Game 77: at Memphis

Want my Sunday tickets this week? Seriously. We often trade them for other dates or sell them online, as we teach Sunday School. It won't be so hard to be an A's fan if you go the game.

i doubt dallas needs oden either...but fine your point stands...my point is that oden is nice...durant is greater....simple eazy yep n peezy

i mentioned yogi cuz he went to kennedy (as im sure youre aware) and played here...also he was a ball boy...and he was the last athletic shot blocking C the kings had....plus i always liked yogi...so there

truthfully i dont hate the lakers...i hate the yankees angels rangers mariners white sox twins indians red sox..ok you get the point. Im kidding about the teams in mlb i hate but in a way im glad the yankees spend too much on their roster. With all of baseball focused on spending money it helps a bottom feeder like the a's (not in terms of making money just simply budget wise) find bargain's that otherwise dont exist. Frank Thomas took half a mil & parlayed it into 9 mil on the market. Seems like a good deal for him. Even better deal for the a's as they can convince players to perhaps play and sign there for less.

There is an analogy to the kings here. My point is that when teams become an upper echelon team ultimately players like to win. After all how many millions do you really need to live? Look @ a team like the spurs. Peter Holt (the owner) said he couldnt afford to pay the luxury tax therefore wouldnt overpay players. As a result SA is barely over the luxury tax despite several guys (parker manu duncan) in the middle of their contracts with  increasing figures every year. I would say the Spurs are a classic example of a small market team that has made the most of it's market share. They've won championships (a certain wake forest product didnt hurt there either) and have made money. A new arena didnt help either. I might point out that people in SA didnt vote for it until after the 99 season. Of course the spurs won a championship but Tim Duncan also said that he wouldnt consider staying unless the fans voted for a new arena. I doubt that makes sense (duncan was considering orlando as a FA...they have had failing arena measure's) but then again maybe fans took it to heart. Who knows. There has been alot of back & forth about the arena. But there takes some know how too. I dont worry about the kings vs the lakers business wise. There's no point comparing. However SA to Sac? Even with more tourism available in SA there is a bigger market in Sac. I clearly dont think the maloof's have taken full advantage of it. Therefore we are stuck in the situation there in.

My point rhondda is that the yankees are the evil empire. But they've also run @ a level no team in american sports can touch. The dynasties the yankees fielded for much of the middle part of the 20th century remain unmatched. I dont hate teams for hating purposes merely amusement purposes. I put the lakers in somewhat the same category and as such they arent immune to envy/hate/disgust by fans who dont support the lakers. Besides the spankees is better than the fakers :P.