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Well there she sits buddy
Just a-gleaming in the sun
There to greet a working man
When his day is done
I'm gonna pack my pa
And I'm gonna pack my aunt
I'm gonna take them down
To the Camelback Ranch
That's Bruce Springseen's take. Here follows the Dodger press release:
GLENDALE, Ariz – The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox announced today that their two-team, state-of-the-art Spring Training campus in Glendale, AZ will be named Camelback Ranch. Dodger Owner and Chairman Frank McCourt and White Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf made the announcement.
"The name 'Camelback Ranch' inspires the pioneering spirit of the Dodgers' original move west in 1958 and with our relocation this spring to Arizona, that move is now complete," said McCourt. "We believe this facility will be the best in all of Major League Baseball and will provide our team with an unparalleled place to prepare year-round for championship-caliber baseball."
"Camelback Ranch in Glendale soon will be known as the crown-jewel of the Cactus League," said Reinsdorf. "Starting this spring, baseball fans will be able to enjoy a world-class complex that features the Cactus League's largest ballpark with state-of-the-art amenities and one of the most scenic environments in all of sports and entertainment."
The 141-acre site is located on Camelback Road just west of the Loop 101. The first-rate baseball facility includes more than 118,000 square feet of Major and Minor League clubhouse space, 13 full baseball fields, and three half-fields. The site will feature picturesque walking trails, landscaped grounds, and an orange grove. There will also be two ponds and a fully-stocked lake between the Dodgers and White Sox facilities.
The shared stadium, which will be the focal point of the complex, is the largest in the Cactus League with a capacity of 13,000 which includes 3,000 lawn seats, 12 luxury suites, a party deck, and a unique center field rotunda entrance. Fans will enjoy the ballpark's modern amenities and design as well as dramatic mountain views from within the park that will create one of the most inviting Spring Training atmospheres in all of baseball.
"It is my sincere hope that generations of families will create lifelong memories at Camelback Ranch," said Dodger President Jamie McCourt. "This idyllic setting – only five hours by car and a one-hour flight from Los Angeles – could not come at a more perfect time for Dodger fans, many of whom have waited a long time to take part in the Spring Training experience."
"Many former Chicagoans now call the Valley home," said Reinsdorf. "That large contingent of people, along with the thousands of current Chicagoans who travel to the Phoenix area during the winter months, now will have the opportunity to enjoy White Sox baseball in an incomparable sports and entertainment facility."
In addition to serving as the Spring Training home of the White Sox and Dodgers, the campus will become the home for all Dodger minor league operations throughout the year, including the team's Arizona League entry and Fall Instructional League team. The White Sox also will use Camelback Ranch in Glendale as the home for their Fall Instructional League.
Camelback Ranch will become a multi-use facility, available to host concerts, sporting events, and corporate outings, in addition to Spring Training baseball.
The 2009 Spring Training schedules will be released shortly for each team, while the joint venture offers six different season ticket options: Home Plate Club, Dugout Field Box, Baseline Field Box, Premium Infield Box, Infield Box, and Baseline Reserved, along with day-of-game Lawn seating. Fans interested in purchasing season tickets should call (623) 877-8585.
Updated photos of Camelback Ranch can be seen here.
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Update: More from Josh Rawitch at Inside the Dodgers"
I'm actually very glad that a few of you asked about ticket pricing at Camelback Ranch, as I think that it has been portrayed extremely inaccurately by the media that has written about it so far. Yes, there are seats there that cost $90 and they are the equivalent of the Dugout Club at Dodger Stadium - all inclusive with your parking, food, a promotional item, etc. But the key thing to remember is - much like the Dugout Club, there are only about 600 of them in the stadium. That's just over four percent of the ballpark.
The dropoff then goes to $30 per ticket - which means that more than 95 percent of the seats in the park are at that number or less (with some as low as $8). In fact, our head of ticketing told me yesterday that there are seats that are literally in the front row, where you can put your drink on top of the dugout, and they cost just $30. To me, that's nothing to be ashamed of - I actually think that's extremely reasonable. ...
I was correct.
RHP Samuel Deduno
RHP Shane Lindsay
RHP Ryan Mattheus
SS/3B Hector Gomez
SS Chris Nelson (2004 1st round pick #9)
2B Eric Young, Jr.
http://tinyurl.com/5h45zq
Still waiting on the Dodgers and Giants, from the NL West.
No, I'm kidding. Was surely hard to resist this one, especially.
And that facility looks amazing. Should be fantastic when completed.
SportsNation Keith Law: Could probably be their 5th starter in 2009. Upside isn't high but he's close and very likely to succeed as a 4/5.
Do the chefs have to go through combat training of any kind? I know someone who is a truck mechanic for the Navy and before being deployed he had some kind of combat training. Also, would a CIA chef be a better authority on the correct turkey preparation procedures?
Link says White Sox.
somewhere, Scott Boras is pointing at an baseball official, and saying that the baseball draft steals money from the players.
http://mlb.mlb.com/la/photogallery/year_2008/month_11/day_11/cf3674479.html
I would have named it Knuckleball Ranch or something like that, an homage to the only HOFer to play for both the Dodgers and White Sox.
Damn, there goes the only third base option with upside.
http://insidethedodgers.mlblogs.com/Camelback%20Ranch%20aerial.pdf
http://mlb.mlb.com/la/spring_training/season_tickets.jsp
I was given a restraining order that wouldn't let me within 500 feet of Wes Obermueller once and I stopped going.
I would be wary of going online and trying to find a video of a Japanese teenage girl doing anything that wouldn't get you arrested in 47 of the 50 states.
http://tinyurl.com/6cffvs
Underdog feels old.
No link.
Delaware
Mississippi
Michigan
That is why I asked if anyone knew of a video. I wasn't about to type that into google
Was there really already a "Haley Osment" in the acting world...?
I would ask somebody in Delaware to research it for you.
But why did he have to include his middle name?
Maybe so people would not think he is a girl?
Here's an interesting rumbling making the rounds: The Dodgers were concerned enough about Russell Martin's regression behind the plate this year that they at least inquired about the asking price for Jason Varitek.
Had the price been more affordable than Boras' over-the-top quest to beat Jorge Posada's deal (four years, $52.4 million), the Dodgers might have pursued that idea further. But contrary to the speculation that is running through the GM meetings, they wouldn't have traded Martin if they'd signed another catcher. They would have moved him back to his original position, third base.
In other news, the Dodgers announced that their new spring training facility in Arizona will be called Camelback Ranch and will be very cool.
We can be like Major League!! Too bad Wesley Snipes is in jail. Omar Epps is just not good enough.
But I'm assuming you don't use all 3 names as a money-making scheme, the way a lot of "celebrities" do.
The part that I fail to understand is if that is true why they would then trade their best catching prospect unless they decided he didn't regress until after July 26th which is entirely possible given how he looked after the all-star game.
If that is the case I'd just try to trade him for Ryan Zimmerman or package him to KC for Gordon and folks instead of making him our 3rd baseman.
I'm glad Scrubs is ending. I'll watch it, but sans excitement.
That is about as negative a post as I've ever seen you write.
One of my nieces has two middle names. She has a two-line Social Security Card. Her parents couldn't agree on which middle name to use so they picked both.
She has 29 letters overall in her name.
No. But in filling out most forms I can only put one name in.
Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong
45 letters plus a '
discrimination case there!
It's complicated. Agents no doubt want to generate "buzz" for their clients and want their clients' names to "sound cool" and have a pleasing number of syllables.
One way they do this is to include a middle name in the stage name, especially for people whose names would otherwise sound boring or unappealing.
The ultimate goal is to make money, by increasingly popularity, marketability, etc.
I don't expect anyone to agree with me about this.
It also just occurred to me that a camelback is a hump. But linking that to "ranch" is illegal outside of Nevada.
He never has to work again!
Two names are generally fine, though I'm still not sure I support U2's "The Edge". Are you supposed to call him that? "Hey, The Edge. Whassup?" or "Hi, The Edge. How ya doin'?"
I evaluate one name celebs on a case-by-case basis.
But I don't find anything "wrong" with it.
It's hard to agree when you're wrong. 95% of actors who use middle names do so because there is already somebody else in whatever union (SAG, AFTRA, Actor's Equity) with the same name.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that none of Philip Seymour Hoffman's friends use all three names when addressing him.
Not if you threaten to name your complex `Moonlight Bunny Stadium'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYMRjnM6j6w
It is sweet that they put a bunch of their stuff on Youtube.
I'm not arguing that it's wrong: I'm just not going to play along.
1. Levi's are good, right? I don't understand what all the brands mean, but Levi's are acceptable for anyone, yes?
2. Is it acceptable to get jeans tailored? I take a 33 inch inseam, and apparently jeans don't get made with odd inseams.
3. What color socks do people wear with blue jeans? They don't really wear blue socks, right?
2. I have an aunt who shortens pants for me sometimes. So I imagine so.
3. I wear white because I'm rac--err, plain.
Generally speaking, your socks should match your pants when wearing dress pants, and should match your shoes when you're wearing jeans or other casual pants.
Kinda like TiVo...?
2. Yes. As a fellow odd-number inseam person, I believe all pants for men should be sold with unfinished legs.
3. White tube socks with two or three ring stripes at the top with "tennis" shoes. Match the shoe otherwise.
Hubert Davis sat near me in the only UNC football game I've attended, a few years ago vs. Rutgers.
- Fanerman
BTW, Fanerman doesn't have TiVo
96 LOL. I once worked with a dude that never wore socks that matched each other.
What is the story behind "Ch-i"? I always assumed it was an odd way of expressing the Greek letter, and thus a reference to Christ.
102 I just observe!
Socks provide a valuable service to many people too, though not so much in The South. I only wear socks for roughly 4 months of the year.
Yes, I wear close toed shoes 4 months of the year.
Now then: on to the new thread.
I intended to buy 501 jeans, since that's the number I know, but I tried a pair on and they had a button fly, which is also terribly odd. You know how zipping your fly takes half a second? Wouldn't it be terrific if there were some way to make that take forty times longer? So, I went for the 505's, which the young woman assisting me assured me were the same as 501's, but with a zipper.
There is some insurance co. ad that keeps running and seems behind the times back east here. Some guy saves about $300 dollars on car insurance, and two women discuss whether that's a pair of shoes or a big "tricked out" name tag! That will almost heat a home in the NE winter for a month, or feed a family for a month or two. I'm afraid reality is going to whack these marketing guys sooner rather than later.
Albert Einstein (not the Albert Brooks version) never wore socks that matched. Why? Because it just wasn't important to him.
I take my lead from him.
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