Author Topic: My Experience at Turner Field. (Read 12006 times)

heeman82 · « **Reply #50 on:** May 18, 2013, 06:47:02 pm »

Quote from: Copecwby20 on May 18, 2013, 01:17:55 pm

Are you coming with anyone else? How many? If I remember correctly, you were in the Marines right? If that's the case we need to go see Ray down behind the Nats dugout.... We'll probably be able to end up sitting behind the dugout if there are empty seats. Do you plan on getting down there early for Batting Practice..

Yeah man. One other guy will be with me, and we will show up when gates open to have some cold ones. Gonna
be there for FRi and Sat def, most likely Sunday as well. At least one game we plan on sitting in the outfield first row so we can heckle the freak out of outfielders

Smithian · « **Reply #51 on:** May 18, 2013, 07:04:04 pm »

This thread

heeman82 · « **Reply #52 on:** May 18, 2013, 08:59:50 pm »

UPDATE: I will be on deck for Nats @ ATL Sunday 6/2

Copecwby20 · « **Reply #53 on:** May 18, 2013, 09:09:47 pm »

As will I.... This will be epic practice for a weekend of debaucherous chop head trolling.

Copecwby20 · « **Reply #54 on:** May 18, 2013, 11:22:45 pm »

I actually have an extra ticket for that game if you want it. It's the same seat pictured above. I'll let it go for face, OR you can buy me a beer... either way...

Copecwby20 · « **Reply #55 on:** May 19, 2013, 01:21:16 am »

Quote from: heeman82 on May 18, 2013, 06:47:02 pm

Yeah man. One other guy will be with me, and we will show up when gates open to have some cold ones. Gonna
be there for FRi and Sat def, most likely Sunday as well. At least one game we plan on sitting in the outfield first row so we can heckle to freak out of outfielders

This is the game that I need to bring my Block The Chop sign... maybe I'll even make a MASN sign as well so the good folks back in the DMV will at least get to see us...

heeman82 · « **Reply #56 on:** May 19, 2013, 01:52:30 am »

Quote from: Copecwby20 on May 18, 2013, 11:22:45 pm

I actually have an extra ticket for that game if you want it. It's the same seat pictured above. I'll let it go for face, OR you can buy me a beer... either way...

Cool I appreciate the offer but I'm gonna have at least one other person with me.. Let me know section # and we will get seats by you.. Or something

Mc21 · « **Reply #57 on:** May 19, 2013, 03:08:08 am »

Braves fan coming in peace.

If you guys are wanting to meet up and sit near each other at the game, this is what I would do (it's what I have done to sit with people from a Braves message board):
1. Get the MLB At the Ballpark app on your phone.
2. Purchase cheap tickets off StubHub to get you in the park.
3. About 20 minutes before the game, use the At the Ballpark app to upgrade your tickets. (you'll show the usher your confirmation on your phone and it will act as your ticket)

You can choose your group size and location in the park from within the app and purchase tickets there. A friend of mine got tickets off StubHub for $6 each to get us in the park and then we paid $19 each on our ticket upgrades and sat about 10 rows off the field behind the 1B dugout. ($80 face value tickets)

If you have a relatively small group, you should be able to sit anywhere in the park for pretty cheap. Larger groups may need to choose OF or 2nd level seating.

heeman82 · « **Reply #58 on:** May 19, 2013, 03:31:26 am »

Not my first rodeo.

Copecwby20 · « **Reply #59 on:** May 19, 2013, 09:40:13 am »

Quote from: heeman82 on May 19, 2013, 01:52:30 am

Cool I appreciate the offer but I'm gonna have at least one other person with me.. Let me know section # and we will get seats by you.. Or something

I have that one in 401 and two in 412.... it doesn't matter because by the end of the game I'm usually sitting somewhere better...

Copecwby20 · « **Reply #60 on:** May 19, 2013, 08:48:17 pm »

Quote from: Copecwby20 on May 19, 2013, 09:40:13 am

I have that one in 401 and two in 412.... it doesn't matter because by the end of the game I'm usually sitting somewhere better...

Case in point, my $12 dollar tickets for todays game turned out to be pretty good

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #61 on:** May 19, 2013, 09:07:23 pm »

Are you wearing a Braves shirt?

tomterp · « **Reply #62 on:** May 19, 2013, 09:12:44 pm »

Quote from: sportsfan882 on May 19, 2013, 09:07:23 pm

Are you wearing a Braves shirt?

Sure looks like it...

Copecwby20 · « **Reply #63 on:** May 19, 2013, 09:22:25 pm »

Please forgive me, but I hate the Dodgers so I rooted for the home team tonight..... regardless of my shame, here I am photobombing the jumbotron

Copecwby20 · « **Reply #64 on:** May 19, 2013, 09:27:47 pm »

I went with my church group who are a bunch of bottom feeding braves fans, so yes... I was a sheep in wolves clothing tonight

nats2playoffs · « **Reply #65 on:** May 19, 2013, 10:06:22 pm »

Quote from: Copecwby20 on May 19, 2013, 09:22:25 pm

Please forgive me, but I hate the Dodgers so I rooted for the home team tonight..... regardless of my shame, here I am photobombing the jumbotron

And one more cheering voice is what it took for the Braves to come from behind and win today...

"Please forgive me, but I hate the French, so I helped the British..."

TigerFan · « **Reply #66 on:** May 19, 2013, 10:20:51 pm »

Your hatred of the Dodgers is greater than the hatred of a divisional rival? How do the locals react to your hatred of the home team only when the Nats come to town?

Copecwby20 · « **Reply #67 on:** May 19, 2013, 10:23:05 pm »

Does anyone know how awkward it is to cheer for a leadoff double in the top of the first while wearing home team gear but still hoping there is still some small sub rule of baseball law that will allow both teams to lose?

Yeah... This game was like taking your sister to prom, even if you score... you're really not a winner.

CALSGR8 · « **Reply #68 on:** May 19, 2013, 10:37:53 pm »

I rooted for the Angels in Yankee Stadium. Rooted for the Nats at Citizens Bank park. For the Nats in Boston!

RobDibblesGhost · « **Reply #69 on:** May 20, 2013, 08:23:02 am »

Quote from: CALSGR8 on May 19, 2013, 10:37:53 pm

I rooted for the Angels in Yankee Stadium. Rooted for the Nats at Citizens Bank park. For the Nats in Boston! For the Orioles at Nats Park!

skippy1999 · « **Reply #70 on:** May 20, 2013, 09:57:26 am »

Quote from: Copecwby20 on May 19, 2013, 09:22:25 pm

Please forgive me, but I hate the Dodgers so I rooted for the home team tonight..... regardless of my shame, here I am photobombing the jumbotron

LOL this is awesome

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #71 on:** May 20, 2013, 11:31:58 am »

I didn't know they made Barves shirts in any size smaller than XXXXL

Copecwby20 · « **Reply #72 on:** May 20, 2013, 11:46:57 am »

I had my grandma take it in

MaconMisery · « **Reply #73 on:** May 21, 2013, 03:50:54 pm »

Quote from: Copecwby20 on May 20, 2013, 11:46:57 am

I had my grandma take it in

Glad you're having fun sir, but don't you think a grown man that hounds pro athletes for autographs is a bit well... weird?

Then again with the type of work I'm in, I end up around athletes/coaches quite a bit so I don't necessarily get any of the starstruck syndrome.

What's the next game you're headed to in Atlanta? Would be happy to buy you a beer.

tomterp · « **Reply #74 on:** May 21, 2013, 03:57:10 pm »

Quote from: MaconMisery on May 21, 2013, 03:50:54 pm

Glad you're having fun sir, but don't you think a grown man that hounds pro athletes for autographs is a bit well... weird?

Autographs don't do much for me but when my kids were young it was fun to help put them in position to get them, and I always enjoy talking with the players, albeit briefly.

I have a friend who has a 41 game plan at Nats Park, and whose hobby is getting a ball signed by each player to grace the team's 25 man roster in a season, no matter for how short a time. He doesn't sell the balls, he just keeps them as a collection, a hobby if you will. He generally gets them all too, though sometimes has to follow up a year or two later for the stray Jonny Gomes visit or other return of a former Nat to town.