The Official 2019 San Jose Earthquakes related Blogs/Press thread

I was joking. But who knows?

 

I suspect some of you were planning on attending the Jersey Unveil Party next week on the 13th at San Pedro Square.

FWIW, I heard from a usually reliable source, that the unveil is being delayed a week. I think the reason for that may be because they are close to settling on a Jersey sponsor and want to include them in the reveal.

I have not seen anything "official" on the SJE Website so maybe it is still being negotiated. I guess if it falls through, they will hold the reveal on the original date.

 

I've got a conflict on the 20th, so I hope they don't delay it.

 

Love Gary Singh’s old stories. He reminded me once of how when we were kids at Spartan Stadium and how we use to climb the trees and slide down the stairs on east side of the stadium. Going to Quakes games was better than going to Santa Cruz , Frontier Village or Great America. All San Jose had was Westgate & Eastridge Malls and the Pruneyard and there wasn’t much to do. Former stadium announcer Bob Ray told me the other day, it was a different time and a different vibe....

 

Kids are still using stadia as makeshift slides.

 

If you haven't read Gary's book yet, you owe it to yourself to do so. It is sold at Avaya in the Quakes shop next to the front entrance, and in Campbell at Recycle books. Plus it is available online, of course. This podcast is also very entertaining. Monti asks some on-point questions. Gary isn't exactly PC, and besides describing his days as a kid at Spartan, he has plenty of other opinions and stories to relate about the league and San Jose. This was a good followup to the Johnny Moore interview they had in December, and they hope to have a Krazy George interview as well.

 

I just got an email and saw a tweet that tomorrow’s Jersey Reveal party was cancelled due to rain. Instead, they are going to host a season kickoff party on wed feb-27. They are still going to announce the new Jersey tomorrow.

Good news: We will be unveiling our jersey on social media this Wednesday.

Bad news: Due to weather conditions, we will not be holding our 2019 Jersey Unveil Party this Wednesday.

Instead, we will host a season kickoff party on Feb. 27!

RSVP HERE: https://t.co/WWlPTIdaQ1 pic.twitter.com/xaYOyhb7W7

— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) February 12, 2019

 

the skeptic in me, believes they still haven't signed off on a new kit sponsor yet lol

 

The rain should not impact a party at San Pedro Square Market, but it would certainly put a damper on the Quakes flag raising in the plaza outside City Hall, which was supposed to precede it. I wonder if that isn't the rationale for the postponement.

 

maybe the real rationale is that only a few people signed up? I'm not signing up for the Feb-27 kickoff event.

Really, i think weather is a sorry ass excuse. Wouldn't the ultras have shown up rain or shine? Aren't soccer fans used to watching in the rain? How many other clubs of any pro sport have cancelled their jersey unveiling for rain? Is this the first?

 

If they were afraid no one would show, you would think they would cancel instead of rescheduling within a fortnight.

 

#MeToo. So, it's settled. No finished roof, and no heated field.

 

i dunno, i think something is going on. Yesterday my sales rep left me a really long voicemail. Barely mentioned that the jersey unveiling was cancelled, not really even calling to make sure I knew it had been. Instead trying to get me to buy tickets for pre-season game, more seats, the new kickoff party etc etc. I think that was his 3rd call in the last month, trying to sell more tickets.

I don't recall his calling like this last year, but we also switched the phone numbers so that I am now the prime phone num instead of hubby. But I think hubby would have mentioned if rep had been calling this much last Jan-Feb...

 

Sounds like you need a restraining order.

 

no, he is a sweet guy and a long-time fan like us. But I think the fact he keeps calling an old STH must mean that he doesn't have enough other leads to follow up on.

 

You should take him to lunch.

My advice to all Quakes season ticketholders. Take your ticket rep to lunch. I've been doing it since the Spartan Stadium days.

 

i gave the rep a big basket of goodies last season because I felt so guilty after hubby reamed him over the phone.

 

Not your typical Media Day. 🤷‍♂️

Last month, we took the players around San Jose to take photos in the brand-new Unity Jersey!

P.S. Harold's dance moves. 😂 #VamosSJ pic.twitter.com/XhOHC9pj3d

— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) February 14, 2019

 

Yes, it was different times. I get asked a lot about the area was like in the late 60 and 70s. I grew up Cupertino so my mall was a new Vallco which is about get demolished (Note: My mom attended city planning commission meetings to make sure enough trees were included in the plans!). I used to play in the orchards where the old Apple HQ on De Anza Blvd and my first baseball practices and games were at a school near the new Apple Space Ship. There was no 85 and the 680/110 interchain wasn't completed.

Downtown SJ was a dump (Note: SF wasn't much better). No one went there. Going to Frontier Village seemed like traveling outside the city. Even going to Spartan didn't seem like you were going to the city.

It was amazing place to grow-up.

 

https://theathletic.com/820589/2019...-long-sleeve-jerseys-but-nobody-will-say-why/

 

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