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OFFNY Hangout Grand Counsel

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9 hours ago, section18 said:

 

Does Anyone On Here With Close Connections To Ownership?

 

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I got free season tickets for the 2009 season for being "Fan of the Game" on the final weekend of the 2008 season. 

I was also been allowed onto the field during batting practice in a game against the Indians in 2011 for one of the numerous other times in which I was selected as "Fan of the Game." 

 

That's about as far as it goes for me. 

 

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9 hours ago, section18 said:

If anyone on here has close ties with anyone in the FO or with ownership please reply.  I know someone and will try to call them today. Anything positive would be great right now. Signing Lance Lynn and Mike Moustakas would change a lot of fans outlook.  Is anything close? Ticket renewals and FanFest time is near.  We need to hear something positive! Not out of town rumors.  Straight from the top! If only two respond that's okay.  If I reach my source I will respond later.

Send a PM to Roy Firestone.  He's connected.

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47 minutes ago, OFFNY said:

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I got free season tickets for the 2009 season for being "Fan of the Game" on the final weekend of the 2008 season. 

I was also been allowed onto the field during batting practice in a game against the Indians in 2011 for one of the numerous other times in which I was selected as "Fan of the Game." 

 

That's about as far as it goes for me. 

 

o

That's a pretty generous prize!  I had no idea those winners actually got anything. I thought it was a braggin' rights thing with maybe some small prize. Was it because it was the last weekend or because attendance was pretty poor at that time?

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4 hours ago, spiritof66 said:

So far as I can tell, those who have "close ties" with ownership constitute a pretty small club. John Angelos, Lou Angelos and Brady apparently aren't responding.

It's hard to imagine that anyone in the Orioles organization doesn't understand the terrible position they're in, both on the playing field (so far --  it's still 2 1/2 months until opening day) and as a public relations matter. Coming off a  late-season swoon and a last-place finish. Virtually nothing done to improve (other than by subtraction) a starting rotation that was dead last in the ML in ERA and WHIP, and last in the AL in innings pitched. Attendance 23rd in MLB. Continuing complete inaction, with no apparent plan -- ever -- to realize on Manny's value,, and so far failing to conclude a trade for Manny because their demands exceeded the rvalue of a one-year rental. Taking the same head-in-the-sand approach with Schoop. An unwillingness to rebuild (or even to discuss that possibility), with no announced (or apparently, unannounced) strategy other than to say that last year's last-place team plans to be competitive.

Does anyone in the Warehouse need to be told that, as of the 12th of January, this team is  real bad and that its fans are, let's say, not overly optimistic about what lies ahead?

On the bright side, if they were the worst in ERA and WHIP, it's a good thing that they didn't pitch more innings.  :)

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10 hours ago, section18 said:

If anyone on here has close ties with anyone in the FO or with ownership please reply.  I know someone and will try to call them today. Anything positive would be great right now. Signing Lance Lynn and Mike Moustakas would change a lot of fans outlook.  Is anything close? Ticket renewals and FanFest time is near.  We need to hear something positive! Not out of town rumors.  Straight from the top! If only two respond that's okay.  If I reach my source I will respond later.

I'm sorry, but I really don't believe this. 

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1 hour ago, OFFNY said:

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I got free season tickets for the 2009 season for being "Fan of the Game" on the final weekend of the 2008 season. 

I was also been allowed onto the field during batting practice in a game against the Indians in 2011 for one of the numerous other times in which I was selected as "Fan of the Game." 

 

That's about as far as it goes for me. 

 

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23 minutes ago, Orsulak4Prez said:

 

That's a pretty generous prize!  I had no idea those winners actually got anything. I thought it was a braggin' rights thing with maybe some small prize. Was it because it was the last weekend, or because attendance was pretty poor at that time?

 

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It was because it was the last weekend of the season, although the prize has evolved over the years.

It used to be that in the final weekend series, they gave free season ticket plans that escalated with each game. So if you go "Fan of the Game" on the 3rd-to-last game you got a 13-game plan, if you got it in the 2nd-to-last game you got a 29-game plan, and if you got it in the final game you got the full 81-game plan.

 

When I got "Fan of the Game" in 2010 (on the final weekend of the season) I got free tickets to Opening Day in 2011, plus 4 free tickets to a game of my choice in which all 4 of us were allowed onto the field for batting practice before the game. I gave my 3 extra tickets to Trade Angelos plus another man and his girlfriend here on the OH. 

 

Also, if you get "Fan of the Game" at any other time during the season, you get a very generous batch from them. They come to your seat and give you a giant box of Orioles memorabilia goodies (jerseys, batting helmets, yearbooks, bobbleheads, autographed baseballs, etc.), plus the entire row that you are sitting in gets a free giant pretzel from Noah's. One time I was the only person that was sitting in my row, so they gave the free pretzels to everybody in the row behind me.

 

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14 minutes ago, OFFNY said:

 

 

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It was because it was the last weekend of the season, although the prize has evolved over the years.

It used to be that in the final weekend series, they gave free season ticket plans that escalated with each game. So if you go "Fan of the Game" on the 3rd-to-last game you got a 13-game plan, if you got it in the 2nd-to-last game you got a 29-game plan, and if you got it in the final game you got the full 81-game plan.

 

When I got "Fan of the Game" in 2010 (on the final weekend of the season) I got free tickets to Opening Day in 2011, plus 4 free tickets to a game of my choice in which all 4 of us were allowed onto the field for batting practice before the game. I gave my 3 extra tickets to Trade Angelos plus another man and his girlfriend here on the OH. 

 

Also, if you get "Fan of the Game" at any other time during the season, you get a very generous batch from them. They come to your seat and give you a giant box of Orioles memorabilia goodies (jerseys, batting helmets, yearbooks, bobbleheads, autographed baseballs, etc.), plus the entire row that you are sitting in gets a free giant pretzel from Noah's. One time I was the only person that was sitting in my row, so they gave the free pretzels to everybody in the row behind me.

 

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5 hours ago, phillyOs119 said:

A clear plan is all I ask for.

When there are two sons, a manager and a vp of baseball operations standing between the owner the the GM (executive vp of baseball operations), a plan is the last thing you should expect.

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40 minutes ago, Number5 said:

On the bright side, if they were the worst in ERA and WHIP, it's a good thing that they didn't pitch more innings.  :)

Good point, I guess. I can remember quite a few times when I thought they were left in for an inning or two too many.  :D

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11 hours ago, section18 said:

If anyone on here has close ties with anyone in the FO or with ownership please reply.  I know someone and will try to call them today. Anything positive would be great right now. Signing Lance Lynn and Mike Moustakas would change a lot of fans outlook.  Is anything close? Ticket renewals and FanFest time is near.  We need to hear something positive! Not out of town rumors.  Straight from the top! If only two respond that's okay.  If I reach my source I will respond later.

I am glad nobody on here has connections with ownership. If I did, I would be telling him to blow the team up and get something back for Manny.

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What is the upside and downside to letting fans and other teams know exactly what our plans are?

Does it help with our trading Machado? I don't think so.

Does it help with our ability to acquire free agents? Maybe if we are all in...maybe not otherwise.

I just don't see why people are all upset with not knowing exactly their plans.

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