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...before game time. Go early and you can watch batting practice and snag some baseballs. Hang around the dugout and you might get an autograph. BYO sharpie. Alternatively, you can head to landmark bar The Cask & Flagon to pre-game. Alcohol smuggling is (not-so-strictly) prohibited in the ballpark, so plan accordingly. Food is always expensive, but you can get your hot dogs cheaper on Landsdowne Street just outside the park, and once you’re inside, you can still go out to Yawkey Way for seconds. Do it right and get a lot of toppings on there...
...dropped its second Beanpot contest, 9-5, to Boston College (23-12, 5-3 ACC), failing to hold up late after building a 3-2 lead. Still, Harvard coach Joe Walsh did not blame his squad’s defeat on the distraction of playing in a big league ballpark...
...then-owner Bill Veeck noticed the impromptu choir. The following game, he outfitted Caray's booth with a secret microphone, and a tradition was born. Caray eventually moved to Wrigley Field with the Chicago Cubs, bringing his seventh-inning singing with him; today, the tradition happens in almost every ballpark. "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" is believed to be one of the most performed songs in America, behind "Happy Birthday" and "The Star Spangled Banner...
...same time, some houses are still overvalued. Economists disagree by how much, and the answer changes from region to region. Houses in Cleveland are undoubtedly cheap. They could use some new home buyers there. But if we're still not in the ballpark of normality overall--and certain market watchers think we might see prices drop an additional 10% to 15% nationally before this thing is over--then spending billions to spur on buyers won't be a magical fix. "To prop up prices above fundamentally justified levels is throwing good money after bad," says Joe Gyourko, professor of real...
Silverman said the team’s success this year has raised the team’s profile in Tampa Bay, and with the future looking brighter, the team will continue its push for a new ballpark...