Oct 07, 2009
Baseball Team Backs Out Of Deal After Seeing List Of ‘Totally Shitty’ Name Choices
October 7, 2009 | 12 Comments
Less than two weeks after a Class AA baseball team said it would move to Richmond, the general manager said the organization is backing out of the deal effective immediately after a list surfaced of possible, but ultimately horrible, team names. The Connecticut Defenders reneged their 2-year, $10 million contract with the city and have [...]
Sep 25, 2009
‘Baseball Back’ Announcement Met With People Going About Business As Usual
September 25, 2009 | 2 Comments
The announcement that baseball is back in Richmond was met with great normalcy this week, as the sounds of Richmonders doing what they regularly do every day filled the air far and wide around the state capital. “Anybody want to get lunch? Think I’m in the mood for Subway,” Jay Gorum said after reading in the paper that a [...]
Aug 11, 2009
Annual Elderly And Kids 10K Going On As Planned Despite Heat
August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Organizers for Richmond’s annual Elderly And Kids 10K said this morning that despite the excessive heat, the race will go forward as was planned with a pistol start today at noon. The race – open to people ages three to 12 and 70 and older – will begin on Broad Street and form a 6.2 mile [...]
Jul 06, 2009
City Residents On Latest Ballpark Plan: ‘For The Holy Love Of God Please Make It Stop’
July 6, 2009 | 4 Comments
With yet another plan for a ballpark being pitched at a riverside site across from downtown, roughly 1.2 million Richmond residents today beseeched city leaders to, for the love of God, please make it stop. “At this point, I guess I support baseball in Richmond or whatever, but if we have to go through a [...]
Guy Who Lives Above 3 Monkeys Tired Of Asking Everyone To Keep It Down
Nick Cavalieri, who has lived in the apartment directly above 3 Monkeys Bar and Grill since November, is getting "more than fed up" with having to continuously tell his neighbors to be quiet, the 30-year-old said today.
"Monday through Sunday, I hear those guys partying pretty much every night," Cavalieri said. The University ...
