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DennisDubay
02-05-2007, 08:27 PM
What was the reason for the name change? I guess i missed this.
Yoda
02-05-2007, 08:42 PM
Mostly for marketing purposes. Lakeland has a lot of history in the aviation industry though. Check this out:

http://www.motownsports.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43900
hueytaxi
03-01-2007, 09:28 PM
Today's Ledger has an ad for our 1st Friday Downtown Lakeland Nights. In addition to the shops open late and an old car show, the Lakeland Tigers will be featured around the shops. (????)
whitecapwendy
03-01-2007, 09:36 PM
Today's Ledger has an ad for our 1st Friday Downtown Lakeland Nights. In addition to the shops open late and an old car show, the Lakeland Tigers will be featured around the shops. (????)
Nice, sounds like the community is going to get behind the team. I hope that brings some results in attendance.
209A12
03-01-2007, 10:11 PM
We couldn't make the meeting of the Fan Club on Weds. Any noteworthly annoucements?
NATE
03-01-2007, 11:19 PM
Today's Ledger has an ad for our 1st Friday Downtown Lakeland Nights. In addition to the shops open late and an old car show, the Lakeland Tigers will be featured around the shops. (????)

Does the ???? stand for no mention of "Flying" Tigers and/or that officially the 2007 Flying Tigers aren't yet determied?
hueytaxi
03-02-2007, 12:01 AM
My screw up...The Lakeland Flying Tigers are scheduled to be featured in the various downtown shops Friday night and subsequent 1st Fridays each month. My ???? was referencing who that might be at this early stage in ST. Sorry Shannon (LFT)!
fyrftrjim
03-02-2007, 07:33 AM
We couldn't make the meeting of the Fan Club on Weds. Any noteworthly annoucements?
They basically went over the weekly promotions, showed some of the new merchandise and went over the dates for the fan club's activities they have planned, forget the dates off the top of my head.
209A12
03-05-2007, 10:46 AM
Wow. 24.99 plus shipping for a LFT fitted lid.

http://shop.mlb.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=2187707&cp=2187707
redshark63
03-05-2007, 10:55 AM
Wow. 24.99 plus shipping for a LFT fitted lid.

http://shop.mlb.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=2187707&cp=2187707

Pretty standard price.
209A12
03-05-2007, 11:18 AM
Pretty standard price.

You're right. It's been a while since I shopped for a lid. My 3 Lakeland hats are now obsolete. And they want $24 for a t-shirt. Time to whip out the Visa.
redshark63
03-05-2007, 11:28 AM
You're right. It's been a while since I shopped for a lid. My 3 Lakeland hats are now obsolete. And they want $24 for a t-shirt. Time to whip out the Visa.

Thanks for pointing out the new lid being available. I have been checking for a while. Gotta update (add) the new lid to the collection.
hueytaxi
03-05-2007, 08:16 PM
Received this notice about 5 hours after ordering today...

Thank you for shopping at shop.mlb.com, your business is important
to us. We received your order XXXXXXXXXXXXXX, which included advanced sale
items that are unavailable for immediate shipment. Once the product
is available for processing, you will receive a new order
confirmation email. The following item(s) will be shipped when it is
in stock.


Item: 3576922
Description: LAL NE AU HOME 5950 07 CAP NAVY-HAT SIZE 7 1/2
Quantity: 1 @ $ 24.99
Shipping Method: Second Day
Arrival dependent upon the shipping method selected.
Deadshot
03-05-2007, 09:51 PM
I bought a jersey from there several months ago and still have no received it. Apparently it is on backorder, but I'm beginning to think it is permanent.
hueytaxi
03-05-2007, 10:56 PM
Shipping update just arrived:

This shipping address includes the following item(s):

Item: 3576922
Description: Lakeland Flying Tigers Authentic Home Fitted Cap, Navy, 7 1/2
Quantity: 1 @ $24.99
Shipping Method: DHL Second Day, (2-3 business days)
BACKORDER
Leaves warehouse in 2 - 4 weeks

Thanks again for shopping at shop.mlb.com.
Please visit our online Help area for answers to questions about your order.
Deadshot
03-06-2007, 08:35 PM
2-4 weeks was originally the story I got as well.
zimm
03-13-2007, 03:12 PM
Mostly for marketing purposes. Lakeland has a lot of history in the aviation industry though. Check this out:

http://www.motownsports.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43900


i was at Joker Marchant for the first time last Saturday. we had to park way the heck out back, near some khaki colored storage buildings. we wondered if these had possibly been airport hangars, given that they had extremely wide sliding doors-the kind that would accomodate larger aircraft like bombers or transports. any idea?
whitecapwendy
03-13-2007, 04:11 PM
i was at Joker Marchant for the first time last Saturday. we had to park way the heck out back, near some khaki colored storage buildings. we wondered if these had possibly been airport hangars, given that they had extremely wide sliding doors-the kind that would accomodate larger aircraft like bombers or transports. any idea?
I believe I remember Roger mentioning that many of the buildings used to be hangars, so I would expect they were.
LkldDave
03-13-2007, 05:12 PM
i was at Joker Marchant for the first time last Saturday. we had to park way the heck out back, near some khaki colored storage buildings. we wondered if these had possibly been airport hangars, given that they had extremely wide sliding doors-the kind that would accomodate larger aircraft like bombers or transports. any idea?

Yes they were.
zimm
03-13-2007, 05:28 PM
Yes they were.

thanks for confirming my suspicions. any idea if they were civilian or military?
LkldDave
03-13-2007, 05:32 PM
Military
hueytaxi
03-13-2007, 06:14 PM
Lodwick Airfield (their management) had a contract with the USAAC to train pilots at the current site in Tigertown. I think over 4000 pilots came through Lakeland during WWII. The concrete strip separating the MLB field from the minors was one of several active runways. Three hangers remain today that are used by the city for park maintenance and also for entertainment purposes. Original CB dorms are used for the minor league players. We also raced sports cars on the complex in the 70's when we could afford the insurance without a national organization backing us.
zimm
03-13-2007, 06:42 PM
Lodwick Airfield (their management) had a contract with the USAAC to train pilots at the current site in Tigertown. I think over 4000 pilots came through Lakeland during WWII. The concrete strip separating the MLB field from the minors was one of several active runways. Three hangers remain today that are used by the city for park maintenance and also for entertainment purposes. Original CB dorms are used for the minor league players. We also raced sports cars on the complex in the 70's when we could afford the insurance without a national organization backing us.
thanks for the great background info Hueytaxi. i had suspected that they were a WWII training site. i must as smart as i think i am...:happy:

i'm glad to have been a part of the Tiger's Lakeland history last Suturday (i was one of the record 9,100+ in attendance)
hueytaxi
03-13-2007, 06:56 PM
thanks for the great background info Hueytaxi. i had suspected that they were a WWII training site. i must as smart as i think i am...:happy:

i'm glad to have been a part of the Tiger's Lakeland history last Suturday (i was one of the record 9,100+ in attendance)I've been there with 8,700+ and while I appreciate the support of our Tigers, I'm glad I wasn't there. Traffic leaving Joker must have been a total logjam. Even on non game days, you have trouble getting into downtown with increased traffic and Lakeshore closed for repairs.