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10 Responses to “Check out the Erie BayHawks’ New Uniforms”

1. Dan
   October 15th, 2008 at 5:18 pm

   I already bought my season tickets. As far as the uniforms, I would like to have seen ” Erie ” on the white jerseys.

2. Radio Free JoJo
   October 16th, 2008 at 6:33 am

   It’s pretty traditional to put the team name on the home whites and the city on the away jerseys.

3. Edge
   October 16th, 2008 at 9:48 pm

   Why don’t they have a picture of a burning tire and the bird flying through it? The McCormick family will be forever known as bringing a Title V major source of hazardous pollution to Erie. Thanks Owen but there are many who can’t support the team if you are determined to pollute our air. I find it disgusting that you would have several minority children pose in front of you when the announcement was made of the basketball team. Those are the same kids who live in the neighborhood that you want to build the tire plant in. They play ball behind the Boys and Girls Club 240 feet away from your proposed cancer factory. Just because you gave money to the club does not give you the right to spew the 8,000 pounds of poison daily from the tire cancer factory. I forgot your kids don’t go to Edison School or the Boys and Girls Club.

4. john morris
   October 23rd, 2008 at 3:20 pm

   Would give them the edge at home games against teams used to breathing.

5. Phil G
   December 14th, 2008 at 10:53 pm

   I attended the Bayhawks game tonight. The quality of play was very good. The six seat tables behind the single row of courtside seats are very nice. I am pretty sure they upgraded the jumbotron/scoreboard above the court. I think it is a significant asset to the Erie area. They won tonight in OT.

   The attendence tonight was disconcerting. They did not announce the attendance number, but I do not think it was significantly over 1000. Joe Sinnott and Mark DiVecchio were both there.

   Other notes, the draft beer was expensive for Erie. The Sunday night food special: $1 Smith hotdogs. Parking immediately outside the civic center is $4 for the game. I’ve heard you can get season tickets for under $500.

6. Phil G
   December 14th, 2008 at 10:56 pm

   One more thing about the game: Occasionally, they played music during play. That was kind of weird. They don’t do that at Pro or college games.

7. Julio Reyes
   December 15th, 2008 at 12:27 am

   Phil G,
   You said:
   “the draft beer was expensive for Erie.”
   I hope you do not take this personally. I am writing this post in order to provide people with a little reality about Erie. It really irritates the hell out of me when people talk about economics and the cost of living and prices in Erie, PA the way you just did. At the end, I will be talking about beer prices while watching the Bayhawks.
   I wish that people in general would have a better understanding about prices, sports, technology, entertainment, and life. We really need some common sense around here for crying out loud.
   Just to set the record straight:
   I got to Erie this morning from California. I spent a lovely day with my wife, two daughters and niece. We spent quality family time the entire day. We had a late lunch at my restaurant (home made food closed on Sundays), and I reviewed some software that I am developing for one of our local clients in Erie using my restaurant DSL connection (VPN). Then we went to get some supplies at Wegman’s for our party at my restaurant scheduled for December 20th. After we finished shopping we went to the movies.
   At the end of the day we came back home. Around midnight, my family began watching a Mexican show (cable) that I really do not like to watch and I would rather be fooling around on the internet, probably stealing the BROADBAND of my neighbors in Little Italy.
   By using the broadband from my neighbors or the City (WI –FI) I saw your post and I felt compelled to respond. No, you don’t go to watch a basketball game, to drink draft beer, and complain about the prices. You go to watch the game and see the players. If you want to drink, you go to a bar, but you cannot do both. They are two different things.
   Making a commercial, some of the people I interact with, sometimes complain about how expensive my Mexican food is, but they just don’t have a clue about the price of authentic ingredients.
   In the same way that you could buy authentic caviar at Wegman’s that runs thousands of dollars (preorder), you could also buy other authentic ingredients that will also be very expensive. It all depends on what you want to eat or drink.
   A piece of advice:
   You want to watch basketball? Don’t drink. You want to drink? Know what you are drinking and the alcohol content. The amazing thing is that you can get both in Erie, if you know what you are shopping for.
   Live and learn. Goodnight, I have to work tomorrow.

8. Phil G
   December 15th, 2008 at 2:03 pm

   Julio,
   I appreciate your comment. It is also good to know that you could access City of Erie (WiFi).
   I enjoyed the game. The quality of play was very good. The refs left something to be desired, but I don’t think they were intentionally unfair. My comments about the beer and hotdog prices were intentionally put last because I considered them as the least important. The reason I included them was for planning purposes. For people planning to attend future games, I wanted them to know what to expect.
   I suppose I could have said “the price of draft beer was normal for Pittsburgh.” However, since the blog is about Erie, the audience probably is more familiar with Erie prices. (For the record, I had one beer. I would not have drank much more at the game even if they gave it away.)

   On an unrelated note, Wegmans is awesome. The variety of their inventory is impressive. And they can get just about anything. (I realize this is a bit off track, but it is something about Erie that I really appreciate.)

9. Chris
   December 16th, 2008 at 2:59 am

   “One more thing about the game: Occasionally, they played music during play. That was kind of weird. They don’t do that at Pro or college games.”

   Incorrect (as for Pro games). Music is always played during play of NBA games. This is actually not weird, but has been done for years.

10. Phil G
    December 16th, 2008 at 9:31 am

    Really? I admit it has been a while since I’ve been to a pro game. But, do they play music when the ball is in play? (I am sure they do when action on the floor is stopped. After all, the cheerleaders aren’t mimes.) I apologize if I was inaccurate about NBA rules.