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August 8th: Come To The Event!

USSM has all of the details. Man, it's easy to publicize a get-together after somebody else has already written a post about it. Way to exert yourself, Dave. Donations are optional :wink: :wink: and in no way mandatory :wink: but I promise one free Graham smile* for everyone who chips in an additional $5 on top of the ticket fee to help facilitate both Dave and my flying in from out of town. Bloggers may be rich in women and richer in respect, but we're not rich in money, or in anything that could feasibly be exchanged for money. Except for the women, I guess, but a lot of people get all uppity over that sort of thing. 

M's/Rays, August 8th, and a pre-game chat with a bunch of really important and good-looking people. Pay up. You'll love it.

*may resemble a smirk

Star-divide

We'll talk about organizing LL softball as the weekend approaches.

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Women may also be exchaged for camels.

What, not the Griffey bobblehead night?

by NOLAmarinergirl on Jun 11, 2009 12:13 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm not sure how you can claim you guys aren't rich in money.

I’m sure you all save a ton of money on rent, seeing as how your parents probably don’t charge you for living in the basement.

Also, I may be able to make this one. I’ll have to see what I can do.

Awaiting the day I catch a Russell Branyan foul ball. I will make love to it.
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997

by JLProck on Jun 11, 2009 12:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hmm...

Is it sad that between this, my 10 year high school reunion, and a memorial gathering for my grandfather, I wish to attend this the most?

by Omerta on Jun 11, 2009 12:17 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Similar boat for me.

10-year reunion, blessing for my niece, or this. Hmmmm. Which should I choose?

Awaiting the day I catch a Russell Branyan foul ball. I will make love to it.
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997

by JLProck on Jun 11, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

She won't even know I wasn't there either.

Funny how you don’t remember much from when you were a month old.

Awaiting the day I catch a Russell Branyan foul ball. I will make love to it.
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997

by JLProck on Jun 11, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That stuff is always just about the parents wanting praise for how cute their child looks

as if they’ll need an excuse to bore you with the details for the next 8 years.

by Matthew on Jun 11, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I constantly find myself regretting the fact that it doesn't cost my sister money to send me texts.

I mean, how many times can you take the same picture of something that doesn’t even move on its own yet and then send every single version of that picture to your entire family?

Awaiting the day I catch a Russell Branyan foul ball. I will make love to it.
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997

by JLProck on Jun 11, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd only want to see maybe 4-5 people.

And those people probably aren’t even going. So, no real draw to go.

Awaiting the day I catch a Russell Branyan foul ball. I will make love to it.
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997

by JLProck on Jun 11, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Especially 10 year reunions.

Unless you like re-living the cliques as established in high school. They remain intact at 10 years— 15 not so much, and 20th plus, pretty much breaking down.

by msb on Jun 11, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I stopped giving a shit about everyone I went to HS with

(at least people that I wasn’t still close friends with) about five minutes after I graduated.

by acblue on Jun 11, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ath the $20 donation level,

Matthew will generate a heat map of your choosing and personally autograph it!

by Matthew on Jun 11, 2009 12:18 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

?!?!

I am considering donating $20 even though I’m not attending the event to see a heat map of pitches thrown to Jose Lopez in 2008

by seattlebruin on Jun 11, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

One 24-hour day or one drinking session?

Doesn’t seem that six dogfish in 24 hours is that much of a challenge.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Jun 11, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If consumed over 24 hours that just means a well-sustained buzz

a big buzz, but still. That’s why I’m trying to nail down the definition of “day”.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Jun 11, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How is it that Robert posted this nearly two hours ago

yet it only has one rec? As good of a reason as it might be to support the people who give tremendous amounts of their time for our benefit, this is the easily the greatest reason to give money.

by katal on Jun 11, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh wait

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Jun 11, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Naturaly, my schedule has me flying to Prudhoe Bay on the 7th.

I never get to go to these. What’s even more frustrating is that I will be in Seattle that week anyway visiting friends.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Jun 11, 2009 12:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

You know what?

Fuck it. Great post. Let’s make a deal right now. You want to post something, you email me first. I’ll tell you when you’re being stupid or over the top, and you can tell me when you’re going to get off of my lawn.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by Robert on Jun 11, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions   2 recs

Jeez you guy enough with this junior high OT nonsense

This is a baseball blog. Nobody cares about this crap.

by Poochie on Jun 11, 2009 1:44 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Would love to be able to make it

but it’s so not going to happen, still I’ll happily to donate to the event cause.

Between these two blogs there sure can’t be as much high-quality independent coverage of a sports team that rivals this elsewhere.

by MarkE on Jun 11, 2009 2:08 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I have a question:

Is this event likely to fill up in the near future?

Because I want to go and my schedule may even permit the day-trip down to Seattle, but I won’t know till July sometime. So is it reasonable to expect spaces to remain available that longm or should I just get a ticket now and hope I’m able to attend?

by Vatinius on Jun 11, 2009 2:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Wait

You should probably be okay. We’re at ~70 right now (assuming there isn’t a big group that bought tickets but didn’t fill out my form), and while I think we’ll end up between 200-300, I would imagine that if we sell all the tickets, it won’t be until closer to the August 4th deadline. I’d imagine there’s a lot of people like you that won’t be able to know for sure if they can go for a while.

When we start getting to ~50 tickets left, I’ll do a post at USSM that tells everyone that.

by davidcameron on Jun 11, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm totally going

And I’ll totally be drunk!

~The Official LookoutLanding Poster Who Dreams Of Doing Naughty Naughty Things To Russell Branyan~

by section331 on Jun 11, 2009 2:33 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Before you enter the conference, yes?

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Jun 11, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's a lot of drinking...

~The Official LookoutLanding Poster Who Dreams Of Doing Naughty Naughty Things To Russell Branyan~

by section331 on Jun 11, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Of course!f

Actually, I’ll probably just have a beer, because, well, it’ll be a day that ends in “y”.

~The Official LookoutLanding Poster Who Dreams Of Doing Naughty Naughty Things To Russell Branyan~

by section331 on Jun 11, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

because that'll sway her opinion

“Hey honey, random people on the internet liked this! You will love it!”

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Jun 11, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is what I could find.

Here.

I was actually surprised at the number of females (probably a 15-1 ratio, but still, I was expecting like 1 chick total). I think most of them were girlfriends though.

If that’s the case those are some hella lucky boyfriends.

by katal on Jun 11, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

KILL IT WITH FIRE

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Jun 11, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ummm, I mean I'm sure she's very nice.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Jun 11, 2009 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I actually don't understand the mindset.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Jun 11, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The only woman I've dated that liked a different team is now rooting against that team almost nightly.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Jun 11, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's a lot of fun.

I’ve had two Mariner-fan girlfriends.

angels fan in seattle

by Eyebrows on Jun 11, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Plug

If you’re on the fence about going, take it from someone who is not in charge of either USSM or Lookout Landing – these events are always incredible. The special guests are always worthwhile, you come away with a lot of “insider” information & a better perspective of how your favorite team is run, and it’s always fun to put faces to the names that you see on the blogs. The fact that for the price you’re paying you get a ticket to the game is just icing. If the USSM/LL events were all the money you spent on baseball each year, it would be a solid investment. Do it, and offer a donation to the admins too.

by katal on Jun 11, 2009 3:33 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Fuck you all yet another one I'm stuck on the east coast for.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Jun 11, 2009 3:46 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Although I'm pretty I offended everyone I met last time I came out, so maybe it's for the best.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Jun 11, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why can't you people ever do these on my off days?

The Rise of a Superstar:Justin Upton-.422 wOBA, 21 years old.

by Goose on Jun 11, 2009 3:49 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Same here - I'd love for some softball in late June or July (which would be my first LL event as well, Z)

I also already bought my tickets from USSM today, so I’m good to go! Can’t wait for the event.

by Decatur on Jun 11, 2009 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

300 people?

Wow, that’s pretty insane. I think the local committee that puts together Korean Heritage Night at AT&T Park doesn’t even get 300 people to buy their tickets.

And you get to meet members of your favorite team’s front office, all for the small price of having to be around Jeff, Matthew, Graham, DMZ and Dave Cameron? My first thought was “Hey, that sounds interesting, I maybe should go…” before all that “work” and “money” and “distance” crap came back in my mind.

Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all

If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.

by baetown415 on Jun 11, 2009 11:25 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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