Archive for July, 2010
A Kid in the Ballpark
Posted in Uncategorized on July 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Marketing Beer in Panama
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Atlas, Baseball, Beers, Brands, Breweries, Entertainment, Investments, Marketing, Panama on July 30, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Beer is a product that is heavily marketed in most if not all sports in our country. The largest beer company is Cervecería Nacional, S.A., which is a subsidiary of SAB Miller plc. SAB Miller plc is one of the world’s largest brewers, representing six of the world’s top fifty beer brands and one of [...]
Baseball Music in the Air
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Baseball, Drums, Entertainment, Murgas, Music, Panama, Rod Carew, Sports, Stadiums, Tumbas on July 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Something the world will never forget about the 2010 FIFA’s Word Cup in South Africa, is the deafening sound of the vuvuzelas. As you probably know, vuvuzelas are plastic trumpets, about three feet long, brightly colored and sound pretty much like an elephant. This noise-making trumpet of South African football fans became to symbolize the [...]
Fans
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Baseball, Entertainment, Faces, Fanatics, Followers, Panama City, People, Rod Carew Stadium, Sports, Venues on July 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Fans are a special breed of people. They will do whatever it takes to follow their team and make it win. They paint their faces and bodies with the traditional colors of the team, wear extremely odd hats, wear weirdy looking clothes, and travel millions of miles anywhere in the globe to see their team [...]
Joke: Handyman Hoodunnit
Posted in Jokes, tagged Carpenters, Constructions, Electricians, English, Idioms, Language, Linguistics, Literature, puns, Workers on July 27, 2010 | 4 Comments »
A workman was killed at a construction site. The police began questioning a number of the other workers. Based with past brushes with the law, many of these workers were considered prime suspects. They were a motley crew: The electrician was suspected of wiretapping once but was never charged. The carpenter thought he was a [...]
Autographs
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Autographs, Baseball, Collections, Entertainment, Hobbies, Kids, Panama, Pete Rose, Signatures, Sports on July 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Collecting autographs—something written by one’s own hand—are a worldwide practice. Once you’re a celebrity, everybody wants your autograph. The fans want your signature on just about anything; that’s readable: napkins, balls, tissue paper, books, toilet paper, scrap paper, whatever. The thing is to have your imprint somewhere to show off with their friends and [...]
A Child in the Game
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Baseball, Children, Entertainment, Girls, Panama, Rod Carew, Sandals, Sports, Stadiums on July 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
If you are a baseball fan, you already know how popular this game is with kids. I remember when I was a kid listening to the Yankee games over short wave radio, as well as Cuban professional baseball directly from Havana. I knew every single team and their players. With the passing of time, I [...]
And the Umpire Said: “Play Ball!”
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Adrenalin, Baseball, Carlos Lee, Derek Jeter, Exercises, Mariano Rivera, Panama, Umpires, Yankees on July 23, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Once the Man in Black behind the catcher says, “Play Ball”, the adrenalin starts flowing and the crowd starts roaring. The batter in turn stands to challenge the opening pitcher and likewise. The attacker versus the attacked; that’s how the game is played. That’s how it has been played since the early days of “Town [...]
The Roaring Crowd
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Attendance, Baseball, Crowds, Entertainment, Fans, Panama, Public, Rod Carew, Sports, Stadiums on July 22, 2010 | 4 Comments »
No sports will survive without the patronage of its fans. They are the loyal guys who pay the bills, the guys who purchase the tons of hamburgers and barrels of beer in every single game; the same guys who buy the sweaters, baseballs, pennants, T-shirts, caps and millions of other paraphernalia. They are the ones [...]
