2nd Annual VEB Day At The Ballpark
by Alxfritz on Mar 26, 2009 8:43 PM EDT
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Hola Viva El Birdos,
The time has come to pick a weekend this year to put faces to screen names at thy olde haunting grounds of the home team nine. Those who partook in pleasantries and beers at the Broadway Oyster Bar during the summer of ought eight will hopefully confirm that this here blog is composed of mighty fine folks, most of whom could drink the rest of the internet under the proverbial table.
(As an aside, one of my favorite moments of last year's event was when a gentleman who described himself as a "VEB lurker" heard me talking about VEB and said "Oh yeah, isn't today supposed to be VEB day at the park?" I confirmed that it indeed was, and this whole table was full of anonymous comrades. To which he said, "Yeah, I really like that site. Except for Azz-Ruu-Vatahr. That guys a douche-bag.")
(I still hold out hope that was actually AZ, playing incognito.)
Anyhoo, enough with the meanderings, as it seems the new people to the site do not take kindly to verbose ramblings of nothingness, BLTs, or America; the time has come to pick a weekend for the 2nd Annual VEB Day At The Ballpark (which, in the spirit of ridiculous SABR acronyms, will henceforth be referred to as 2AVEBD@TB).
The leader in the clubhouse for 2AVEBD@TB (somehow leading before the first round even started...) is August the 15th. FlimtotheFlam beat the internets and figured out how to get free hotel rooms that night; the Cardinals will be taking on the Saint Diego Whale Vaginas that weekend, and I suspect there will be many a Padre fans at the game armed with pitchforks and sun tan oil as both David Freese and Khalil Greene are OPSing around 1.150 and Jim Edmonds and Mark Worrell are busy complementing themselves over appletinis at F15.
Other weekends which are intriguing for 2AVEBD@TB are:
June 6th v. the Rockies
June 27th v. the Twins
July 18th v. the D'Backs
August 29th v. the Nationals
But, since this is not a Blue Jays blog and we're all American here (I'm sure we're not, just go with it), lets do what our forefathers would have done and bomb Germany put it to a vote.
As always, the winner wins. A tie will be decided by a race around the world between everyone who reads this blog named Matt. There sure are a lot of those guys.
The poll will run until April 19th, upon which the winner shall be chosen and plans to be laid shall be laid. (That sounds weird.)
If participation is great enough, I'd be more than happy to look into getting some all-inclusive seats with others and really enjoy the eff out of the day.
And if the early leader of August 15th is declared champion, I would suggest looking into hotel rooms as the game will be started at... oh, you say it Mike Shannon:
"Gametime... 6:15!"
Thanks, Mike*.
And if you can't get a hotel room, you can crash at my place**.
Now get out there and lets make this the best, and least depressing, 2AVEBD@TB ever!
*My apologies for using the worst picture of Mike Shannon ever taken. Not only is he staring into my soul, but his face is melting. I'm going to have nightmares.
**Not you, though.
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August 15!
Like I really care, I am gonna go to it irregardless regardless of the date. I was at the game last year, but I could not find the Blue Oyster Bar (now I know why). I am hoping for better luck this time.
Now I better go start training for that race around the world. I hope it isn’t a footrace though, because I have already signed up Jackie Chan and the corpse of Jack Elam to be my co-pilots.
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
and....BEN SHEETS!!! **
**not that BEN SHEETS might be involved in this comment, just BEN SHEETS!!!
(BEN SHEETS might be involved in this comment)
by mattyfrommo on Mar 26, 2009 9:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I plan of using my invisible jet plane
well, technically it’s not mine, I’m borrowing it from somebody. Look out for Birds on the Matt, he could end up being a big sleeper pick.
by mattybobo on Mar 27, 2009 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
robots can be douchebags? who knew?
i really can’t crash on your couch?
BEN MOTHERHUSHYOURMOUTH SHEETS
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
by gdm426 on Mar 26, 2009 10:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
you are not allowed at the game
you can buy the beer after though
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
and....BEN SHEETS!!! **
**not that BEN SHEETS might be involved in this comment, just BEN SHEETS!!!
(BEN SHEETS might be involved in this comment)
by mattyfrommo on Mar 26, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The victory beer since he won't be there
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by jd is legend on Mar 26, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i almost forgot about my ban
keep me posted on where everyone’s meeting afterwords
BEN MOTHERHUSHYOURMOUTH SHEETS
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
by gdm426 on Mar 26, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
For some reason
I imagine you crashing on my couch and not leaving for three months.
hecanthithecanthithecanthithecanthit
by Alxfritz on Mar 26, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
and that would be a bad thing why?
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I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
by gdm426 on Mar 26, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Like the guy from Half Baked
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by jd is legend on Mar 26, 2009 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That warms my circuits.
I wish I’d been there for that. This year though I should be a go.
(I’ll wind up disappointing. I’m much less robotic in person.)
by azruavatar on Mar 26, 2009 10:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The same could be said about Khalil Greene
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by jd is legend on Mar 26, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How the hell do you know?
I’ve seen Blade Runner – I know how these things work.
Wake up, America!!!
by BTown Birds fan on Mar 26, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I voted for June 27, because I think a game vs. the Twins could be very intriguing
However, I should be game for any weekend except August 29, as class will be back in session. Hopefully airfare won’t be ridonkulous this summer. Hopefully we’ll have a winner on the field.
For someone who’s never been to Missouri, I sure am skeptical of that hotel deal for 8/15…
If we pick July 18th, that could be the date we get Troy Glaus back, at which point we could call it “It’s Like We Added An Impact Bat At The Deadline” Day.
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by jd is legend on Mar 26, 2009 10:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm all for
any of the KC games…already have tickets to all 3.
by stlfan on Mar 27, 2009 12:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I voted for July 18
I like the “..Added an Impact Bat at the Deadline” Day idea.
(Actually, I was already planning on going that weekend. It’s the only weekend all summer that four schedules (mine, 2 daughter’s, and the Cards) mesh.
Don’t know if I could make it Aug. 15, but that’d be a good time too.
by ArkansasTravs on Mar 27, 2009 1:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I voted August 15th...
It’s the only weekend I’d be able to make it this year. I’m in a wedding on June 6th, I get married on June 27th, riding Ragbrai on July 19th, so the 18th is out, and I’ve got college football plans on August 29th. Crazy busy summer ahead!!!
Also, if you signed up for Cardinals Nation, you can get two free tickets for the game on August 15th, as the club would be insane to block out any game with a team that’s bound to lose 100 games. I think the subscription is $20 or $30 for the season but you get discounts at the team store a couple of other places with it. I figure the two free tickets are worth around $30 anyway, so you might as well get the other amenities for free!
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
by fourstick on Mar 27, 2009 8:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What college football?
I didn’t think there were any games this year until the first weekend in September
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by jd is legend on Mar 27, 2009 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Private scrimmage
for my alma mater, Simpson College. I had a bunch of guys from my HS team play there in college, so we go down the weekend before the opener every year to watch the team play a full half as a scrimmage, then get wasted at Pete’s Pizza the rest of the afternoon. Good times!!!
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
by fourstick on Mar 27, 2009 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rockies!
If we choose the rockies date, there’s a 20% chance we will get to see Jason Marquis try to throw it by Albert…. that would be rofl-tastic
by mr banana grabber on Mar 27, 2009 12:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
August 15th works for me!
let me know where to sleep
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 27, 2009 3:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
my fingers are still crossed for Fritz's couch
i’m hoping my world famous guacamole recipe puts me over the edge
BEN MOTHERHUSHYOURMOUTH SHEETS
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
by gdm426 on Mar 27, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
heck
I’d sleep out on the patio furniture if it’s the middle of August!
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 27, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll sleep when I'm dead
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by jd is legend on Mar 27, 2009 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
true
I could just stay up all night and then go to the bus stop area and sit on a bench or whatever
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 27, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whomever recs this post next
can sleep on and/or underneath my deck!
hecanthithecanthithecanthithecanthit
by Alxfritz on Mar 27, 2009 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm sure you've tried both.
Which is more comfortable?
"Do what you want to the women and children but leave me alone"- George Carlin
by That's a Winner on Mar 27, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Amazingly, I've never found my self without conscious in my backyard.
But the couch on my sun porch was rated the St Louis Metro’s #1 napping spot in Midwest Nappers Monthly last September. That is, if such a fine publication existed.
hecanthithecanthithecanthithecanthit
by Alxfritz on Mar 27, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In for the 15th of August.
I even have a place people can sleep if they come from out of town and/or are smashed.
by rencelas on Mar 27, 2009 8:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
cool
let me know or send me an email, just might take you up on that! I will get some tickets…
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 29, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
me too!*
*offer only valid to hot girls with low/no morals.
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
by rocKStark5 on Mar 30, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What if I promise to bring home hot girls from the bar with low/no morals?
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by jd is legend on Mar 30, 2009 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
are there any other kind at bars?
BEN MOTHERHUSHYOURMOUTH SHEETS
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson
by gdm426 on Mar 30, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i don't see beauty
BEN MOTHERHUSHYOURMOUTH SHEETS
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson
by gdm426 on Mar 30, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
beauty is a light switch away
I also have a strict no fat chicks before 1am policy.
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
by rocKStark5 on Apr 2, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
July 18
is close to my birthday, so that was how I voted. As long as it’s not April, May, or September, I’ll be there. Crashing with Fritz or the vagrants downtown. Whichever will have me.
[Homer shows Bart "Wonderbat".]
Bart: Wow. How many home runs you gonna hit with that thing?
Homer: Let's see... We play thirty games. Ten at-bats a game. Mm...three thousand.
by boog on Mar 28, 2009 10:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
15th vs the Whale Vaginas!
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
by rocKStark5 on Mar 29, 2009 12:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of Edmonds
Can someone please go and change his main picture on wikipedia? There is way too much Cub on there for a guy who didn’t even play a full year there.
On with the (good) youth movement!
by aet15 on Mar 29, 2009 3:56 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
put one of him when he has his frosty tips!!
hollllllyyyywoooodddddd
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
by rocKStark5 on Mar 29, 2009 7:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
More people
If we get more people than last year (about a dozen) then we will need to find a bigger place than the Broadway Oyster Bar. It was a good time and I hope more people can make it this year.
by indakind on Mar 30, 2009 12:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i should definitly make it if it's august 15th
and pretty much any other date other than the 29th works for me too. minor-friendly (or at least accompanying) plans would be appreciated.
by stlcardinalsfang on Mar 30, 2009 6:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
sounds like that would require us to get a section at the ballpark
or just go to a restaurant?
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 30, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
or as fritz mentioned
just ponying up if enough people sign on and getting an all-inclusive part of the ballpark.
by stlcardinalsfang on Mar 30, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think it would be cool
maybe he should do some kind of signup sheet or something…
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 31, 2009 1:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey
You comin down for the game?
Also a friend of mine is a sales rep at the stadium, I can see if we can get a group rate or something if we have enough.
The all-inclusive areas are pretty nice, I do enjoy all the food and draft beer you can consume.
by madeintaiwan on Mar 31, 2009 2:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I will be coming down
I’ll need a place to stay though…. how much for the all-inclusive areas? since it will be aug. 15th I think I will have a lot of time to get the $ ready for that
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 31, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
For
The all-inclusive areas I think it really depends on which area you get
http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/stl/ticketing/allinclusive.jsp
Not sure what everyone is doing.
As for that night I am staying with the gf but you are welcome to join in, jk playa.
Haha anyways idk wassup with everyone.
by madeintaiwan on Apr 1, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sad day....
I voted July 18, simply because I’m gonna be there anyway, as my family does one big bash day at the ballpark and tries out one of the all inclusive areas. We’ve hit Legends (absolute money section), BoA (eh, decent, we were in the sun the whole game though) and this year we’re hitting the Champions Club.
Sadly, the day that’s winning, August 15, is also GenCon, which is a gaming thing that my brother goes to in Indianapolis and will be a fun weekend of brotherly bonding over beer and board games for me.
Oh well, I couldn’t have made June 6th if that was winning either (I never plan things out this far in advance, how is it that 40% of the dates are on the two weekends I actually DO have plans?)
Anyway, unless things drastically change, I’m out, which is too bad, because I’d love to stay anonymous the whole time and talk about how big of a douchebag azru is this year.
Just so I get it in anyway (and no, that wasn’t me last year, I think azru writes good stuff)
HOW DARE YOU KEEP FUTURE REDBIRDS ALIVE, YOU DOUCHEBAG!
by mtalken on Mar 31, 2009 11:22 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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