Discounted tickets for the 12/26 Sonics/Celtics game are available as
part of the annual Waste Free Holidays program this year. Tickets
regularly $65, $55 & $24 are discounted to $50, $40 and $20
respectively. Games against the Jazz, Blazers & Nuggets are also
available. Details and order form can be found here:

http://www.metrokc.gov/dnrp/swd/wastefreeholidays/participant-
details.asp?ID=601

Greg

As an addendum to my last message, it looks like the local Fox
affiliate will be showing the SF/NO game here.  So The Patriots game
will only be available via Direct TV.

Chris

Hi Fans!

What a game last Sunday!!  I trust most if not all of you watched the
hard fought (and sometimes sloppy) game The Patriots played last
Sunday against Chicago.  They emerged victorious 17 to 13, giving The
Bears their second loss of the season and maintaining a 2 game lead
over The Jets for the East Division crown.  Winning a game with 5
turnovers is pretty unheard of, but it helped that The Bears suffered
4 of their own.  The Pats D played magnificently.  There were many
bright spots for the offense too, but even though Chicago probably has
the best defense in the league, the receivers and backs really need to
work on holding on to the ball.  They won't go far in the playoffs if
they don't step it up.

A big bummer of the game was losing Junior Seau for the season.  I
have to admit that I was a little skeptical about signing a guy who
had essentially retired and had seen his best years past him.  But
Junior certainly showed a lot of inspired play this year and he will
be sorely missed.

Meanwhile Asante Samuel received Defensive Player of the Week
recognition for his stellar secondary play that included 3
interceptions (tying a Pats team record!).

The Patriots are now 8 and 3 and are getting ready to take on the
Detroit Lions in Foxboro.  The Lions have been struggling this year (2
and 9 so far), particularly on their defensive side.  However, games
like this can be traps.  The Lions at times have played well and lost
some close games.  The Patriots must be ready for them like any other
team.  Game time is at 10AM.  The local broadcast games have not been
announced yet.  I'm assuming this will only be available via
satellite, but then again that's what I thought for the game against
The Packers and it was shown here.

Good seeing the 20 or so Pats fans at Spitfire last week.  Hope to see
more of you this Sunday!

Go Pats!
Chris

What an unbelievable display of heart our guys have shown.With all the
key injuries on defence how in the world are they pulling it off.Just
5 more weeks left,man this season flew by.And I'm still standing by my
hopes of a 13-3 season.It looked shaky for a couple of weeks.So after
our guys turned da bears into little cubs let's look ahead shall
we.The lions,dolphins,texans,jags & titans(R-U KIDDING ME!)I don't
know these teams rush defence,but I hope to see a strong dose of
Dillon & Maroney.Dillon just has to shake that fumble bug that he
aquired.LET'S RUN THE TABLE GUYS!

                 GO PATS!

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From: "ccp52003" <cporter@...>

Hi Pats Fans,

After two disappointing losses, it was obviously great to see The
Patriots beat up on Green Bay 35 to 0 last Sunday. Good to see many
of you folks at Spitfire (glad you're liking the new hang out!). The
place will no doubt have a bunch of Bears fans there (there were some
last week and my co-worker/friend who's loves da Bears has promised to
be in attendance), so I hope we'll have more than enough Patriots fans
to keep the crowd noise in our favor. The game is at 1PM (later than
originally scheduled). I'm out of town right now, but will be back in
time to see this very big game. Hope you all get to watch it and that
I see many of you on Sunday.

Go Pats!
Chris

Hi Pats Fans,

After two disappointing losses, it was obviously great to see The
Patriots beat up on Green Bay 35 to 0 last Sunday.  Good to see many
of you folks at Spitfire (glad you're liking the new hang out!).  The
place will no doubt have a bunch of Bears fans there (there were some
last week and my co-worker/friend who's loves da Bears has promised to
be in attendance), so I hope we'll have more than enough Patriots fans
to keep the crowd noise in our favor.  The game is at 1PM (later than
originally scheduled).  I'm out of town right now, but will be back in
time to see this very big game.  Hope you all get to watch it and that
I see many of you on Sunday.

Go Pats!
Chris

Hey folks,

Just to quell a rumor, the Patriots/Packers game tomorrow is still
scheduled for 10AM.  There was some talk about the NFL making it later
(which they did to The Bears game next week), but it seems that is not
the case.  We're still on for an early start tomorrow.  Hope to see
some of you at Spitfire tomorrow!

Go Pats!
Chris

On the way home from picking up my Great Nana & Nana.My Great Nana who
is 90 years old admiring my Patriots coat,says they have been playing
terrible lately.I really wanted them to beat the colts(I'm with ya on
that one Nana).Then we talked about the tension between Coaches
Belichik and mangini.It's no wonder I grew up to love these guys.

Hi Gang,

Well for the first time since 2002, The Patriots lost two home games
in a row as they suffered a recent Sunday loss to division rivals the
New York Jets 17 to 14.  Although there were periods of solid play
from the defense, the offense and special teams struggled too much too
often, particularly during the first 3 quarters.  They were very much
in comeback-mode toward the end, but ran out of timeouts and time on
the clock to come up with a win.  It was a particularly bitter loss to
take being against former asst. Eric Mangini and a Jets team that is
now only one game behind The Pats in the East Division title race.
They've got to turn things around quickly and hopefully they can start
back on the right track against a mediocre Green Bay Packers team this
Sunday.  The game is at Green Bay.  But ironically that aspect
shouldn't worry us considering The Pats have been looking much better
on the road than at home.

Game time is at 10AM.  According to the gribblenation website, this
game is scheduled to be shown on broadcast TV in Seattle (on CBS).  So
if you want, you can likely fall out of bed and see our boys on TV
this Sunday.  Or you can join many of us at Spitfire on 4th Street in
Belltown (which is a way more fun thing to do :) ).  We will have the
back room reserved for Patriots fans like we have 2 of the last 3
weeks.  Cheers to the 16 of you who joined me last Sunday.  Hope more
can join us soon.  Everyone who has stopped by has loved the nicer
TV's, more comfortable surroundings and good food.

Go Pats!
Chris

Hi Gang,

Last Sunday night's game was quite a bummer.  Even with 5 turnovers,
the feeling that The Patriots were going to pull off another victory
over The Colts was in the air.  How often do you see Adam Vinitieri
miss two kicks in a game?  Unfortunately too many mistakes cost our
boys the game to the tune of 27 to 20.  The Patriots are now 6 and 2
as they face the New York Jets this coming Sunday at 10AM.

Here is a schedule of the remaining regular season games:

11/12     vs        NewYork Jets            10:00 AM
11/19     @         GreenBay Packers        10:00 AM
11/26     vs         Chicago Bears          10:00 AM
12/3      vs          Detroit Lions         10:00 AM
12/10     @         Miami Dolphins          10:00 AM
12/17     vs         Houston Texans         10:00 AM
12/24     @         Jacksonville Jaguars    10:00 AM
12/31     @         Tennessee Titans        10:00 AM



As you can see, they are all morning games.  I have every reason to
believe that at least 6 of these games will not be broadcast on
Seattle TV.  So it means watching on satellite and hopefully all
together at a favorite bar.  Which brings me to the "big news" portion
of this posting.

For the last couple of weeks a few of us have foregone going to
Floyd's Place in favor of Spitfire which is over in Belltown.  We had
a great and very comfortable time!  I spoke of this place at the
beginning of the season and their offer to accommodate a Patriots
watching area, but lack of feedback or good feelings about our present
place kept the bigger gatherings at Floyds.  A couple of times this
season Floyd's has run into technical difficulties with their
projection TV.  Most of the crew there has been very good to us and
have tried to accommodate us as best they can.  But when another
establishment can offer us so much more, I have to say it may be time
to cut the cord and go elsewhere.

Of course you are all welcome to remain at Floyds or whereever it is
you choose to watch.  But a concerted effort has now being worked out
to have Patriots fans have their own large private room to watch games
at Spitfire.

Here are the details:


Spitfire is located at 2219 4th Avenue, between Bell and Blanchard
Streets in the Belltown section of Seattle (north downtown for you
newbies).

They have a back room (larger than the backroom at Floyds) that will
be reserved for Patriots fans the rest of the season.

The back room includes couches and a couple of lounge chairs.  The
rest of the seating is standard chairs and wooden tables (not high
stools and covered pool tables).

The menu is a bit more expensive, but much more varied and much better
prepared (see menu at http://www.spitfireseattle.com/brunch.html).
They specialize in Mexican cuisine as opposed to BBQ.

They have a large projection screen (newer and nicer model than
Floyds) and two large LCD TV's on side walls to watch other games.

If we consistently have a 25 person or more crowd, they will likely
schedule a dedicated bartender in that room.  Nevertheless, they
always have more than one waitress working which Floyds neglects to do.

Check out more info about Spitfire at http://www.spitfireseattle.com/.

There are some downsides (to me, minor ones) to Spitfire.  Their beer
selection is very limited (only 3 draft, the rest are in bottles).
The vibe of the front room is more like a trendy Belltown restaurant
than a sports bar/restaurant.  But some of you I trust will like that
better - it's a matter of taste.  Free parking spaces can be a bit
more difficult to find, but honestly not much more than Queen Anne is.
  In fact, if you can't find street parking, there are two parking lots
in very close distance to Spitfire.  So you'll definitely have a
nearby place to put your car no matter what.


I very much welcome feedback from any and all of you about this.  The
recent overwhelmingly positive feedback about Spitfire cannot be
ignored hence I invite all of you to join me at Spitfire for the
upcoming Patriots/Jets game this Sunday at 10AM.

Go Pats!
Chris

Hi Fans!

As great as the Patriots are, I'm trying to remember the last time we
had two games in a row where the Pats dominated every quarter.  This
past Monday's victory over The Vikings was particularly sweet after
seeing so many "experts" predict a Minnesota win (except the guys on
CBS - kudos to them!).  As most of you know The Pats blew away the
competion on National TV - 31 to 7.  If there weren't a couple of
blown tackles on special teams, it would have been a shutout.  Our
boys are now 6 and 1 as they take on a conceivably tougher test - the
(barely) undefeated Indianapolis Colts.  The Patriots have for the
most part owned these guys for a few years now (like the Broncos have
sort of owned us).  They are a great team and certainly shouldn't and
won't be taken lightly.  Luckily the game is in Foxboro.  It could
easily be a precursor to a playoff game later this year.

Game time is 5:15PM this Sunday and will be broadcast on NBC.  I
didn't make it to Floyds last Sunday and I'm not sure if I will be
this Sunday either.  However I have heard rumor that the back room
projection TV was repaired (someone please confirm this if you can).
Either way - make sure you watch this game folks!  It promises to be a
good one as the Patriots drive for another East Division crown.


Go Pats!
Chris

When are the Pats playing the Seahawks in China?  Aug 4th game.

Warren

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We don't chat about the Celtics much on this site, but if it were the
60's, 70's or 80's I'm sure we would be.  Anyway, it's a sad day in
not only the Celtics world or even the Boston sports world - it's a
sad day in all sports history.


http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2006/10/28/passing_of_a\
_celtics_legend/

I'm planning on heading out for the game. Anybody know if the TV got
fixed?

Greg

Ok, I realize it's only week 7 of the NFL season, and there's actually
a couple of teams still playing baseball, but a tentative 2007
schedule has been released.

Looks like another 6 games in Seattle for 07. Though, only 1 weekend
series. June 25-27 (Mon-Wed) and August 3-5 (Fri-Sun).

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/schedule/tentative.jsp?
c_id=bos&year=2007