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RE: Why Rays baseball strikes out in Tampa

Posted by scottc on 10.12.08 @ 01:53 PM

wade, get the hell out of tampa, and take your smug arrogance and faux intellectualism with you.

scottc

RE: Why Rays baseball strikes out in Tampa

Posted by ROBERT on 10.09.08 @ 12:40 PM

I believe your writer failed to ask any questions or really think about the issue of baseball vs football at The Dugout Tavern. Had your "freelance" reporter asked how the name "The Dugout Tavern" was adopted for the bar, he might have found out that the name was developed in the early 70's because of the softball teams that used to come into the bar from the neighboring softball complex. The name never implied that the tavern catered to baseball, exclusive of other sports or activities.

In any city in the U.S. that hosts both a professional football and baseball team, I would wager football will outdraw baseball on practically any given day. Tampa is no different.

The Dugout Tavern is a neighborhood "Cheers" type of bar that has served the Lowry Park and Seminole Heights neighborhood for 56 years. It provides a friendly & quality atmosphere for the surrounding area. Even in tough economic times, our bar thrives because of our loyal customers who come to celebrate life with their friends. Unlike "Creative Loafing", The Dugout Tavern is not in bankruptcy court and will surely outlive shoddy reporting from a second rate newspaper.

"GO RAYS"!

RE: Why Rays baseball strikes out in Tampa

Posted by on 10.08.08 @ 11:51 PM


Dearest Wade,

It occurs to me that I saw you on your Dugout tour. I mistakenly believed that you were one of the unwashed wanderers who respond only to the "Free BBQ" advertisement posted adjacent to Sligh Av. (We who are members of this tight-knit, yet diverse community, knew the proprietor was creating an Italian culinary treat available only to those who stayed past the intermission of the sporting event.) That was my error.

I casually watched you circumvent the environs as I observed you. It was my hypothesis that you were stalking a carnivore's delight. As the counter service area was indisposed to you, you sat with your crony at a booth. That is a most unusual protocol at our neighborhood establishment. All of the frequent patrons could surmise that you'd come from somewhere distant...perhaps Hyde Park or Culbreath Bayou. Your uncaloused hands gave off an aroma of boutique lotion.

The Dugout is a purveyor of light alcoholic beverages sold frigidly to members of the middle socio-economic strata (most of whom share the same zip code and have partaken in that location for decades). It would have been auspicious for you to have been in attendance Monday evening. An altercation nearly transpired as several frequenters attempted to employ the coin-operated polyphonic amplifier while the baseball broadcast was being simultaneously heard.

We at the Dugout would receive you gregariously should you repeat your patronage. Should your compatriot not have been so delicately equipped by nature, you might have had the opportunity to make the acquaintance of many a jovial sort.


With kindest regards,
Dugout Female Patron

REDNECK TRANSLATION:

Hey, you yuppy, uppity, sh_t!

I saw you. I thought you were just a free-loadin'mother lookin' for free food like a buzzard. (Us regulars, and we got one of everybody, knew it would be spaghetti and not 'til halftime.) My bad.

I saw you sniffin' 'round and I thought you were just tryin' to bum some chow. The stools were taken and you and your "Bubba" set down at the table were the food goes. We all knew that was just wrong. Everybody could tell you were a stranger lookin' for somethin'. You just didn't smell right.

We're just blue-collar and gray-collar folks who want cold beer fast. We don't drive far. We know most folks names in here. You shoulda been here Monday night when there was 'bout a fist fight 'cause someone tried to play the jukebox when folks wanted to hear the Rays game.

Come on back, ya hear. Nobody did you wrong. If your buddy hadn't been such alatte-sippin', pinky-raisin' wuss, you'd had a chance to get to know us.

No offense, Bro'.

Another Dugout Chick

PS - So every chick in the Dugout could probably kick your ass... we'd still give ya a jump if your battry was dead.


RE: Why Rays baseball strikes out in Tampa

Posted by Earthman on 10.08.08 @ 06:13 PM

Wade,Wade,Wade.....for the love of Jose Canseco,Fred McGriff and Wade Boggs, why must you go way out of your jurisdiction to journalize about baseball and sports in general, topics you know nothing about. As a whole, the Rays game was indeed a bigger deal than the Bucs game. Why the funk did you go to some smokey bar in a low-class section of town to judge the "perceived interest" in what the Rays are accomplishing? Don't ya think visiting Bar Louie, Chammps, or Press Box would have made for a better representation of how cerebral your average sports-bar patron on a Sunday afternoon really is?!

RE: Why Rays baseball strikes out in Tampa

Posted by givadam on 10.08.08 @ 03:34 PM

nuggz420 got it right.

Following that theme, I guess if everyone at Ferg's is interested in the Rays, then the whole city of St. Pete must be the same way, right?

Well, why the hell isn't that stadium full for every game Einstein?

RE: Why Rays baseball strikes out in Tampa

Posted by dugoutchick on 10.08.08 @ 02:43 PM

Well Wade,
I have been going to that smokie bar for a long time and kinda like it myself. Yes,we do support the Ray's and all other sports for your information. Most bars are smokie the last time i checked and customers do carry on and cuss when sports are on. Thanks for stopping by in and please don't come back. REAL NICE ARTICLE.

RE: Why Rays baseball strikes out in Tampa

Posted by dugoutchick on 10.08.08 @ 01:21 PM

Well Wade,
I have been going to that smokie bar for a long time and like it myself. Yes, we do support the Ray's and all other sports for your information. Most bars are smokie the last time i checked and customers do carry on and cuss when sports are on. Thanks for stopping in and please don't come back. REAL NICE ARTICLE.

RE: Why Rays baseball strikes out in Tampa

Posted by Chancellor43 on 10.08.08 @ 11:48 AM

So, no matter where you go that is where its at? Crawl out of the bottle and look around, most of the U.S. would like to be here; the weather, beaches, significant lack of wall street schmucks.... and a winning ball team.
Wade clean off your glasses and see where you are bud.

RE: Why Rays baseball strikes out in Tampa

Posted by Jamie O on 10.08.08 @ 10:05 AM

I'd have to agree with the previous comment.... If you wanted to join a like-minded crowd, you should have crossed the bay and watched the game at Ferg's. However, I bet The Dugout would be hoppin' for Ultimate Fighter Championship events!! :)

RE: Why Rays baseball strikes out in Tampa

Posted by nuggz420 on 10.08.08 @ 09:15 AM

I guess if "The Dugout Tavern" isn't intrested in the Rays then the whole city must be the same way...Right? **rolls eyes**

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