Q&A Feedback

Thanks for everything. Worth every penny and minute of time. I did have some trouble hearing time to time. Probably the mic levels. Especially when Jeff asked questions.

Don’t think I missed the water spilling on your part. Just sayin.

It was my first event and I had a blast. Thanks again to everyone involved for making yesterday happen.

Yeah, it was hard to hear sometimes, but I think that was more a product of some people being better with the mic than others. I could hear Jack, Tony, Matthew, and Dave perfectly fine. Jeff and Tom kinda mumbled a little and Kingston was kinda yelling.

I really like the venue with this one and I think we should stick with it. Worked out very well IMO. I also think the format went very smoothly.

I thought the whole thing seemed a little short, but times flies when your having fun and all that.

Somebody suggested nametags for the audience next time. I also think this is a good idea.

The format and the questions were excellent. Great job coming up with astute follow up questions on the fly as well.

Enjoyed the M’s management panel as well as the blogger Q&A.

Special shout-out to the two dudes seated behind me…one of whom began snoring profusely and the other of whom began to whine incessantly about the lack of baseball questions during the blog-panel…do everyone around you a favor and next time, don’t come.

But really, the whole pre-event question collecting, and having you guys choose the questions works far better than having audience members try and duke it out for the mic. Everyone can hear the questions being asked, the answers, etc. It ran a lot more smoothly than the other two I’d been to.

This is the first one I was able to attend so I don’t have anything to compare against it. I thought the questions being asked by the moderators was an excellent setup.

The only thing I would change is having laser light, fog, and music intro when the front office is introduced. I would pay an extra $10 a ticket for something like this.

Great stuff. Kudos to Dave, Derek, Jeff, Matthew, and Graham.

Matthew, on the other hand, was inspiring

did anyone ask if the FO reads USSM/LL with regularity?

It ran smoother, and I think having the blog discussion first works well especially since people are still arriving. Having the questions worked out in advance seems essential when it gets as big as this, though it would be cool if we had some off-the-list follow-up questions when an interesting tangent presents itself. That’s easier said than done, though, so I can’t really complain (and there was a bit of that, to be fair).

The FO part seemed shorter and a little less free-wheeling compared to last year, but I suspect that’s because it was Jack’s show this time. Last year it was just the guys under him, and they seemed a little more inclined to just sit around forever and shoot the breeze. But maybe the difference this year was mostly the absence of Carmen Fusco, who seemed to have no end of hilarious stories.

So that would be the one change I’d request for next year: more Carmen!

probably 50% of the Mariner fan base is outside King Co. and a great deal of them are outside the state of Washington. need to know if this hush hush thing is a slap in the face by this website or by the Seattle Mariner Baseball Club to this above mentioned fanbase..

But Benaroya Hall sounds like it would be a lot better than the room in the library as the seats are positioned so that people can see. That was one of the biggest problems with the library location.

Next time! (Maybe)

I might be able to make it next year!

I enjoyed the event immensely, but they really didn’t reveal anything juicy. It was really interesting and fun; I loved the way Zduriencik answered questions and some of the interaction that went on between the bloggers and the FO was amazing. The “if that’s Alan Nero, we’ll let you take that call right now… we’ll even take it for you!” bit was awesome. The most critical information they gave away was about stuff that already happened and isn’t that stunning in the first place, so the “keep it quiet” thing doesn’t make a ton of sense to me.

Graham should have definitely talked more, though, that was the most disappointing part.

Who’s had juicier stuff to tell their audience? Jack Zduriencik (and co.) or Bill Bavasi?