Back to the ballyard, 2006
I went down to PacSBCT&T Park last night for an exhibition game against the hated A's. Fisher thought I was crazy because it had been raining all day and only let up an hour or two before the game. But the tickets were free (thank you, Nelson, but I'm still sending you $8, being the fair market value of $2 plus a six of Bud) which offset the gouging I took at the concession stands. ($8.25 for a premium beer and PBR for $7.75, I kid you not.)
They've just started changing the signs to reflect the phone company's new name. I've been calling it the Phone Booth, even though there's already a bar of that name. But the acronym above does sort of roll off the tongue, doesn't it?
I'd steeled myself for the beer increase. What I wasn't prepared for was the new ticket-checking arrangement. The management has dumped the integrated scanner-turnstile combination. Now the ticket-takers use handhelds that I presume are linked to the database over 802.11b. I didn't get a real close look, but the handhelds looked like some sort of Windows Mobile (ex. Pocket PC) device. I just hope they remembered to use encryption.
I have to admit, I didn't have much of a problem using the scanner-turnstiles. I thought the idea was sound, but I know that in practice, they were user-hostile. No tears.
Fisher called me up during the game to give me a hard time, as the A's were up 4-0. I didn't hear the phone... at some point, I turned the ringer off, it seems. But the game ended 5-4, Giants. Too bad it was exhibition bases.
Photos later...
They've just started changing the signs to reflect the phone company's new name. I've been calling it the Phone Booth, even though there's already a bar of that name. But the acronym above does sort of roll off the tongue, doesn't it?
I'd steeled myself for the beer increase. What I wasn't prepared for was the new ticket-checking arrangement. The management has dumped the integrated scanner-turnstile combination. Now the ticket-takers use handhelds that I presume are linked to the database over 802.11b. I didn't get a real close look, but the handhelds looked like some sort of Windows Mobile (ex. Pocket PC) device. I just hope they remembered to use encryption.
I have to admit, I didn't have much of a problem using the scanner-turnstiles. I thought the idea was sound, but I know that in practice, they were user-hostile. No tears.
Fisher called me up during the game to give me a hard time, as the A's were up 4-0. I didn't hear the phone... at some point, I turned the ringer off, it seems. But the game ended 5-4, Giants. Too bad it was exhibition bases.
Photos later...
posted by PJ at 11:05 AM
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