Month: October 2007

Tram a World Series All-Star

This morning Rob Neyer posted a fun column on ESPN.com this morning in which he asks:

If you were going to put together an all-World Series team, who would you choose?

God love Rob Neyer for selecting Alan Trammell at shortstop. Neyer admits that there aren’t a lot of breakthrough performances by shortstops in the World Series but nevertheless, Tram’s 1984 numbers (.450 in the Series) standout above names including Phil Rizzuto and Derek Jeter.Now if we can just get Trammell into the Hall of Fame.

Breaking News: My Tiger Stadium Seats Arrived

I haven’t been able to un-box them, but my Tiger Stadium seats arrived today. If you’ve ever wondered how much two molded plastic stadium seats weigh, I can tell you: 90 lbs. At least that’s UPS’s estimate.

I’ll upload some photos soon but in the meantime, here’s some quick info on them:

  • Filthy. A good hose-down and a sponge bath should get them sparkling new. Well, you know what I mean.
  • Blue. I held out hope that orange seats would arrive but the more I thought about it, I rarely sat in the orange seats, so these will do just fine.
  • Damaged. Not much, but the rivets on the left seat have popped off, presumably in shipping. They look simple enough to repair.
  • 10 and 11. Those are the seat numbers. Man, do I wish I knew what section, row, etc., these seats came from.

I helped the UPS driver lift them off the truck. He was intrigued when I told him what was in the case. Of course, he wanted to see them. He thought it was neat but didn’t gush.

Perhaps he’s a bruised Diamondbacks fan.

Now, where to put these things…