Posted July 9, 200618 yr http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060709/NEWS16/607090365 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article published July 9, 2006 It's showtime for Toledo: Star-studded sports shine spotlight on city By MATT MARKEY BLADE SPORTS WRITER Two colossal sporting events - the Triple-A All-Star Game and the Jamie Farr LPGA tournament - are propelling northwest Ohio into the mindset of sporting fans from coast to coast. "Call it the perfect marketing storm, for the city and the whole area," said Mike Hart, president of Hart Associates, a local marketing communications firm. "If you think about taking the new Mud Hens' ballpark, and the great galleries they have for the golf tournament, and putting it out there for the world to see - this should be an awesome week for Toledo." More at link above:
July 10, 200618 yr Anyone hear remember when the AAA All-Star game was held at Cooper Stadium (1989)? . . . . . . . . . . . . Anyone?? . . . . :sleep:
July 10, 200618 yr well i have to admire you guy that is some hyperbole. sorry to do this, but let's tone it down a notch closer to reality, eh? first of all, toledo is near detroit, but is in no way detroit junior. so what is toledo? toledo is among the aforementioned urbanohio three red-headed stepsisters of ohio. if anything in ohio, youngstown is detroit junior. detroit is most certainly not the reason toledo never had major sports teams. it's size is. finally, now even tho i have not been to the new stadia, i think i would agree that i too would rather see the minor leagues games in toledo these days than the majors in detroit. the new tigger stadium is just queso. well, maybe thats harsh as i miss old tiger stadium. otoh, no question about it the new mudhens ballpark beats the old rec center. looks like a perfect place for the aaa all-star game. hats off to you tho cdawg you sure hype your town the right way. as anchorman ron burgandy would say, "you stay classy toledo!"
July 11, 200618 yr lol cdawg you are just too much. in a good way of course. again, sorry but if you want to say 1940 was around toledo's peak there were only 18 mlb teams. so even being 26th metro toledo was 8th in line for a team at that point (or 9th w/ detroit existing, but not having a team for some hypothetical reason). in other words, no chance. and i dk man, frankly, you could say that other comparison stuff about clev or even pitts vs detroit too. i like the comparison of detroit to youngstown better to highlight the more nationally populist 'rustbelt abandonment devastation' effect. makes for catchier newsclips. i do enjoy your bringing toledo to this site tho, esp as someone who has actually lived there (and nearby in bg) myself. i think we are the only two regularly on the forum, no? however, except for a few drive thru visits, i admit my glass city is stuck in the portside era 80's so i appeciate your updates. heh. back on topic, good for t-town they have two big events going on at once. that will get some positive attention. so will the new bridge when it's done.
July 20, 200618 yr Minor-league ballparks: Fan friendly, affordable, fun From CNN.com TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Sitting at picnic table above the ballpark's left field wall, Susan Schaffer munched on sweet corn and a chocolate chip cookie. Her five boys stood along the fence hoping to catch a home run ball and cheering on the minor league's Toledo Mud Hens. "The seats are cheap enough that it's one of the few activities we can do as a family without going broke," said Schaffer, of Toledo. "It's just a good time." A building boom over the last decade has turned drab minor league ballparks into showplaces of America's pastime. Combining brick facades and architecture that blends the ballparks into their urban settings, they are a far cry from their concrete and steel predecessors. Find this article at: http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/07/19/minor.league.ballparks.ap/index.html
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