COMING OUT SWINGING; EARLY BIRDS BRAVE DRIZZLE TO GET JETHAWKS TICKETS.Byline: Romy Jacobson Daily News Staff Writer Get ready to sing ``Take Me Out to the Ball Game'': Tickets for the JetHawks' 1998 season went on sale Saturday morning. The JetHawks, California League The California League is a minor league baseball league which operates throughout the state of California. Before 2002, it was classified as a "High-A" league, indicating its status as a Class A league with the highest level of competition within that classification, and the fifth affiliate of the Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. The Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Mariners have played in Safeco Field. , will open their third season with a six-day homestand beginning April 2. Wanting to ensure that they had first dibs on tickets, four die-hard JetHawks fans ignored Friday's rain and camped out in front of the ticket office overnight, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. JetHawks public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most manager Bruce Battle. ``A father and son had a tent. They had a radio and a kerosene kerosene or kerosine, colorless, thin mineral oil whose density is between 0.75 and 0.85 grams per cubic centimeter. A mixture of hydrocarbons, it is commonly obtained in the fractional distillation of petroleum as the portion boiling off lamp for heat and camped on the lawn,'' Battle said. ``Two brothers with lawn chairs had sleeping bags and a radio.'' By the time ticket booths opened at 9 a.m., more than 100 people were waiting to purchase tickets, according to Battle. ``It's less than last year, but it's fairly good,'' Battle said. ``We are happy with the turnout.'' Though there was a 45-minute to one-hour wait to purchase tickets, the line was shorter. ``It's not much of a line this year,'' said Quartz Hill resident Phil Tanner while waiting in line with his 13-year-old son, Brian. ``Last year it was way out there in the parking lot.'' ``This is a lot better than last year because last year we got sunburned sun·burn n. Inflammation or blistering of the skin caused by overexposure to direct sunlight. tr. & intr.v. sun·burned or sun·burnt , sun·burn·ing, sun·burns To affect or be affected with sunburn. ,'' added Tanner, who purchased tickets for the April 5 game against the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes are a minor league baseball team in Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA. They are a "high-A" class team in the California League, and have been a farm team of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim since 2001. , California League affiliate of the San Diego Padres, which falls on Brian's birthday. ``He's bringing all his friends with him.'' ``I go to a lot of games,'' said Harry Eberling, who is retired from the Navy and has lived in the Antelope Valley since 1966. ``I take my grandkids.'' ``I'm a baseball nut. My favorite sport is baseball,'' Eberling said. The ticket office is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. The stadium is located at 2400 W. Ave. I. For ticket information, call (805) 726-5400. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1-2--Color) Brian Tanner, 13, and his dad, Phil Tanner, of Quartz Hill wait outside the stadium to buy JetHawks baseball tickets, above. Dozens of people came out Saturday, the first day of sales, right. Romy Jacobson/Daily News |
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