Eddie & I are planning on coming up next month, as soon as we know his
schedule. We'll be looking for ya'll.

Cynde






>From: Tom Faulkenbury <faulkenbury@...>
>Reply-To: TylerBaseball@yahoogroups.com
>To: Tyler Baseball <TylerBaseball@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [TylerBaseball] Frisco Roughriders
>Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2003 21:05:57 -0500
>
>Well, former Wildcatters and Roughnecks fans, I attended my first Frisco
>Roughriders games today -- a 4-3 loss to the Tulsa Drillers. I must
>relay that the Riders' Park (Dr Pepper/7-Up Park) is an utterly
>beautiful complex. First-class, major league quality yet intimate with
>a Churchill Downs feel to it. But it lacks one thing.... Tyler Baseball
>fans. Oh yes, the Riders are 86% sold out for the season and it was
>good to attend a game with people in the stands. But I'm a little
>hesitant to call them "fans" at this point.
>
>Who goes to watch 45 minutes of a 90 minute movie? Or, who leaves a
>cliffhanger, nail-biting movie with 10 minutes to go and the ending in
>the balance? Well, that appears to be the nature of the Frisco baseball
>attendee. A third of them left after 5 innings with the score 3-1
>Tulsa. The stand were half empty with people leaving at the end of the
>8th with the score 4-3 in favor of Tulsa. Necks' crowds may have been
>small to start with but I can't imagine them leaving in such a situation.
>
>Then there was the crowd noise.... or lack of it. I thought I was in
>LALA California with a bunch of laid back Southern California Dodgers
>fan. "You know, for sure, like I caught some rays and was seen at the
>game. But, dude, don't ask me who was playing or what was the score."
> Give me a wooden bat and a metal seat any day in Tyler and listen to
>what happens.
>
>But, I do have to admit that I did enjoy the game. I just wish it had
>been in Tyler with all you "real" baseball fans.
>
>For sure,
>Tom
>


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