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At least now you'll have an excuse to remain seated during the 7th-inning stretch
by northstar at 08:40 PM on July 02, 2004
Connected at the old ballgame: Astros to offer WiFi service starting today
OK, so maybe this weekend I'll tote my laptop off to Minute Maid Park to sample the epic battles that are Astros-Rangers games. If the game gets boring, I can always peruse porn sites...er, news sites, eh? Consider the possiblities, though. What if Jimy Williams is sitting in the dugout with a laptop of his own? Why not e-mail him, and tell him to get off his @$$ and pull Tim Redding? Or, why not email Gerry Hunsicker and tell him to fire Jimy Williams? Lord knows the Astros are underachieving something fierce. At this point, it looks as if they may well waste the wonderful gift that is Rogers Clemens (sorry, Yankees fans...).
Why sit on the sidelines and waste your cell phone minutes calling Jim Rome to bitch about how poorly your Astros are playing? Why not take advantage of the awesome power that is the Internet and go directly to the source? No, Drayton McLane may not be taking your calls, but he may just get your e-mail. The possibilities are endless. What could be more empowering?
Of course, this is all well and good, but the first time someone spills beer or drips nacho cheese onto my keyboard, IT IS ON! I suppose even state-of-the-art technology has it's limitations....
comments (4)
Dude, if you can't win with Roger Clemens then you don't deserve to win. All they need is a little offense. That man can start, finish and blow away teams from the mound. Give the man some offense to back him up for God's sake.
by Ezy at July 3, 2004 12:51 AM
Isn't Clemens like washed up? Don't they call him Roger the Bottle Rocket Clemens nowadays?
And speaking of the awesome power of the net, why am I being deluged with pop-ups that I can't get rid of as I try to peruse the comments?
by anna at July 3, 2004 8:21 AM
Anna...what planet have you been watching from? Clemens is 10-2 so far. How does possibly qualify as "washed up"???
by northstar at July 3, 2004 12:53 PM
I think it is a great idea. People have sat in the stands with radios for as long as they'd made radios that didn't need to be in giant wooden boxes. The smart thing for the MLB to do now would be to capitalize on wireless, and create special content for wireless access at games, or even a special device for that same purpose.
by mg at July 6, 2004 9:46 PM