Dodgers in 89 or 90. The guy signed everything in front of him. He was very entertaining.
Give that lady a hand.
Just one hand, please. I think she's into that whole "Tibetan one hand clapping" trip.
And, this is LA. So be advised...
At one of the winter meetings, the elevator doors opened and Lasorda saw Ed and his beer belly, which he'd spent a lifetime creating, pointed and said, "Now that's a major-league boiler."
It was one of Ed's prouder moments.
Coached third base for the Dodgers and was miked for one inning. Bill Buckner was with the Dodgers and was on third base. Pete Rose was playing third base for the Reds. Lasorda began by reminding Buckner of the competition the Dodgers had held for the best looking guy on the Reds. He stated that Rose had finished second with Rose showing surprise. Lasorda then dropped the punchline. The other 24 guys finished in a tie for first. Both Buckner, Rose, the announcers, and a National TV audience got a good laugh out of that.
I hate Tommy Lasorda
Close enough that I could hear what he was saying. Almost every sentence had at least two expletives.
There were a whole lot of things to dislike about Tommy Lasorda.
It's kind of an NBC tradition to have a most hated rival call the game in this stadium....
be temporary grass installed?
Not even for a field that's expected to last for a mere 90 minutes.
It's one of the many fundamental truths bestowed upon us by the esteemed, departing Director of Athletics.
rigorous, nationwide search of pre-determined conclusions, same as he did for everything associated with the football program.
Green Bay figures it out. Desso was great. But they went back to the drawing board and found something even better.
Makes it easier for Liverpool in next years EPL.
The Liverpool game at ND was a few years ago and played on grass.
I meant Chelsea. Frankly, I don't think Celtic would probably agree to it either.
Apparently, they brought grass from New Jersey for the 2018 Liverpool game but Klopp wasn't happy with it.
I think one of the issues with the grass was that it was the hottest day in South Bend in something like 10 years in the midst of a hot dry week. So perhaps it wasn't watered enough? It looked good from my seats and made me wish it was a permanent replacement. I didn't notice it causing any issues with the players either.
and go back to real grass. One can dream...
I don't really care if we take out the field turf because I see the benefit to being able to host other events in the stadium, but we're not hosting anything but football during the fall. I don't see why we could not have grass for games. Come up with a system to overlay sod in July/August. Have backup ready in case it gets ripped up too much during the season.
We can afford it. We should do it.
They put down the interlocking plastic thingies to protect the grass and the Mets will be back out there playing baseball a few days later. ND could do the same. The turf is there at ND because our 3rd rate former coach claimed it would give him some sort of advantage.
ND never has any other events in the stadium in-season, though, so I don't see why it matters so much to have turf under the floor for those vs. grass.
Dead and Co last summer (I went to both and would feel bad if I messed up my favorite team’s field). The field looks great and perfectly playable for baseball let alone football.
(I say that as someone who once had to have a chipped tooth repaired after getting hit with a bad hop while playing shortstop on a poorly maintained field. As instructed, I had my glove down but the ball made an unexpected beeline to my face. Not as bad as the sizzling line drive that hit me directly in the eye socket while pitching. I wanted to keep playing until I saw the look on my brother’s face as he saw the aftermath. He told me to go in the house immediately and see my mother the nurse. I survived and got better at protecting myself as I got older, but I digress.)
By contrast, I recall how bad the field looked at Shea after an August 1992 Clapton/Elton John concert there, with completely dead grass where the main pathways were. That was the old technology in terms of protecting the grass. As you note, NDs events are nowhere near the football season, and in the case of graduation, involve a relatively small group walking on the field.
concert at Shea a week earlier during the 1992 season. I can’t help but feel partially responsible. At the 14 minute mark, the announcers discuss the visible damage and the effect on outfield play. That was the old technology.
charge) since he (and Garth Brooks) like it so much. Maybe they could split it!
earlier this month on a podcast, so I wonder if the March 25 date got moved up, or if our departing AD is on a one-week retirement tour.
Administration building. Their only true accomplishment of note.
I am just guessing here, but don't be surprised if he's honored during a break in the game.
Looking forward to seeing marked improvement in all AD roles/actions/leadership/soul. Fingers crossed. Press release linked.