A BYB Meet-Up? Let the Planning Begin

but if it comes down to it, coming to comerica for memorial day means I miss out on a trip to LA for dodgers vs tigers earlier in may. so July is my preference, just stating that :)

whenever it winds up happening I want to go to more than one game, so I hope some of you are down for hitting up 2 or more with me!

Does anyone know someone at the front office? Alli, doesn’t Allthewine work in the front office? Maybe we can get them to help us set it up. Ian, maybe someone can open a PO box, and we can send our checks there? (Just thinking out loud)

ex: No Squandering, or even a BlessYou Boys shirt.

4th of July works for me… I’ll be in South America from November til June. Sounds fun! Even though meetups freak me out and I get all shy!

I have no idea where I’ll be come 2010’s summer (lots of things going on) but I’ll try to divine an overall idea on July (I’d rather watch the Tigers-M’s than Tigers-A’s).

Ooh, cool idea.

If Memorial Day weekend wins the vote, I could try to make it work, but no guarantees.

If 4th of July does wind up winning I could help out in planning it.

I would favor buying tickets as a group, or buying tickets in the same section like VegasTigers said. If we wanted to sit around and eat together, we could always make a restaurant reservation (as opposed to over-paying for a party suite) before/after the game.

I can’t give you a definite commitment right now. It depends on funds/transportation (I am, after all, “still” a college student), but if I can, I’m all for it . And if it comes down to team preference, I’d go for 4th of July, because I’ve seen the A’s before and I’ve never seen the Mariners.

I’d love a suite, but it may get pretty pricey. I’d love regular tickets, but then it would be difficult to “Meet-Up” I think.

If we go the tickets route, what are our options for hanging out before/after the game?

…but could we make it some day other than the 4th? I was in the US for the 4th this year, and I gotta say, you people get a little weird on that day.

I was actually thinking about this the other day — it’d be great to put faces to names. Sign me up!

is finding a way downstate, as i’ll be up at tech for summer classes both times (although i have breaks during those weekends) and i don’t actually have a car. if i can find a way down, i’m totally in. means i’ll have to buy a jersey finally too, cause i’ve put that off for a long time.

Maybe there’ll be fireworks for the occasion as well?

This better include Billfer and Kurt, as well!

I am not sure about either weekend. Memorial weekend is a fo’soe NO go. C’mon peep’s, it is The Greatest Spectacle in Racing!!! On the Fourth I always have a huge bash complete with the Ravenswood fireworks (although this year I think I passed out in the hammock mid-show).

I am about 5 hours away, but any Friday or Saturday game would work…outside of those weekends!

I’ll be at the beach. But I know you can get group tickets for games. If you set a deadline — like May 1, and everyone has to have their money in to someone and that someone then buys the tickets, it could work. Last minute folks would just have to take their chances and hope there are empty seats in whatever section you end up in.

I’ve organized a few group outings to various games (including a Tigers game earlier this summer), so here are my off-the-top-of-my-head-tips.

The earlier, the better. There is a big difference between row 1 and row 22 of the upper deck. That’s not to say there are bad seats in Comerica, but the sooner we can lock in the better. Especially since we’re gunning for a holiday weekend to accommodate out-of-towners.

Group tickets, or just buying 20 tickets at once, is a good idea. This way we can at least sit together. I know up here in Lansing for the Lugnuts (GO NUTS!) for a group you can buy like a 4×5 section of seats instead of one huge row of 20 seats so people can still talk with each other. Should see if the Tigers offer anything like that if we go the official group route.

I prefer we go the group route. Can you imagine a LIVE GameThread? That would be amazing. My phone will melt from the amount of baseball-reference.com lookups I’d have to do.

You advance planners, you. I don’t even know where I’m working next summer…