games, the USC band, (the Spirit of Troy and the only college band which has played on a rock album, Fleetwood Mac's 'Tusk'), has a pregame concert on campus. After the concert the bands marches in formation through the Rose Garden to the Coliseum with SC's mascot (Traveler) leading the formation. A lot of pageantry for home games.

 

[davidharmier60]

To hear Joe Buck say it Bergman couldn't hit. I guess MAYBE that shut Buck up for a minute or two. I wish I could have seen it.
But as it was I feel a nap coming on.

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[waday]

Trick-or-treat is tonight for our area. In related news, the wife and I are heading out, and turning off the lights. Hopefully no one will ring our doorbell and bug Roxy.

 

[JonA_CT]

Sorry, Gary. George Springer is a fellow UConn alum and from CT. Gotta root for him. (I even might have clapped politely when he hit a dinger against the Sox the last time I was at Fenway...)

Springer played at UConn? I thought UConn only had female basketball ...

Hah! So sure...we have a few of those...the men's basketball team also has 4 banners of their own in Gampel Pavilion.

UConn usually fields pretty decent baseball teams, for a Northeast school anyways, and their hockey team has been competitive in Hockey East for the last few years. Field hockey and soccer have also won national championships in the last few years.

Not bad for a college campus that is literally in the middle of nowhere in CT. We can't ply recruits with warm weather and beaches and bikinis like some locales...

... you can almost reach out and touch the Hollywood sign from the USC campus, which is literally a Rose Garden away from the world's best known and revered sports venue, The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, site of two Olympic Summer Games and home to the Trojans.

For home games, the USC band, (the Spirit of Troy and the only college band which has played on a rock album, Fleetwood Mac's 'Tusk'), has a pregame concert on campus. After the concert the bands marches in formation through the Rose Garden to the Coliseum with SC's mascot (Traveler) leading the formation. A lot of pageantry for home games.

I got a great education, but I do know I missed out on a going to a school witha great football program. My freshman year was their first or second FBS season, and they haven't done much since.

 

[JonA_CT]

In other news, eBay is a dangerous place. I needed the Nikon AF 80-200 f2.8 that I just bought, right?

 

[Gary A.]

To hear Joe Buck say it Bergman couldn't hit. I guess MAYBE that shut Buck up for a minute or two. I wish I could have seen it.
But as it was I feel a nap coming on.

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By any measurement ... it was a great game.

 

[Gary A.]

In other news, eBay is a dangerous place. I needed the Nikon AF 80-200 f2.8 that I just bought, right?

Annnnd ....

 

[tirediron]

In other news, eBay is a dangerous place. I needed the Nikon AF 80-200 f2.8 that I just bought, right?

Did you already have one?

 

[Gary A.]

Temps dropped 20 degrees ... in the 60's right now and shouldn't climb out of the 80's.

 

[Gary A.]

Trick-or-treat is tonight for our area. In related news, the wife and I are heading out, and turning off the lights. Hopefully no one will ring our doorbell and bug Roxy.

A "No Trespassing" signage would help.

 

[JonA_CT]

In other news, eBay is a dangerous place. I needed the Nikon AF 80-200 f2.8 that I just bought, right?

Did you already have one?

Nope. And it was a crazy good deal. And by all reviews, it's awesome as long as you aren't trying to shoot anything that moves.

I've already confessed my sin and repentance is planned.

 

[jcdeboever]

What a game. Gary and I were bantering back & forth during the game and then my phone died. So entrenched in the bantering, forgot to see that my phone was on fumes. So the Dodger's bullpen is human after all. Springer sprung back, both managers did a heck of a job managing the game. Loved it when Verlander came out of the tunnel to fire up his boys. I didn't want to wake the wife up by grabbing my cell phone charger, sorry Gary. Go Dodgers!

 

[Gary A.]