Left Coast Sports Babe

Season ticket sales are down all over Major League Baseball. SF Giants President Larry Baer, after the team’s season ticket sales fell by over 2,000 said “There’s a certain amount of fear driving people to not want to make commitments in March for purchases in September.”

True, but at least the way the Giants have been playing, they won’t be paying anything in October.

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Skip this joke if you aren’t a hockey fan.

This time of year at least there’s a silver lining for Toronto Maple Leafs fans. Unlike fans in San Jose they don’t worry about their team choking in the playoffs.

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Hottest bet in Vegas? Which NFL team will regret their decision first? The Bears to trade for Jay Cutler or the Bills to sign Terrell Owens?

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Billionaire Larry Ellison’s BMW-Oracle team won a court battle allowing them, for now, to be the “challenger of record” in next year’s America’s Cup.

“Who cares?” – said almost everyone in the world.
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In that vein, Penn State won the NIT basketball tournament.

Of course, had college football had a playoff system, Penn State, instead of going to the Rose Bowl, might have been knocked out in an early round. So, maybe count the Nittany Lions as a fan of the BCS system. On the other hand, how many people outside of State College, Pennsylvania, and Waco, Texas (home of Penn State opponent Baylor) watched the NIT final? I am guessing dozens, at least.

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