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TAR16 - EP 12: "Huger than Huge" FINALE!! (summary in posts 1thru 3)
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--- Quote from: theschnauzers on May 04, 2010, 10:50:44 PM ---I just have a feeling that the final tasks are going to end up favoring Jet-Cord for the win. The more information that comes out from the promos and tweets, and the excellent analysis work by the TAR Detectives Team reinforces in my mind that even if they're the last out of the airport, they still will pull out a win in the final leg. And I doubt they'll have any trouble with cabdrivers getting to Candlestick Park, one of the iconic locations in American sports history. (And if there is a memory task of some sort at the finish, I think that will favor Jet-Cord as well.
(For the record my guts says Jordan and Dan for second, Brent and Caite for third.)
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Yes indeed, Candlestick Park is an iconic sports location:
1. home of my favorite baseball team the San Francisco Giants for 40 years from 1960 until moving to PacBell Park (later rechristened AT&T Park and now SBC Park) in 2000. In 1960, the Giants moved to Candlestick Park built on a point in San Francisco's southeast corner overlooking San Francisco Bay. The new stadium quickly became known for its strong, swirling winds, cold temperatures, and thick evening fog that made for a formidable experience for brave fans and players. The park had a built-in radiant heating system, but it never worked. In the ninth inning of the 1961 All-Star Game at Candlestick a strong gust of wind appeared to cause Giants relief pitcher Stu Miller to slip off the pitching rubber during his delivery, resulting in a balk (and a baseball legend that Miller was "blown off the mound"). Candlestick Park was infamous as a place to play, earning without doubt its reputation of being cold, windy, and foggy. In 1963, wind picked up the entire batting cage and dropped it 60 feet (18 m) away on the pitcher’s mound while the New York Mets were taking batting practice. The Giants would award the Croix de Candlestick pin to fans who stayed for the duration of extra-inning night games. All of this gave the Giants a slight pitching edge and fielding edge because they were more used to its foibles than visiting teams.
2. It was also the site of the 10/17/1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake at 504pm PDT interrupting pre-game ceremonies and postponing the start of the third game1989 Bay Area World Series between the Giants and the Oakland Athletics for 10 days.
3. Candlestick Park hosted two MLB All-Star Games (1961 and 1984), one National League Division Series (1997), three National League Championship Series (1971, 1987 and 1989), two World Series (1962 and 1989).
4. Candlestick Park also continues to be the home of the San Francisco 49ers football team since 1971. It has been the site of 6 championship football games, with 4 of them 49ers victories. The most memorable (except to 49er fans) of the 6 was the New York Giants 15-13 victory over the 49ers 1/20/91.
gingerman28:
Just a small sidebar to help you young ones with ancient history. Looking closely again at the picture published earlier in this thread and some of the buildings now making up the Star Wars complex look like the old barracks I lived in while I was stationed at the Persidio in 1946. I was a cinematographer assigned to the Sixth Army headquarters and waiting orders to embark with Admiral Byrd to film his trip to Antarctica and the South Pole. Some of the film I shot on Operation Highjump was used by MGM in their Academy-award winning documentary "The Secret Land."
Plaidmoon:
--- Quote from: gingerman28 on May 06, 2010, 03:02:02 PM ---Just a small sidebar to help you young ones with ancient history. Looking closely again at the picture published earlier in this thread and some of the buildings now making up the Star Wars complex look like the old barracks I lived in while I was stationed at the Persidio in 1946. I was a cinematographer assigned to the Sixth Army headquarters and waiting orders to embark with Admiral Byrd to film his trip to Antarctica and the South Pole. Some of the film I shot on Operation Highjump was used by MGM in their Academy-award winning documentary "The Secret Land."
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I believe you are correct. When the Army shut down the Presidio in the 1990s, much of it became part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Other parts were used other purposes including The Lucas Films Letterman Digital Arts Center. The San Francisco area has become a center for movie industry special effects so using the existing buildings for that purpose was a natural fit. I believe that the Letterman Digital Arts Center name comes from the former Letterman Army Hospital which was at the Presidio.
Plaidmoon
Solarius:
--- Quote from: suzukensg on May 06, 2010, 05:14:07 AM ---
--- Quote from: HIIPERS GIRL on May 06, 2010, 05:00:08 AM ---So Dan and Jordan is in the lead?
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At least they were after e flight to san fran. But e cowbros caught up at e star wars vr task. (Cord pops his head over to dan's controller booth)
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I think its possible that the cowboys were with Dan and Jordan as they were ending.
DrRox:
--- Quote from: apskip on May 06, 2010, 08:42:28 AM ---
2. It was also the site of the 10/17/1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake at 504pm PDT interrupting pre-game ceremonies and postponing the start of the third game1989 Bay Area World Series between the Giants and the Oakland Athletics for 10 days.
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This is an untrue statement. The epicenter of the Loma Prieta earthquake is at ......Loma Prieta Peak, California, about 70 miles south as the crow flies from Candlestick Park. Candlestick Park is famous that day because Al Michaels was on an open mike talking about the upcoming World Series game when the earthquake occured.
I kept looking at Candlestick to try to figure out how those guys, Bonds, etc are able to hit the baseball into the ocean. Then it dawned on me that ATT Park was built.........lol.......oh well, senility is fun.
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