VEB Day 2010 v2.0
by RiverRat on Feb 5, 2010 6:25 PM EST
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PrintWell, after doing a preliminary poll in the previous Fanpost, the top 3 dates are offered for us to finalize a gathering this year. It has been suggested that we go for a block of tickets in the bleachers, and indakind has volunteered (sucker) to do the leg work for this. There is a minimum of 25 tickets to get a group rate, so we will need to finalize a date, and then figure out the logistics for getting the tickets reserved.
That's really all I have for right now.
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I am going to have to vote for the A's game
because I have plans to run on the 3rd, and I might not be alive after that.
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
no, I am running a 10K
with a serious incline about half way through, I am not crazy enough to run for mayor
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
I've got to get ready for a marathon next year, so difficult is good
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
26 miles dude!
that’s freakin crazy heh
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Feb 6, 2010 12:47 AM EST up reply actions
i could/would do it
if it was an all-nighter party, where you stopped every mile at a bar for a beer.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
26 beers, might have to start in the morning
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Feb 6, 2010 1:09 AM EST up reply actions
depends on time of year/location
it’s much cooler at night, and they say to watch your alcohol intake in the heat
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
do you blame me for worrying about heat stroke?
i’m drinking 26 beers!
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I am not a sucker
I have been to the previous 2 VEB days and while it was great to meet up after the game, I think it would be really cool to have everyone sitting together. Otherwise I end up talking stats to the people around me and they think I am crazy.
That being said, I might not be able to attend the July 3 game so I hope we pick the 6/19 game. Furthermore, the 7/3 game will be a logistical nightmare due to the fact that the VP Fair will be going on downtown. Everything would be more expensive for that game because of the Fair too, including parking, hotels, food and drink.
"I learned a long time ago if you keep checking your stats all year, you're going to end up in the toilet." - Chris Carpenter, 2009.
I know
Being in town makes it easy for me to do it. It’s really not that big of a deal to organize the group pricing. It would make the day more fun if we can all sit together and compare spreadsheets.
"I learned a long time ago if you keep checking your stats all year, you're going to end up in the toilet." - Chris Carpenter, 2009.
by indakind on Feb 6, 2010 2:46 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
we have to bring spreadsheets?
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
and pocket protectors
"I learned a long time ago if you keep checking your stats all year, you're going to end up in the toilet." - Chris Carpenter, 2009.
I have some extra calculators if anyone needs one
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Feb 6, 2010 4:20 PM EST up reply actions
no quadratic equation on these ones
but they have algebra and trigonometry functions
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Feb 6, 2010 5:35 PM EST up reply actions
Not if you code a QuadForm program into your TI-83+
…I did.
Also did a Mohr’s Circle program for Stress/Strain diagrams, haha
Note: Above comment may contain gratuitous amounts of sarcasm.
BOYCOTT HASS AVOCADOS
You guys are twisted individuals.
You're the fail to my win?
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Feb 18, 2010 10:09 AM EST up reply actions
but, but
there are calculations to be made
I'm gonna need a whole lot more franklins if Franklin is our closer this year
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Feb 18, 2010 1:01 PM EST up reply actions
If you were told there would be no math, you recieved incorrect information.
"What's your favorite Chuck Palahniuk book?"
"I like the one about the alienated character who finds the socially unacceptable way of coping with modernity."
I think the next VEB T-shirt should just be a giant spread sheet
With the stat’s of the 2009 season.
by FlimtotheFlam on Feb 8, 2010 12:13 PM EST up reply actions
now, which stats are included?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
i think that'd be best.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Numbers on a t-shirt
This is probably way too geeky and too much of an inside joke, but you could do a small spreadsheet with maybe 3 hitters and 3 pitchers with 5 or 6 stat columns each. For the hitters, maybe include BA, HR, RBI, wOBA, O-Swing %, and VORP, but cross out the first 3 columns. Same thing for the pitchers using Wins, Saves, ERA, K/9, BABIP, and xFIP. (Stat options are open for debate.)
Not really relevant, but cool nonetheless – I was watching Food Channel last night, Man versus Food, and the host needed to consume a 5 pound loaded hamburger from the 7th inning stretch until the end of the game for the challenge (it was at a minor league stadium in W. Michigan, Fifth Third Field). When he put away the last little bit just before the final out, he received a t-shirt with the team & contest graphics on the front and a large-print nutritional information panel on the back (of the burger, not him, although that would be cool as well).
I was reading about how countless species are being pushed toward extinction by man's destruction of forests. Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. - Calvin, Scientific Progress Goes "Boink", Watterson
Clarification
Don’t just cross out the first three columns, make it look like they were scribbled out and write “NOT IMPORTANT” next to them.
I was reading about how countless species are being pushed toward extinction by man's destruction of forests. Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. - Calvin, Scientific Progress Goes "Boink", Watterson
I don't know what the status is on t-shirt development,
but I think “I’m in the best shape of my life” needs to be included somehow.
by WyoCardsFan on Feb 16, 2010 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
I am fine with the other 2 dates
but not 7/3
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Feb 5, 2010 7:47 PM EST up reply actions
Me too
I might be able to swing the 7/3 game but I really have no desire to be downtown during the VP Fair.
"I learned a long time ago if you keep checking your stats all year, you're going to end up in the toilet." - Chris Carpenter, 2009.
by indakind on Feb 6, 2010 2:49 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I think the VP fair
has to make 7/3 a no go day. Hotels will be at a premium, downtown will be insane. But that’s just me. 6/19 is the only option for me.
* is an Asshat
Also, Dave Concepcion.
We couldn't get 25 people to commit last year
which made getting a block of tickets difficult because who wants to pay for 25 tickets up front when you’re only going to get 15 paid for in advance, thus risking having to scalp 10 tickets or getting stuck for $200 or so? I will commit to a ticket(s) as soon as I see how many are going and whether the weekend is going to work for me or my wife to be away from home.
I’m all for the June date, as I have the entire month of June off as it is already, due to my first child arriving around mid-March (my wife gets 12 weeks of paid leave, so I’m taking off a 6 week stretch when she goes back to work). I should be able to finagle a trip down for the weekend in June, but the weekend in July works for me too, just not the weekend of the 4th, which is a really bad idea for anyone who doesn’t live in St. Louis (just my opinion). Hell, maybe my 3 month old daughter will get her first look at Busch that weekend too!
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
Yup
we’re trying to do the “buy first house, get married, have first kid, have second kid” thing done within 2 years time I guess….lol.
We bought our first house May 1st, 2009, got married June 27th, 2009, and our daughter is due on March 18th, 2010. So, I guess you could say that we’re on schedule……..
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
It's actually been really fun...
I’m not one to have a lot of leisure time, I like to stay busy. All this work has been keeping me really busy the last 18 months since we got engaged and it’s been a really fun ride!
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
I am kind of the same way.
Like spants said congratulations but a ClemsonGirl translator: BABY!= Congratulations!
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Sounds like my life
I got married in 2003 but the rest happened really quickly. We bought our first house in March 2007, first child Jackson in May 2007, then daughter in October 2008. The only part that was stressful were the pregnancies. Women are crazy anyway but they get extra crazed when carrying future Cardinals fans.
"I learned a long time ago if you keep checking your stats all year, you're going to end up in the toilet." - Chris Carpenter, 2009.
By the way
Congratulations on the baby…good luck with the last month and a half of the pregnancy.
"I learned a long time ago if you keep checking your stats all year, you're going to end up in the toilet." - Chris Carpenter, 2009.
We birth your children and still can't get no respect.
Forget it, spants. It's Chinatown. - tom s.
by spants on Feb 9, 2010 4:12 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Au contraire
I have respect for all women including my wife. She even admits that she was crazy during her pregnancies.
Do you not believe that men are crazy? The thought processes of men and women are so different. Most of the women I know think that men are batshit crazy.
"I learned a long time ago if you keep checking your stats all year, you're going to end up in the toilet." - Chris Carpenter, 2009.
I was just messing around.
I think people are crazy in general.
Forget it, spants. It's Chinatown. - tom s.
congrats!
Our Five year plan turned into a 2 yr plan….oops
Married October 2007, Bought house June 2007, Baby boy (see right—→) born November 2009. No plans for anymore kids. I’ve always said I only wanted one and the Mrs said that, then wanted another one after he was born, but now thinks she just wants one again…only 17 years and 9 months until I can kick him out of the house!
Blaine Matthew Burns: Albert Pujols' biggest fan (his first words will for sure be "Albert Pujols is RIDICULOUS")
We decided early on that 2 was going to be our number
and that we’d like to have them be within a year of each other if possible, and no later than two years apart.
Our current house, which we love but needs some work, will easily accommodate a family of four and will easily be affordable even if one of us were to lose their job in the near or distant future. That will allow us to save more money for our retirement and their college education, while we’ll still be able to travel for family vacations a couple of times a year.
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
the five year plan
was supposed to help with the money factor…oops
my wife’s sister had 2 kids in less than 2 years, but didn’t exactly plan it that way. good luck with all that, but I don’t think I could handle it. plus I put on almost as much weight as she did, so I’m sure my body wouldn’t like it much either.
Blaine Matthew Burns: Albert Pujols' biggest fan (his first words will for sure be "Albert Pujols is RIDICULOUS")
'Fraid I doubt I can make it over for any of them
I’m hoping to be in the US sometime in May, though, so if anyone in StL wants to catch a game then with a tourist, well, I’ll let you know what dates it’ll be…
RELEASE THE CENTIQUID!!!!
6/19
day before my 30th bday. Anybody want to see a melt down of epic proportions, vote this.
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
hahaha i knew you'd be on board.
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
Awesome
That will make it even more fun. I can make fun of you for being so young and dumb and you can make fun of Chitown and I for being old farts.
"I learned a long time ago if you keep checking your stats all year, you're going to end up in the toilet." - Chris Carpenter, 2009.
I really enjoy epic meltdowns
:::Searches for a way to change vote:::
Damn.
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
strippers, midgets and hopefully midget strippers.
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
I'm sure those things can be found in Sauget
and if not maybe Brooklyn, IL.
"I learned a long time ago if you keep checking your stats all year, you're going to end up in the toilet." - Chris Carpenter, 2009.
NM - There is a bout that night.
6/19 – Stunt Devils vs. Smashinistas
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
I'll be in town for that Mariners series
earlier in the week. Here’s hoping I can just stay through the weekend and blow off a whole week.
Guys like Bradley are exactly why we can't have a pumpkin patch anymore.
by liam on Feb 8, 2010 1:27 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
You've been there the last two years
You have got to keep the streak going.
"I learned a long time ago if you keep checking your stats all year, you're going to end up in the toilet." - Chris Carpenter, 2009.
so
looks like I’ll keep 6/19 open
I'm gonna need a whole lot more franklins if Franklin is our closer this year
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Feb 16, 2010 9:36 PM EST reply actions
Looks like 21 votes for the 19th
can we come up with 25 commitments for tickets?
* is an Asshat
Also, Dave Concepcion.
That is the question
If people want to email me at nchlebowski at hotmail dot com I will make a list. If we can come up with 25 commitments I will get to work on the group discount.
"I learned a long time ago if you keep checking your stats all year, you're going to end up in the toilet." - Chris Carpenter, 2009.
Can you email me with your personal info
That way I can create a list that isn’t just VEB usernames.
"I learned a long time ago if you keep checking your stats all year, you're going to end up in the toilet." - Chris Carpenter, 2009.
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