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Flashback Friday At The Rogers Center: Food, Photos, and Blue Jays.

It’s Flashback Friday, and I’m back at home to watch the game after the Utopia that is April baseball in Toronto, came to a rip-roarin’ end.

During my trips to live-blog hell, I’ve yapped about my ridiculous nicotine dependence.   At the Rogers Centre, there’s no designated smoking area, nor is there in-and-out privileges; basically if you’re a smoker, you’re screwed.

In 2008 however, the fine people at Nicorette decided to give away free samples of their nicotine gum — Problem Solved!  If you’re a smoker, try sitting through 2 hours of batting practice, and then a 4 hour game — it’s not pretty.

This year, the not-so-fine people at Nicorette decided they’d no longer offer free samples of their gum, and they had the nerve to do this without personally emailing me — HEADS WILL ROLL!

Anyways, I said screw it and made the five-minute walk home to catch the entire game on Sports Net instead.   Lots of good photos though! The terribly annoying part is that I left a pack of nicorette sitting on my desk prior to heading out….ugh.

Rick the Blue Jays Drummer was doing his thing outside, and had all the enthusiasm we’ve come to expect.

The Rogers Center has undergone some rather awesome improvements, all of which have to do with FOOD! If there’s one thing that this blogger enjoys more than nicotine, it’s RED-FUCKING-MEAT.

For about 9 bucks, you can get wads of meat on a bun.  Some people don’t like red-meat, but then again, some people don’t like the Die Hard movies.   We call these people women, and they should walk across the street to a basketball game! ZING! …or order Turkey — that looked good too.

Needless to say, it’s about time for a picture of red meat.  I believe the place was called Roundhouse Bar and Carvery, and it’s along the first base side?   Section 122, Apparently.

Okay, it can’t compare with the food that New Yankee Stadium has to offer, but it’s a massive upgrade over the Chicken Fingers, Nachos or Hot-Dogs that Jays fans are accustomed to eating and then burping up for the next five innings.

Jack Cust and Nomar Garciaparra were hitting well during BP. Cust continues to put on one of the better shows during BP, and probably has top-10 raw-power.

That was that, and as always, the Athletics proved to be one of the harder squads to get autographs from, even though Nomar signed about 4 or 5 autographs.

It was a tiny little army of Cito Gastons, each one happier than the preceding one.  While this was cute, what’s to follow was downright terrifying.  Try your best to count how many Blown Saves you can find in the next photo:

If you’re answer is above 300, but below 1000 — it’s correct.

Finally, as my search for Nicorette ended and I rounded the entire 100-level of the Sky Dome there was another new addition to the Toronto Blue Jays’ Food Selection.

It looked all new-age and what not, and definitely a place that’d kick you out for spitting chewing tobacco on the floor but…

Lots of good stuff at the Rogers Centre, and the prices are reasonable compared to what you’re paying for a slice of  Pizza Pizza or a Subway sandwich.  I think those two chains are going to be pissed the hell off — If someone has to choose between a 15 Dollar SMALL pizza, and two giant sandwiches containing even GIANTER WADS OF MEAT — it’s pretty clear what they’re going to choose.

Tomorrow I will investigate as to whether or not WADS OF MEAT sandwiches come with French Fries…

Oh, and the Athletics one won.

I’m a fucking idiot, ruining a terrific piece about meat by typing the ATHLETICS ONE.

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