Here come the Rams! Back to Los Angeles (1 Viewer)

[Bucky86]

Coming Home

 

[cstu]

i'd imagine much of that is the same for majority of the teams in their respective cities, bob. $$$

Like I said, that post validates what Hartman was saying.

Nothing to do with my point though about the celebration by those that lean strongly left and would be screaming bloody murder, and rightfully so, if this were the Koch brothers instead of the NFL.

Tax the NFL at 90%.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Coming Home

The LA Dawns disagree

 

[cstu]

Coming Home

The LA Dawns disagree

The Dons were the first professional football team to play a regular season game in Los Angeles, beating the rival Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League by two weeks.

How many people saw that game, 3?

ETA: whoops:

Two weeks before the transplanted Rams kicked off their first season in their new home after moving from Cleveland, the Dons defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers, 20-14, in front of a Friday-night crowd of 18,995 at the Coliseum.

http://articles.latimes.com/2006/sep/13/sports/sp-dons13

In 1947, the Dons drew a then-pro-record 82,576 to the Coliseum for a game against the New York Yankees, and in 1948 they outdrew every NFL team.

 

[timschochet]

Well, I'm going to go to at least one game next year. But I'm going to drive to Long Beach (about 10 minutes from my house), park my car for the day, and take the metro rail all the way to the Coliseum- it's about a 45 minute ride.

 

[Bucky86]

Well, I'm going to go to at least one game next year. But I'm going to drive to Long Beach (about 10 minutes from my house), park my car for the day, and take the metro rail all the way to the Coliseum- it's about a 45 minute ride.

I'm aiming for the Panthers game.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

i'd imagine much of that is the same for majority of the teams in their respective cities, bob. $$$

Like I said, that post validates what Hartman was saying.

Nothing to do with my point though about the celebration by those that lean strongly left and would be screaming bloody murder, and rightfully so, if this were the Koch brothers instead of the NFL.

Tax the NFL at 90%.

They finally just started paying taxes. It apparently was distracting.

How about we start charging taxes for all online purchases too mkay?

 

[dparker713]

i'd imagine much of that is the same for majority of the teams in their respective cities, bob. $$$

Like I said, that post validates what Hartman was saying.

Nothing to do with my point though about the celebration by those that lean strongly left and would be screaming bloody murder, and rightfully so, if this were the Koch brothers instead of the NFL.

Tax the NFL at 90%.

They finally just started paying taxes. It apparently was distracting.

How about we start charging taxes for all online purchases too mkay?

Now if we could only get Harvard to start paying taxes we might be in to something.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Coming Home

The LA Dawns disagree

The Dons were the first professional football team to play a regular season game in Los Angeles, beating the rival Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League by two weeks.

How many people saw that game, 3?

ETA: whoops:

Two weeks before the transplanted Rams kicked off their first season in their new home after moving from Cleveland, the Dons defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers, 20-14, in front of a Friday-night crowd of 18,995 at the Coliseum.

http://articles.latimes.com/2006/sep/13/sports/sp-dons13

In 1947, the Dons drew a then-pro-record 82,576 to the Coliseum for a game against the New York Yankees, and in 1948 they outdrew every NFL team.

My dad's HS football coach played for the Dons for 3 seasons.

 

[Bucky86]

Coming Home

The LA Dawns disagree

The Dons were the first professional football team to play a regular season game in Los Angeles, beating the rival Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League by two weeks.

How many people saw that game, 3?

ETA: whoops:

Two weeks before the transplanted Rams kicked off their first season in their new home after moving from Cleveland, the Dons defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers, 20-14, in front of a Friday-night crowd of 18,995 at the Coliseum.

http://articles.latimes.com/2006/sep/13/sports/sp-dons13

In 1947, the Dons drew a then-pro-record 82,576 to the Coliseum for a game against the New York Yankees, and in 1948 they outdrew every NFL team.

My dad's HS football coach played for the Dons for 3 seasons.

BRING BACK THE DONS!

 

[nirad3]

Well, I'm going to go to at least one game next year. But I'm going to drive to Long Beach (about 10 minutes from my house), park my car for the day, and take the metro rail all the way to the Coliseum- it's about a 45 minute ride.

are you the old, crotchety guy down the street that keeps stealing my sunday paper?

 

[timschochet]

Well, I'm going to go to at least one game next year. But I'm going to drive to Long Beach (about 10 minutes from my house), park my car for the day, and take the metro rail all the way to the Coliseum- it's about a 45 minute ride.

are you the old, crotchety guy down the street that keeps stealing my sunday paper?

That's not me. Could be my dad though.

 

[TenTimes]

Well, I'm going to go to at least one game next year.

Which team are you hoping to see visiting?

 

[boilerdave]

The Browns should go to Indy. Indy deserves the New Browns.

Why is that?

Sounds to me like he really, really hates Indy.

I guess he does. I'd of course never say Indianapolis is as cool of a city as New Orleans but to insinuate we're worse than Cleveland seems kind of harsh.

 

[timschochet]

Well, I'm going to go to at least one game next year.

Which team are you hoping to see visiting?

Dont K know yet. Just looking forward to seeing an NFL game. San Diego is really an effort to go to.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

My Link

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

Being a native St. Louisan who fondly remembers the Greatest Show on Turf days, my anger over Kroenke butt-f*cking the city went away pretty damn quickly, actually. Since Kroenke took majority ownership, he left the fans feeling cold on the field and away from it. When you look at it, he essentially took the plot from Major League and made it work for him: demoralizing the fanbase and sucking enough to the point where a move to a nice stadium in a warm place would be do-able. Hell, he hatcheted the market so much, even Mayor Francis Slay doesn't even want the NFL anymore.

Fine. Whatever. More money and fandom for the Cardinals and Blues. Plus maybe the MLS will give St. Louis a strong look now. The Sounders took off after the Supersonics left in Seattle and St. Louis has always been soccer-crazy.

Plus, before the Rams even came to St. Louis, I was a Packers fan and they're always on free national TV, so I'm back with the Pack I guess.

It's fascinating. When the football Cardinals left STL, the Bidwells built up so much animosity in the city, the citizenry was practically shoving them out the door when they threatened to move to Phoenix. Now that club had nowhere near the success the Rams had in STL (IIRC, the Gridbirds didn't win a playoff game their entire stay in STL) and there was nowhere near as much money at stake, but I don't recall a huge citywide effort to keep them.

I could see MLS thriving in STL. Huge youth club sport. When I was a kid the MISL team, the Steamers, outdrew the Blues in the same building for a few years.

Big Red were in St. Louis a little longer than the Rams, but it is eerie how similar the circumstances of their moves are. Both teams were mired in mediocrity for so long and both played in subpar stadiums (Busch was no one's idea of an ideal football stadium).

I have fond memories growing up before the Rams were even a thought to come here of Daryl Doran and the St. Louis Ambush playing games in the old Barn as well as in the early days of the Kiel/Scottrade Center. Fun times. St. Louis really is a soccer crazy town. My stepmom's family is nuts about U.S. soccer and couldn't care less if I bring up English Premier League or any other soccer. You put a stadium in the burbs (Fenton would be ideal if the Meremac didn't flood so much) and you have a winner on your hands.

STL architectural firm proposes MLS stadium by Union Station to create "Greatest Sports Street In America"

Don't know enough about MLS to know if going downtown or the burbs is the way to go, but the proposal is an interesting use of the space. Lots of Arch view seats from that layout.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Grew up in LA. Don't care

 

[Bucky86]

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Well, I'm going to go to at least one game next year.

Which team are you hoping to see visiting?

Dont K know yet. Just looking forward to seeing an NFL game. San Diego is really an effort to go to.

Train ride with booze. Trolley to stadium. Just as easy and you aren't in fear for your life for most of the train ride.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

1/6/16

The St. Louis region is losing population and lags in economic drivers to such a degree that it cannot support three professional sports teams, St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke told the National Football League in his proposal to move to Los Angeles.

2/5/16

Kroenke, partner, want tax dollars for huge Maryland Heights development

The idea, he said, is to build a “town center” of sorts, with retail, office space, entertainment and sports venues — yes, perhaps even a Major League Soccer stadium.

#### this guy

 

[Aerial Assault]

Yeah, he's a hypocrite of the first order.

I am pleased that we are getting a team here, but sad for St. Louis and its fans that it had to be at their expense.

 

[TheAristocrat]

learntoswim learntoswim learntoswim learntoswim learntoswim learntoswim learntoswim learntoswim

 

[Tom Servo]

Yeah, he's a hypocrite of the first order.

I am pleased that we are getting a team here, but sad for St. Louis and its fans that it had to be at their expense.

One could say that you just lent them to St. Louis for a few years.

 

[cstu]

learntoswim learntoswim learntoswim learntoswim learntoswim learntoswim learntoswim learntoswim

https://www.google.com/search?q=los+angeles+weather+&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

 

[Brady Marino]

1/6/16

The St. Louis region is losing population and lags in economic drivers to such a degree that it cannot support three professional sports teams, St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke told the National Football League in his proposal to move to Los Angeles.

2/5/16

Kroenke, partner, want tax dollars for huge Maryland Heights development

The idea, he said, is to build a “town center” of sorts, with retail, office space, entertainment and sports venues — yes, perhaps even a Major League Soccer stadium.

#### this guy

What's sadder is apparently Kroenke and his partner don't think they'll have an issue getting the financing despite Kroenke whipping out his #### and pissing on the city not even a month ago.

Guys like Kroenke and that Martin Shkreli guy are the true definition of soulless evil.

 

[Pigskin Fanatic]

Well, I'm going to go to at least one game next year.

Which team are you hoping to see visiting?

Dont K know yet. Just looking forward to seeing an NFL game. San Diego is really an effort to go to.

Train ride with booze. Trolley to stadium. Just as easy and you aren't in fear for your life for most of the train ride.

is this referring to LA or Oakland? serious question.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Well, I'm going to go to at least one game next year.

Which team are you hoping to see visiting?

Dont K know yet. Just looking forward to seeing an NFL game. San Diego is really an effort to go to.

Train ride with booze. Trolley to stadium. Just as easy and you aren't in fear for your life for most of the train ride.

is this referring to LA or Oakland? serious question.

LA. The blue line goes right through the hood

 

[Pigskin Fanatic]

Well, I'm going to go to at least one game next year.

Which team are you hoping to see visiting?

Dont K know yet. Just looking forward to seeing an NFL game. San Diego is really an effort to go to.

Train ride with booze. Trolley to stadium. Just as easy and you aren't in fear for your life for most of the train ride.

is this referring to LA or Oakland? serious question.

LA. The blue line goes right through the hood

Got it, use to take that to work when it first opened and it seemed safe enough and actually was better than driving into Hollywood (through Union Station), but back then they had a lot more security since it was new. Haven't been on it for years. Besides, if you read the local news only people too dumb to see the train coming are susceptible to deaths on these tracks, so if you're on the train I think you're safe.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

The Browns should go to Indy. Indy deserves the New Browns.

Why is that?

Sounds to me like he really, really hates Indy.

I guess he does. I'd of course never say Indianapolis is as cool of a city as New Orleans but to insinuate we're worse than Cleveland seems kind of harsh.

Guys relax, I'm sorry about being mean to Indy.

 

[EYLive]

Grew up in LA. Don't care

A-friggin'-men

Unless some spendy corp wants to impress my office with free tickets, I'm not gonna give 2 craps.

 

[TheAristocrat]

Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see Armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will.
I sure could use a vacation from this

Bull#### three ring circus sideshow of freaks

Here in this hopeless ####### hole we call L.A.
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any ####### time. Any ####### day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona Bay.

Fret for your figure and
Fret for your latte and
Fret for your lawsuit and
Fret for your hairpiece and
Fret for your Prozac and
Fret for your pilot and
Fret for your contract and
Fret for your car.

It's a bull#### three ring circus sideshow of freaks

Here in this hopeless ####### hole we call L.A.
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any ####### time. Any ####### day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona Bay.

Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by fault lines that cannot sit still.
Followed by millions of dumbfounded dip ####s.

Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see Armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will cause
I sure could use a vacation from this

Stupid ####, silly ####, stupid ####...

One great big festering neon distraction,
I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied.

Learn to swim. [3x]

Mom's gonna fix it all soon.
Mom's comin' round to put it back the way it ought to be.

Learn to swim.

#### L Ron Hubbard and
#### all his clones.
#### all these gun-toting
Hip gangster wannabes.

Learn to swim.

#### retro anything.
#### your tattoos.
#### all you junkies and
#### your short memory.

Learn to swim.

#### smiley glad-hands
With hidden agendas.
#### these dysfunctional,
Insecure actresses.

Learn to swim.

Cause I'm praying for rain
And I'm praying for tidal waves
I wanna see the ground give way.
I wanna watch it all go down.
Mom, please flush it all away.
I wanna see it go right in and down.
I wanna watch it go right in.
Watch you flush it all away.

Time to bring it down again.
Don't just call me pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.

I can't imagine why you wouldn't
Welcome any change, my friend.

I wanna see it all come down.
Bring it down
Suck it down.
Flush it down.Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see Armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will.
I sure could use a vacation from this

Bull#### three ring circus sideshow of freaks

Here in this hopeless ####### hole we call L.A.
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any ####### time. Any ####### day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona Bay.

Fret for your figure and
Fret for your latte and
Fret for your lawsuit and
Fret for your hairpiece and
Fret for your Prozac and
Fret for your pilot and
Fret for your contract and
Fret for your car.

It's a bull#### three ring circus sideshow of freaks

Here in this hopeless ####### hole we call L.A.
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any ####### time. Any ####### day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona Bay.

Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by fault lines that cannot sit still.
Followed by millions of dumbfounded dip ####s.

Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see Armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will cause
I sure could use a vacation from this

Stupid ####, silly ####, stupid ####...

One great big festering neon distraction,
I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied.

Learn to swim. [3x]

Mom's gonna fix it all soon.
Mom's comin' round to put it back the way it ought to be.

Learn to swim.

#### L Ron Hubbard and
#### all his clones.
#### all these gun-toting
Hip gangster wannabes.

Learn to swim.

#### retro anything.
#### your tattoos.
#### all you junkies and
#### your short memory.

Learn to swim.

#### smiley glad-hands
With hidden agendas.
#### these dysfunctional,
Insecure actresses.

Learn to swim.

Cause I'm praying for rain
And I'm praying for tidal waves
I wanna see the ground give way.
I wanna watch it all go down.
Mom, please flush it all away.
I wanna see it go right in and down.
I wanna watch it go right in.
Watch you flush it all away.

Time to bring it down again.
Don't just call me pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.

I can't imagine why you wouldn't
Welcome any change, my friend.

I wanna see it all come down.
Bring it down
Suck it down.
Flush it down.

 

[TheAristocrat]

Ooh, stop
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
But there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself

Where is my mind
Where is my mind
Where is my mind
Way out in the water
See it swimmin'

I was swimmin' in the Caribbean
Animals were hiding behind the rock
Except the little fish
But they told me, he swears
Tryin' to talk to me koi koy

Where is my mind
Where is my mind
Where is my mind
Way out in the water
See it swimmin'

With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
If there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself

Where is my mind
Where is my mind
Where is my mind
Way out in the water
See it swimmin'

Ooh
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Ooh
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Ooh
Ooh

 

[belljr]

1/6/16

The St. Louis region is losing population and lags in economic drivers to such a degree that it cannot support three professional sports teams, St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke told the National Football League in his proposal to move to Los Angeles.

2/5/16

Kroenke, partner, want tax dollars for huge Maryland Heights development

The idea, he said, is to build a town center of sorts, with retail, office space, entertainment and sports venues yes, perhaps even a Major League Soccer stadium.

#### this guy

What's sadder is apparently Kroenke and his partner don't think they'll have an issue getting the financing despite Kroenke whipping out his #### and pissing on the city not even a month ago.Guys like Kroenke and that Martin Shkreli guy are the true definition of soulless evil.

Just spent a week in STL. And they were talking about this. They definitely don't like this guy

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

@timschochet Tim tell me this is your hometown team and you're pulling for them today. It's a good effort.

Also hopefully the Rams are first for you now over the Steelers, you have to have pride in your hometown man.

 

[Bucky86]

 

[TheAristocrat]

Learn to swim.