Jacobs gets a nice assist on this one
A 77-year-old Boston Bruins fan has revealed that the team gave her tickets for life when she said she couldn’t afford them anymore.
According to The Boston Globe, Marge Bishop of Gloucester, Mass., has had front row seats for the Bruins since the late 1960s. Bishop, who worked in customer service for Tupperware for years, and her husband, who works in construction, decided they couldn’t afford their tickets when prices of their seats went from $73 to $90 in 2004.
Because Bishop was known around the rink - Zamboni drivers knew her by name because she gave them chocolates between periods - the Bruins asked whether she would be willing to move to cheaper seats, but she declined.
Then she received a call from the son of owner Jeremy Jacobs, Charlie Jacobs.
According to The Globe, Jacobs asked her to join the season-ticket advisory board.
Even though the renewal window had closed, he made sure her tickets weren’t released to the public. So, the Bishops stuck with them.
When the 2006-2007 season came around and the tickets went from $90 to $150, that was it. Bishop said they were done.
But Jacobs stepped in again, inviting her to a behind-the scenes tour of TD Garden. He showed her his plastic card that allowed him access to all games and areas of the arena.
“He could go to any game he wanted at any time,” Bishop said.
“At first I didn’t know why he was showing me it.”
Then Jacobs gave her her own card.
“It was the most unbelievable gesture,” Bishop said. “People just don’t do things like that.”
She kept the gesture to herself for years but finally decided she wanted the world to know about Jacobs’ generosity.
“I’m just a regular person, and I’ve been given this remarkable once-in-a-lifetime gift,” Bishop said. “It’s incredible. It’s the most remarkable story.”
Running sausages
The Milwaukee Brewers are celebrating the Klement’s Famous Racing Sausages debut 20 years ago.
The team is holding a pregame ceremony before today’s game against the Chicago Cubs.
The race will feature the original three sausages: The Bratwurst, The Italian and The Polish. The Hot Dog and The Chorizo will hold the finish line.
The race began as a scoreboard animation in the early 1990s with just The Bratwurst, The Polish and The Italian running toward Milwaukee County Stadium against a backdrop of the city of Milwaukee. In June 1993, they introduced the costumes and made the race live action at Milwaukee County Stadium.
Later in the 1990s, The Hot Dog joined the race. The Chorizo was added in 2007.
Hurling insults
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick threw out the first pitch at a San Francisco Giants game last week,and it was clocked at 87 mph.
Wrote Reggie Hayes of The News-Sentinel in Fort Wayne, Ind.: “Kaepernick was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 2009 but chose to go into professional sports instead.”
Quote of the day
“We’re going ‘Howlywood.’ ” - Arkansas State Athletic Director Terry Mohajir on scheduling a football game between the Red Wolves and Southern California for the 2015 season
Sports, Pages 18 on 06/27/2013