Comments on: Goodbye Dicky http://tokyoswallows.com/2009/01/15/goodbye-dicky/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=goodbye-dicky An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: simoncurrie http://tokyoswallows.com/2009/01/15/goodbye-dicky/comment-page-1/#comment-794 simoncurrie Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:37:44 +0000 http://tokyoyakultswallows.wordpress.com/?p=1724#comment-794 Yeah, I plan on joining the fan club this season. See you guys in the bleachers! Yeah, I plan on joining the fan club this season. See you guys in the bleachers!

]]> By: Garrett DeOrio http://tokyoswallows.com/2009/01/15/goodbye-dicky/comment-page-1/#comment-793 Garrett DeOrio Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:43:03 +0000 http://tokyoyakultswallows.wordpress.com/?p=1724#comment-793 It is a good deal. The regular Fan Club membership is ?5,000 and gives you five free tickets and then ?1,000 tickets thereafter <em>or</em> a cap or glove or whatever the third thing is, plus a sweatshirt and some other little stuff. It pays for itself after four games if you don't attach any value to the other stuff. The Premium membership gives you the same discount, but a short-sleeved warm-up jersey and a cap or glove. If you attached no value to the merchandise, it'd take seven games for the Premium membership to pay for itself. (Then again, if you weren't concerned with the merchandise, you'd go for the regular membership. In my case, I'd take a zippered hoodie over a short-sleeved nylon pullover anyway.) I strongly recommend a regular Fan Club membership to anyone who thinks they even might take in a few home games. It is a good deal. The regular Fan Club membership is ?5,000 and gives you five free tickets and then ?1,000 tickets thereafter or a cap or glove or whatever the third thing is, plus a sweatshirt and some other little stuff. It pays for itself after four games if you don’t attach any value to the other stuff. The Premium membership gives you the same discount, but a short-sleeved warm-up jersey and a cap or glove. If you attached no value to the merchandise, it’d take seven games for the Premium membership to pay for itself. (Then again, if you weren’t concerned with the merchandise, you’d go for the regular membership. In my case, I’d take a zippered hoodie over a short-sleeved nylon pullover anyway.)

I strongly recommend a regular Fan Club membership to anyone who thinks they even might take in a few home games.

]]> By: Rob http://tokyoswallows.com/2009/01/15/goodbye-dicky/comment-page-1/#comment-792 Rob Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:27:40 +0000 http://tokyoyakultswallows.wordpress.com/?p=1724#comment-792 Not Dicky-related, but this looks like a good deal. http://www.yakult-swallows.co.jp/fanclub/premium.html If I'm reading this right, one of the perks is a discount for non-reserved OF seats - Y1,000 instead of Y1,500 - so it would pay for itself in 20 games. Aside from the glove or cap or whatever. Not Dicky-related, but this looks like a good deal.

http://www.yakult-swallows.co.jp/fanclub/premium.html

If I’m reading this right, one of the perks is a discount for non-reserved OF seats – Y1,000 instead of Y1,500 – so it would pay for itself in 20 games. Aside from the glove or cap or whatever.

]]> By: Rob http://tokyoswallows.com/2009/01/15/goodbye-dicky/comment-page-1/#comment-791 Rob Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:13:10 +0000 http://tokyoyakultswallows.wordpress.com/?p=1724#comment-791 Money sponge - good one! Money sponge – good one!

]]> By: Garrett DeOrio http://tokyoswallows.com/2009/01/15/goodbye-dicky/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Garrett DeOrio Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:13:59 +0000 http://tokyoyakultswallows.wordpress.com/?p=1724#comment-790 Yep. And that the new uniforms have been unveiled. Just haven't gotten around to posting on those things yet. Yep. And that the new uniforms have been unveiled. Just haven’t gotten around to posting on those things yet.

]]> By: Christopher Amano-Langtree http://tokyoswallows.com/2009/01/15/goodbye-dicky/comment-page-1/#comment-789 Christopher Amano-Langtree Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:45:01 +0000 http://tokyoyakultswallows.wordpress.com/?p=1724#comment-789 Haven't you guys noted that you've signed Aikawa yet? Haven’t you guys noted that you’ve signed Aikawa yet?

]]> By: David Watkins http://tokyoswallows.com/2009/01/15/goodbye-dicky/comment-page-1/#comment-788 David Watkins Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:59:40 +0000 http://tokyoyakultswallows.wordpress.com/?p=1724#comment-788 <blockquote>Now that we’ve lost him, though, watch him turn into an ace.</blockquote> This is the only fear.

Now that we’ve lost him, though, watch him turn into an ace.

This is the only fear.

]]> By: Garrett DeOrio http://tokyoswallows.com/2009/01/15/goodbye-dicky/comment-page-1/#comment-787 Garrett DeOrio Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:25:28 +0000 http://tokyoyakultswallows.wordpress.com/?p=1724#comment-787 Oh. . . Agh. The pain. The agony of the void of caring I have about this. Losing Dicky is kind of like having a superfluous light bulb burn out or that extra freezer in the garage that sits empty finally die. You didn't mind it when it was there, but now that it's gone, you realize that not only did you not need it, your bills are lower with it gone. My only regret is that the Giants only slightly overpaid for him. Now that we've lost him, though, watch him turn into an ace. Oh. . . Agh. The pain. The agony of the void of caring I have about this. Losing Dicky is kind of like having a superfluous light bulb burn out or that extra freezer in the garage that sits empty finally die. You didn’t mind it when it was there, but now that it’s gone, you realize that not only did you not need it, your bills are lower with it gone.

My only regret is that the Giants only slightly overpaid for him.

Now that we’ve lost him, though, watch him turn into an ace.

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