❓Questions For Volnation❓Tennessee Baseball Edition Thread

#478
#478
MAD said:
Does UT ever have the pep band at baseball games?
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In the context of George Carlin's famous riff on baseball vs football...
it's odd that live, natural music doesn't seem to fit baseball, despite the game's natural, pastoral setting. Both organ music and canned music seem like an unnatural match to the sport.

I'd blame it on the dimensions and layout of the standard ball park. There was just never a sensible place to put a turn-of-the-century band gazebo.

But what does fit the game is the crowd singing the national anthem, and singing during the 7th inning stretch.

With the possible exception of walk up music for college players, canned music just interferes with the natural, conversational vibe that watching the game from the stands should have.
IMHO.


"Now get off my infield grass!"
 
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BruisedOrange said:
In the context of George Carlin's famous riff on baseball vs football...
it's odd that live, natural music doesn't seem to fit baseball, despite the game's natural, pastoral setting. Both organ music and canned music seem like an unnatural match to the sport.

I'd blame it on the dimensions and layout of the standard ball park. There was just never a sensible place to put a turn-of-the-century band gazebo.

But what does fit the game is the crowd singing the national anthem, and singing during the 7th inning stretch.

With the possible exception of walk up music for college players, canned music just interferes with the natural, conversational vibe that watching the game from the stands should have.
IMHO.


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Some good points.

I saw Kansas had their band at the game the other day and was curious if it’s something we’ve done or not.


 
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feathersax said:
Not any regular basis, but seems like a band played at a game in Knoxville soon after CTV arrived. Don't expect it anytime soon; too much $$ to be made on tickets. :cool:
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UT Spring Break starts Monday. I wonder how many students will stick around for the FL series? I assume there would be some empty seats in the student section for the Pep Band.
 
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I liked the sound of their band at the Kansas game. I wonder if KU is trying to use the sound of the band to attract students who are already outside enjoying the sun to walk over the the baseball stadium?

Back in the '70s when I was doing graduate work at MTSU, traditionally ignored baseball began attracting more and more students to wander over to the baseball stadium on sunny days.

Now that I think about it though, instead of the band, it was the bandeau tube tops that girls were wearing on the sun-facing side of the stands that attracted male students to the baseball stadium. Effective nonetheless.
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I'm so old, when I googled "tube tops" to make sure I was using the right name for what I was remembering... it asked me if I meant to search "tube socks."

[insert your own "either one, but with extra support" joke here]
 
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BruisedOrange said:
I liked the sound of their band at the Kansas game. I wonder if KU is trying to use the sound of the band to attract students who are already outside enjoying the sun to walk over the the baseball stadium?

Back in the '70s when I was doing graduate work at MTSU, traditionally ignored baseball began attracting more and more students to wander over to the baseball stadium on sunny days.

Now that I think about it though, instead of the band, it was the bandeau tube tops girls were wearing on the sun-facing side of the stands that attracted male students to the baseball stadium. Effective nonetheless.
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I'm so old, when I googled "tube tops" to make sure I was using the right name for what I was remembering... it asked me if I meant to search "tube socks."

[insert your own "either one, but with extra support" joke here]
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Boobs are a tried and true marketing measure. Always has been. Always will be.
 
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txbo said:
Boobs are a tried and true marketing measure. Always has been. Always will be.
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Sad, but true.

Sad that my edjumacated brain is still so simple and gullible when it comes to nature's own. The mere hint of curve, a blush of shadow, the nuance of a bump beneath a sweater... and my brain (which might be at the time contemplating the meaning of life at the level of subatomic boson particles) will swerve like a pair of Mack trucks were bearing down on me with horns blaring.

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#486
chuckiepoo said:
You can easily identify an experienced baseball cameraman by the sights they focus on within the stadium.
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That's it. It's the cameraman!

I'm always embarrassed when they show 2,000 screaming Tennessee fans after a touchdown, and my eye--out of all that sea of orange-clad students jumping for joy--somehow locks in on 5 pixels that are moving slightly out of synch with the other 1,999 shirts and checkered overalls.

It's my studied opinion that if the Russians, in 1962, had just put a buxom Cuban senorita 20 yards to either side of their missiles in Cuba... Air Force recon would have never spotted their missile bases.

"U-2 sees two. Requesting permission to make another pass..."
 
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BruisedOrange said:
That's it. It's the cameraman!

I'm always embarrassed when they show 2,000 screaming Tennessee fans after a touchdown, and my eye--out of all that sea of orange-clad students jumping for joy--somehow locks in on 5 pixels that are moving slightly out of synch with the other 1,999 shirts and checkered overalls.

It's my studied opinion that if the Russians, in 1962, had just put a buxom Cuban senorita 20 yards to either side of their missiles... Air Force recon would have never spotted their missile bases.

"U-2 sees two. Requesting permission to make another pass..."
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This is Bruised Orange’s POV

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BruisedOrange said:
Sad, but true.

Sad that my edjumacated brain is still so simple and gullible when it comes to nature's own. The mere hint of curve, a blush of shadow, the nuance of a bump beneath a sweater... and my brain (which might be at the time contemplating the meaning of life at the level of subatomic boson particles) will swerve like a pair of Mack trucks were bearing down on me with horns blaring.

😟
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Profound rant. LOL. Bravo.
 
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MAD said:
This is Bruised Orange’s POV

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Oh, no. It's like, sometimes, while my mind is still wondering who the other receiver was on that crossing route...

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And then my prefrontal cortex is staring at my visual cortex and thinking, "You looked for an hour yesterday for the keys that were on the dresser!"
 
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Anybody think the gate gestapo (the Axis guys checking stuff, not the ushers...), would freak out over an empty Nalgene? Figured I'd ask since the water tanks were back this past weekend.

I'd rather fill the thing up once and be good for the game.

I mean, its plastic and its clear...but I've also had them tell me to throw away a peanut butter cracker i was finishing as I walked in so who knows.
 
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WallyBalls said:
Anybody think the gate gestapo (the Axis guys checking stuff, not the ushers...), would freak out over an empty Nalgene? Figured I'd ask since the water tanks were back this past weekend.

I'd rather fill the thing up once and be good for the game.

I mean, its plastic and its clear...but I've also had them tell me to throw away a peanut butter cracker i was finishing as I walked in so who knows.
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Technically you are allowed to bring in an unopened sealed plastic bottle. They probably will have an issue but you could try (or just put it in your jacket).
 
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taylorvol said:
Technically you are allowed to bring in an unopened sealed plastic bottle. They probably will have an issue but you could try (or just put it in your jacket).
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I'll save myself the potential walk back and ask them tonight. I've seen a few in there so I thought i'd see if anyone does it regularly. I've even seen the metal hydroflasks.

If they say no, I'll tell the Enviromental/Recycle kids they are discouraging resuable bottles and encouraging landfill waste and sic them on Danny 😅
 
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WallyBalls said:
Anybody think the gate gestapo (the Axis guys checking stuff, not the ushers...), would freak out over an empty Nalgene? Figured I'd ask since the water tanks were back this past weekend.

I'd rather fill the thing up once and be good for the game.

I mean, its plastic and its clear...but I've also had them tell me to throw away a peanut butter cracker i was finishing as I walked in so who knows.
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I answered my own question, they'll be cool with it for 3 games, and then absolutely freak out about it on the 4th game and make you walk back to the car.

So...no. Apparently Axis and UT is more stringent than TSA. :::eye roll:::
 
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