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knoxvol52 said:
Yea, Bob was one of my favorites in the 80''s . I even kept up with him when he went to Oakland, probably had his best years there. Welch and Dave Stewart that led that Oakland A's staff in late 80's were both Dodgers ..
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ate with him, Lasorda, Manny Mota, and Bill Russell in our hotel dinning room in St. Louis when I was about 10 or 11.....:oops:
 
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peaygolf said:
ate with him, Lasorda, Manny Mota, and Bill Russell in our hotel dinning room in St. Louis when I was about 10 or 11.....:oops:
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I bet Lasorda was a hoot. Remember that Manny Mota was 1st base coach and still was on active roster and Pinch hit at crucial times late in the game... Never will see that again.. welch and Steve Howe on same club a never ending party...
 
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PlanetVolunteer said:
I'm from lynchburg VA and they're like that there and the surrounding counties. Just cops everywhere and you live in a perpetual state of fear. Anytime I'm home in VA I'm constantly paranoid. Even when I'm not speeding. Tennessee? Not so much. I do live in Hendersonville now and there are cops everywhere that do nothing. Just makes me wonder how many tax dollars are going to too many cops.
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Virginia cops have a lower tolerance for speed than anywhere else. I also feel like there's multiple ambush/bait points on every highway in Virginia where the speed drops 10-20mph right before the crest of a hill or big turn, with multiple cops camping with radar guns.

Only speeding ticket and pull-over I've ever had was in Virginia in a spot I regularly travel but happened to be in a rental with Florida tags...

Then if you look at Northampton County, the majority of county funds come from speeding tickets in one 1 mile stretch of Hwy13 catching NY, NJ, PA, and MD drivers going South and NC, SC, GA drivers going North. A Virginia Beach news station even did an investigation on it a few years ago. I'm always paranoid driving through there but also hysterically and maniacally laugh when a Jersey ahole riding my bumper angrily blows past me and gets immediately pulled over.
 
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Butch Jones said:
Did not realize all of VA is like that. I've gotten tickets for going 11 over and 12 over. I set my cruise control 10 mph over the speed limit on the highways and those slight variations have gotten me twice. They are literally everywhere. I remember a couple of years ago when the power was out for about a day in my area. The busiest intersection (w like 16 total lanes, 4x4) in the city had no officer directing traffic and it was just a wild free for all going through. I drive 2 more mins and see an officer running radar on one of the main roads...unbelievable.
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Easy tax money. Always looking to get the out of staters that won’t come to court for it and just pay the fine. VA one of the worst states for speeding tickets imo.
 
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Kentucky leads West Virginia 3-0
Miami leads Alabama 3-0
Arkansas leads NDSU 4-2
Texas leads Houston Christian 7-1
 
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Go Fight Win said:
Sure there is demand. There always will be for Vols games and TM knows it.


But they are also priced well over what a sane market would dictate and TM knows it. Just because people will pay a backbreaking amount of money doesn’t mean we should price out the bulk of our fan base. So much classism going on in live sports these days. Look at the NBA. TM’s corporate greed is due for a major regulatory review and overhaul.
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No major program worries that much about selling tickets and the in stadium crowd is a bonus, people will always pay what the market allows. The eyeballs on television is what counts today. Even back in the day many people could not afford to go to games, that is why John Ward is a legend today to us old geezers, we listened on the radio. We were as rabid as anyone in the stadium.
 
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Adam Sandler said:
Easy tax money. Always looking to get the out of staters that won’t come to court for it and just pay the fine. VA one of the worst states for speeding tickets imo.
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That largely isn’t “tax money” though. Ironically our tax money goes to paying the bloated salary of that force. according to the tax policy center: a police department seizing cash or property related to a crime or traffic violation can keep 80 percent to 100 percent of the forfeiture proceeds in 32 states.

In at least 43 states, some portion of speeding ticket revenue is directly distributed to courts or law enforcement.
 
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rikberry31 said:
No major program worries that much about selling tickets and the in stadium crowd is a bonus, people will always pay what the market allows. The eyeballs on television is what counts today. Even back in the day many people could not afford to go to games, that is why John Ward is a legend today to us old geezers, we listened on the radio. We were as rabid as anyone in the stadium.
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Every program wants butts in seats and empirical evidence indicates tickets are grossly overpriced in today’s era. I’m not sure how you can argue otherwise. There is basically a duopoly on live event ticketing and it’s driving prices through the roof.
 
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