The Schlicken Empire

Don’t adjust your monitors, people. Pictured above is a rendering of the Rays’ proposed $450 million waterfront stadium in St. Petersburg. The photos of this plan have been available for some time, but the team just released this image yesterday, which features the park with the roof in the “closed” position. As you can tell from the photo, translucence is king. And after seeing those Lindsay Lohan photos in New York magazine, I have to ask: Who doesn’t love translucence?

The roof is supposed to resemble a sail and I suppose it does. But it also kinda looks like a kids’ pillow fort. Not to mention that the long post in the outfield originally reminded me of Montreal’s Olympic Stadium.

Still, I really like this plan, which could be completed as early as 2012. It’ll be unique to the Bay area and it’s obvious that anything has to be better than Tropicana Field. The sad truth is that until the Rays and Marlins get new stadiums, I’ll never attempt to hit every ballpark in the bigs.

This design would make the Florida swing worth it, though.

Now if only they could figure out how to equip it with A/C.

Article Source: Yahoo.com
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP)—The New England Patriots won the Super Bowl and ended the season with a perfect 19-0 record—at least it looks that way in Nicaragua.

The NFL donated 290 Patriots hats and an equal number of team jerseys trumpeting the slogans “Super Bowl Champions, 19-0” to impoverished children from two small communities in southern Nicaragua.

Thursday’s gifts could not change history—the Patriots lost the Feb. 3 game to the New York Giants 17-14—but they made a lot of youngsters in the communities of San Gregorio and Buena Vista very happy, said Miriam Diaz, spokeswoman for the humanitarian organization World Vision, which arranged the donation with the NFL.

“They (Patriots) lost, but the children won,” Diaz said.

The only “football” most of the children know is soccer, but they were very enthusiastic about the U.S. version of the game once the rules were explained to them, she said.

“They were very happy to receive the hats and jerseys,” Diaz said. “They said they did not expect such a surprise.”

Neither did the Patriots.

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