WOO WOO!!!!!!!!!!


holy fuck, that was old before the first pitch, as was the piano cat, the astonished cat, AND THE FUCKING BISCUIT chant. don't get me started on Spaz. I appreciated the surprised rodent, though.

oh, and they lost in extra innings, when the opposing team hit a home run to the sound of the BISCUIT BISCUIT chant.

6/11/2012 8:36:28 PM

WOO WOO!!!!!!!!!!


holy fuck, that was old before the first pitch, as was the piano cat, the astonished cat, AND THE FUCKING BISCUIT chant. don't get me started on Spaz. I appreciated the surprised rodent, though.

oh, and they lost in extra innings, when the opposing team hit a home run to the sound of the BISCUIT BISCUIT chant.

6/11/2012 8:38:07 PM

nice ballpark though

6/11/2012 9:19:42 PM

Got some people at work who go to that shit.

Glad I'm not friends with them.

6/11/2012 9:22:26 PM

i've been to a couple of games when i've had to stay overnight for work things in greensboro and had nothing better to do on a tuesday night...they definitely have a nice park.

6/11/2012 9:32:39 PM

Jeter played for them

6/12/2012 6:28:10 AM

So did Mariano Rivera and Don Mattingly. Rivera and Jeter played for them when they were the Greensboro Bats (worst name ever) and Mattingly played for them when they were the Hornets.

In fact, several big name Yankees made stops in Greensboro on their way up through the Minor League system.

[Edited on June 12, 2012 at 7:55 AM. Reason : a]

6/12/2012 7:53:14 AM

Also Giambi.

Got Rivera's autograph on a baseball when he was there. Can't find it now >_<

6/12/2012 8:50:10 AM

Beautiful ballpark, much better than the DBAP (albeit smaller). They definitely have a bit too much going on other than the game though.

6/12/2012 10:29:23 AM

I loved going to World War Memorial when I was a little kid and watching the Hornets. it was quintessential minor league baseball. we used to show up early to scour the trees behind the 3rd base line and the creek on the 1st base line for foul balls.



[Edited on June 12, 2012 at 11:25 AM. Reason : .]

6/12/2012 11:23:55 AM

War Memorial was a great stadium in its own way. I, too, had a lot of fun going to games there as a kid. But the new park is a big improvement.

6/12/2012 2:39:08 PM

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"when they were the Greensboro Bats (worst name ever)"

winston-salem dash. [/debate]

6/12/2012 2:40:44 PM

I'm not so sure those complaining about the non-baseball things that go on during games there understand how minor-league baseball (especially Single-A) works

6/12/2012 3:11:48 PM

Was the area around War Memorial a shithole wasteland before the Grasshoppers left or did that trigger it?

6/12/2012 3:13:20 PM

Hoppin' Baseball Fun!

6/12/2012 3:23:41 PM

Ive been to a couple games and I agree. The sound effects and all the noise coming over the speakers is little much. The stadium is amazing, easily top 3 in North Carolina though.

6/12/2012 3:27:34 PM

^^^ it's right across the street from NC A&T, that should answer your question

In fact, I think A&T plays their home baseball games there now, but I might be wrong

[Edited on June 12, 2012 at 4:43 PM. Reason : a]

6/12/2012 4:38:44 PM

U rite

I live within walking distance of War Memorial

(away from A&T)

[Edited on June 12, 2012 at 4:45 PM. Reason : ]

6/12/2012 4:45:03 PM

my condolences

6/12/2012 4:45:27 PM

I live on the other side of the Summit Ave DMZ, though

I'll stop now in case divababy is reading

6/12/2012 4:46:22 PM

Yeah, that's a nice area, but then it gets shitty real quick.

War Memorial is still an awesome park. I hit a home run there in an All-Star game when I was 15 and I thought I was a stud. Now I look back and realize it's only 325 down the left field line.

Also, the park is featured in Bull Durham, and they casted extras from Greensboro.

6/12/2012 4:48:26 PM

I've always felt like Greensboro is like that, though. Other than, like, Irving Park, it's shitty neighborhoods right next to decent spots. There's not a lot of, uh, segregation. Aycock isn't exactly baller territory, but it's nice old houses with nice upper middle class folks. I've never felt unsafe here, but the real shit is always just around the corner.

6/12/2012 4:51:59 PM

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"I live on the other side of the Summit Ave DMZ, though I'll stop now in case divababy is reading"

wtf ERNIE

damnit I was hoping for script

6/12/2012 5:23:13 PM

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"winston-salem dash"

youre crazy, thats a great name

6/12/2012 5:27:34 PM

really nice stadium too

6/12/2012 6:52:23 PM

i just remember this team's awful jingle that used to come on the radio

6/12/2012 6:57:06 PM

whats so bad about a team/mascot called the Bats? its lame, but at least its relevant to baseball

6/12/2012 7:04:32 PM

It was a good idea, just poorly executed.

Grasshoppers isn't great, but it works...especially with the colors

6/12/2012 7:08:57 PM

My wife's HS "reunion" apparently consists of a group outing to a game (WTF FML).

Glad her whole class basically sucks and she's already said there's no way in hell she's making us suffer though that miserable shit.

Did go to a wedding in their ballpark though. Really nice.

6/12/2012 7:41:34 PM

^ mine did too. They did it at a Grasshoppers game, and I didn't even go. I just met everyone out at the bar.

PAGE HS CLASS OF 96 BITCHES!

[Edited on June 12, 2012 at 7:54 PM. Reason : a]

6/12/2012 7:46:11 PM

Is that the only thing to do in Greensboro??

6/12/2012 7:56:18 PM

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"youre crazy, thats a great name"

oh right, a dash is a great mascot.

GO -!



warthogs>>>>dash

6/12/2012 7:58:26 PM

^^ nope. You can drive out to Whitsett and check out my bees / garden

We got plenty going on in Guilford Co.

^Yeah, Warthogs was way better. But the guy that owns the Dash is like 30, so I guess he is open to new ideas. Fuck that dude

[Edited on June 12, 2012 at 8:02 PM. Reason : a]

6/12/2012 8:01:09 PM

sorry, i think one of the appeals of MiLB is the goofy nicknames and ridiculous mascots that come with them. Dash is just kind of blah.

The Montgomery Biscuits on the other hand...

6/12/2012 8:09:46 PM