Greetings fellow fans. Here's the deal, I'm living up from Sacramento and am trying to arrange a mid-season trip to Eugene to catch a game with the parents who'll be driving over from Central Oregon. Does anyone have some suggestions for single game tickets? (Specifically for the Stanford or UCLA game) I'm willing to pay 2 or 3 times above face value, but don't want to go through craigslist or something like that. I want some legitimate tickets here, not some con-job or SRO kinda thing. Three tickets at somewhere around the 20 yd. line would do me fine!  Down here StubHub is fairly reliable but is there anything else out there that someone can suggest?

Also, the folks are thinking about driving the new giant-sized motorhome over for a little bit of tailgating. It's been a LONG time since I was last at Autzen, so does anyone know if there's some reasonable parking options for a single-game basis. I've looked at the school website and it looks like you need some sort of special reserved/donor pass for RV parking. Is that really the case?!?

If any of you would be willing to part with your tickets or know somebody that knows somebody, email me at SacTown.Magpie at gmail dot com and I'll get right back to you.

Gracias, and Go Ducks!

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Will someone please tell Peter Gammons to not give up his day job? (scroll down for his "entry")

So here's the deal...I'm a bit conflicted.  I love, love, loves me some Ozomatli, but I'm not a big fan of their rendition.  That's most definitely because they're pimping the whores in blue, but ya...I guess we can't all be perfect. 

I'm really liking the "ol' timer" rendition by the Punch Brothers.  That's the way the song is supposed to be played.  Also, has anyone ever heard of these guys before?  What's their claim to fame?

As for Gretchen Wilson...uh, ya...who knew she was transformed into a teenie-bopper ala Miley Cyrus, BLAH.....I've always kinda liked her because she wasn't that stereotypical female country artist...but ya...she murdered the song and if I could give her a -1,000,000 I would. 

To the REO Speedwagon dudes....uh, ya...just give up already.  Talk about being uninspired!

Candlebox - FAIL....a guitar solo?!?  Just what were you thinking?

It's really a shame that Branford Marsalis wasn't a finalist, because he'd surely be getting my vote.  The musicianship coming out of this guy is 2nd to none when compared to the rest of the dreck on that page.

Your thoughts?

Hey y'all! So the Grizzlies are finally coming to Sacramento for a series against the Rivercats. I'll be going to the game on Friday night.

Is anyone else planning on coming over to see just how our farm-club is shaping up?  If so, I'd be up for meeting up sometime during or after the game if you're feeling up for it. Oh, and if you're coming over from the bay area, avoid I-5 at all costs. There's some hefty construction going on and on Friday I believe that all of the southbound lanes will be shut down from Richards Boulevard to the Business 80 interchange. Your best bet is to probably cut through West Sacramento or take Business 80 to Northbound I-5.

So ya, lemme know if you are coming over to smell the all the bovine freshness this majestic place has to offer and you wanna meet up. Also, I'll probably try taking my digi-cam in with me, so if there's any pictures you'd like, lemme know.

Oh, and of course the first round of drinks are always on me!

So I was curious tonight...curious as to what happened to my most favorite bullpen arm of all time. You know the guy I'm talking about. Made famous by "doing his job". Eating every Bay-area Krispy Kreme out of business. Well by golly, take a look at this...our good friend is looking for his 1453rd chance in the majors.

Blue Jays Transactions

6/7/08

Reinstated CF Vernon Wells and INF John McDonald from the 15-day disabled list; recalled RHP Brian Wolfe from Triple-A Syracuse; placed 2B Aaron Hill on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 30, designated RHP Armando Benitez for assignment; optioned INF Joe Inglett to Syracuse.

Hola McCovenites -

Wanted to clue you all in to a little bit of radio I caught this AM. Here in Sacramento, the greatest lil' cow turd in the world, we have both the honor and privilege of hearing FP Santangelo host the morning sports talk show.

So today, he drops this priceless little gem. Supposedly, FP and the show producer have gotten ahold of the Giants PR people and then Zito for a call-in interview tomorrow morning. They were told that Barry would love to call in and talk with FP and the guys.......that is unless he has a rough night tonight and in that case we'll get to hear Aaron Rowand!

FP said he approached Barry in the locker room during the last homestand and stated that he'd just like to have him in a low-pressure environment...no callers, no hack media, just an honest sit-down discussion about the team's performance to date. FP doesn't strike me as the kind of guy to throw another dude under the bus, but he was about as agitated as I was when retelling this story.

Barry, dude, grow a pair already and face the music. We understand that your massively bloated contract is of no fault of your own, but by saying so explicitly that you'll only give an interview if you're not shelled the night prior?!? You're losing every last bit of compassion from those of us that are being fed this bullshit "GAMER" line.

Like it or not, being a professional athlete involves a little more than serving up an 82 mph fastball and skateboarding home to a lonely bottle of merlot. Feed us some BS about how you've found something with your delivery and are working day and night on fixing it....something....anything. Don't be a douche and set your own parameters for an interview! You're better than that! Or so I thought.

So ya...if you're interested tune into AM 1140.  Typically they have guests like this on around 8:00-9:00 or so.  I believe the radio station streams live across the net so check out the website for KHTK if you're out of the area and want to see if the $125 M man shows up tomorrow.

Peace out!