I was traveling in western PA last week, and the Pittsburgh sports radio station was heavily promoting the TWO-DAY Pirates Fan Fest coming up next month. From the Pirates site:
"PirateFest Highlights Include:
* Free autograph sessions with current and former Pirates players and coaches.
* Opportunity to purchase 2012 individual game tickets for the first time beginning Saturday, December 17 at 10 a.m.
* All attendees get a 2012 Pirates wall calendar, 2012 pocket schedule and PirateFest program.
* Q&A sessions with the players as well as "Ask Pirates Management" with Pirates President Frank Coonelly, Executive Vice President and General Manager Neal Huntington and Manager Clint Hurdle.
* The chance to join your favorite players in versions of Pirates "Minute to Win It" or "We Are Fam-A-Lee Feud", take on Pirates players in "Guitar Hero", play "Deal Or No Deal" and take part in Pierogie Eating Contests.
* Youth baseball clinics, Kids Fun Zone, inflatable rides, batting cages, carnival games and more!"
If a team like the Pirates can pull something like that off, there's no reason the Nats can't do the same...
All good except the pre-sale starting a week before Christmas. I guess some people will buy tix as Xmas gifts but most have their money tied up elsewhere.
