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I don't know how to reveal the announcement, so it'll have to wait a little longer. I think we may have seen our best winter meeting attendance to date - about 20 members and companions. The S.O. and I were happy to meet (or see again, in some cases) you all: Nottso, bensheeps and Mrs., Invader3K and Mrs., zzzmanwitz and buddy, tomwopat and Mrs., Runabase, SteveAA and Mrs., sgtcluels and ewizabeff, brewguy03, brewerjamie15 and brewermary15, and Jake from the Brewers (with companion - please let her know what a great sport she is). I apologize to whomever I've omitted. Oh, right, Brian, arriving fashionably late. Oops. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif Nottso was understating when he said "crazy loud." The noise level was not conducive to conversation. I'm thinking maybe the strobes and lasers made up for it, not to mention the dance floor entertainment right in front of us. Pictures were taken, not with my camera so I can't post them, but I assume they will eventually be posted. Thanks to everyone who showed up! -
Does Kelly's have wi-fi? Because it would be oddly appropriate if someone could post from the shindig, and I'm pretty sure some of you fellas have smart phones or the like.
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There's a guy who hangs out on the UW-Madison campus whose mutton chops take up almost his whole face. Just don't be that guy.
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Ooh, I'd definitely contact a ticket rep about that. Cite the $4 difference between club outfield and club infield seats and ask if there's some way they can compensate you for that. (and let us know how it goes) Edit: oops, I see the price difference is for non-season ticket customers. I'd still ask if there's a way to compensate for the loss of waitstaff (even if that detail is not important to you).
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Does anyone know if the ticket office is open on weekends in March? We have tickets from last September 25 to exchange for one of those freebie games this April, and if we could do it in person tomorrow, while we're already going to Milwaukee, I'd prefer that to mailing it in and paying $5 for "free" tickets.
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One does go to the back. We did not renew in 1995 because we were reluctant to put money down when the Brewers could give no real assurance that games would be played. Thus our "SSH Rookie Season" is 1996. But we've built up a bit of a cushion since then. Nice to hear that I'm not the only fan prone to concourse walks. I'll still be able to leap up from our loge seats.
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24 hours of Kanye: How to Deal with Obnoxious Neighbor
hawing replied to homer's topic in Off-Topic Forum
Fun fact: One of my (now graduated) student employees is the brother of Kids Incorporated actor Richard Shoff. I have no idea if he appears in that video. -
Based on our experiences as ticket holders (going back to 1993, minus the strike shortened 1995 season), it does appear that pre-set 20-packs are ranked ahead of fan's choice packs. When we added a pre-set package in 2008, it was easy to see the difference in presentation (and arrival time) between the two packages; and although my observations are strictly anecdotal and reflect only our experience, it feels like the Brewers have been more attentive since we added the Sunday pack. Not that their service for us was crummy before, by any means; but it began to feel different after we increased our commitment. Seniority must have some place in the Brewers' formula for customer priority - they do keep track of it, at least - but dollars spent almost surely count more. That doesn't explain how a new pre-set 20-pack customer gets seated better than a 15-year fan's choice customer, but the Brewers get to set the rules for selling seats at their place. It would be interesting to know more about how seniority vs. package type vs. dollars spent all figure into the Brewers' decision making, but that's surely proprietary information. I just realized, with fewer aisle seats than we've enjoyed in past seasons, it won't be as easy for me to take one of my patented hawing concourse walks when the bullpen starts to falter. So, the bullpen had better be good this year. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif
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You have to admit, a 10-10 tie that went 10 innings is uncommon in the MLB.
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Separate (though consecutive) post for a separate issue... Our fan's choice tickets arrived today, with a memo similar to last year's notifying fan's choice customers that due to the increase in season ticket holders, you may be seated further out than in past seasons, consider changing to a pre-set package for better seats, etc. They aren't kidding (not that I thought they were). For years (including last year) we've had very little variance in our seats, and this year it's quite a bit - all within the same terrace box, but that's surely because of our stated preference for the family section. I expected more variance for the popular dates we chose (home opener, Twins series, all fan giveaways), but it holds even for the likes of a Tuesday night date with the Rockies. In the family section. We've had seats there since 2001 and I have never seen our seats so spread out within the section. Assuming this is indicative of the popularity of tickets in 2009, I sure hope the '09 Brewers can live up to the excitement.
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It's a happy sign of spring to see the yellow "Free Brewers Tickets" signs outside BP stations, even in Madison.
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Oh, those are fighting words. And actually, it was mostly during college (before I had cats) that people thought I was Canadian. I was taking linguistics classes at the time and I think that made me enunciate more.
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For both 2007 and 2008, I suspect renewals have come relatively easily, for season ticket customers who paid for postseason tickets. Our 2008 postseason deposit for games not played covered about 75% of our 2009 ticket costs, making it not really a problem to just pay the last 25% in November. Had they actually charged SSH credit cards for the World Series games (which I don't think happened), our 2009 ticket costs would have been entirely covered and we'd have received money back. A bigger test for ticket renewals will come in the next year the Brewers don't come close enough to the postseason to justify postseason ticket deposits - especially if that happens while the economy is still crummy. I wouldn't mind waiting quite a while to test this. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif Returning to the early-renewal perk, I think "uninspiring" is a good word to describe the Metavante passes for me. While the passes are free, the opportunity they present is only one for spending more money (on Metavante food/drink). It'll appeal to a subset of season ticket customers; my household simply happens to be outside that subset. I realize that coordinating a player event like the one in 2008 is probably difficult, but I enjoyed it a lot more, and have a tangible reminder of that happy visit in my Corey-signed baseball. In a future season, I'd accept a free pass to the next Fan Fest or equivalent event; or a choice of options such as Fan Fest pass, Metavante passes, etc. That would actually be pretty cool, in case Brewers employees are reading.
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People have asked me before if I'm from Canada. (I'm not - Wisconsinite all the way.) I think it's because I bother to enunciate.
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Yippety skippety, our Sunday pack tickets arrived today, along with (among other things) a copy of that 2008 season DVD. All that's left for the hawing party are the fan's choice tickets and the parking passes. The Brewers certainly aren't shy about using photos of Ryan doing the fist pump in the wake of that franchise-rocking home run he hit. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif Here's hoping that isn't his tip-top career highlight. I'll admit that I was more pumped up by 2008's renewal perk of meeting a Brewer and getting a signed baseball from him, than I am by the Metavante club passes. But giving me a minute or two with Corey Hart would have been tough for the organization to top anyway.
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I believe that's part of your job now. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif
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Ah, Bosses. I made my share of trips there when I lived in Green Bay, back in the day. I'm ready for a media guide now, though I'll still do the frugal thing and wait for our season ticket voucher.
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It distresses me to find that a Google search for "for all intensive purposes" has 1.34 million results, while "for all intents and purposes" (the correct phrase) has just over 2 million results. I do like it when Matt Lepay says "Splash" after a successful basketball shot.
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We got the (in our opinion) least necessary part of the March mailings today, the Metavante Club passes. How do you get into the Metavante Club without club seats?
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TYME machines weren't only in southeast Wisconsin. I still say TYME about 80% of the time (ATM the rest of the time), but to date I haven't used the TYME term outside Wisconsin.
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When I saw the acronym, the first thing I thought was, "Badger State Games?" Speaking as someone who has tried (and failed) numerous times over the years to develop an interest in science fiction, I first thought Badger State Games too.
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One of my grad school classmates is also "of your faith." He lives in Kansas now, though, otherwise I bet he would have vouched for you.
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God bless this site...we already have a discussion of this very topic.
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Infamous houseguest (and native Wisconsinite) Kato Kaelin turns 50 today. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/indifferent.gif
