Heading to Bakersfield

by Inkara1 on Jul 19, 2008 1:47 AM CDT

So tomorrow (Saturday) I'm heading to Bakersfield to watch the Blaze take on the Visalia Oaks. I'll be sure to get pictures.

Now, I checked the Web site and the promo is "Christmas in July" and as it turns out, the "Christmas" gift is an autograph session with the players from 6:30 to 7 p.m. (game time is 7:30). For $8 I can get a card set and have the players sign them... my question is, who should I especially try to get autographs from? Should I have them signed to me or to Lone Star Ball (if they're personalized)? How in-depth do you want me to get about the game? I don't have to hit the road to get there until about 4 p.m. to get there in time, so I'd have time to pick up a score sheet at Big 5 if need be.

Any tips/suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

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Bakersfield

Going to Bakersfield? I feel sorry for ya…

by GregoryM on Jul 19, 2008 1:54 AM CDT 0 recs

Just as long as you take pretty pictures

I’m sure your fanpost on the game will get plenty of recs. I’d still like to get out sometime in the future, (though that seems unlikely the way my life has gone of late) so a description of what the park is like and where to sit would be cool.

Re: the autographs, you gotta get Kasey Kiker if at all possible. The other sigs to pick up would probalby be Marcus Lemon, Beau Jones, Derek Holland, Johnny Whittleman and Manny Pina.

A Lonestar in California

Classic iorange555: "lmao too bad i watched [the all-star game] at a friends house ;[ much funer on here"

by lonestarJon on Jul 19, 2008 8:49 AM CDT 0 recs

Never been

to Sam Lynn Ballpark to see the Blaze play so I wouldn’t know of any tips. You ever need any tips for games in Frisco or OKC let me know.

As far as the autographs of Blaze players… Hell, get the whole team :).

I would try and get Whittleman, Kiker, Poveda, Holland, Jones, Phillips, Gac, Lemon, and Tracy. Especially try to get Johnny Whittleman to sign for you and then get him to sign something to LSB. That would be really cool.

"Over the years, my favorite pastime outside baseball is driving through a pasture looking at cattle." - Nolan Ryan

by hurlerhurley on Jul 19, 2008 10:43 AM CDT 0 recs

whittleman wont make it out of A ball if he doesnt get it together.

"Do they know who I am? Do they know my status? Thats what I thought."
-Miles 6/21/08

.501 or bust!

by Jayslick on Jul 19, 2008 12:55 PM CDT up 0 recs

Happy as a hawg in a waller

dern tootin I am and I aint just whistlin dixie here… Last night Johnny went 2-4 with 2 RBIs to raise his average to .248. He had 2 hits, a sac fly, drew a walk, and scored a run.

Damn Jay, you don’t won’t me to hawg tie ya do ya… you over looked my fearless prediction Well, Ole blind sow found an acorn!

"Over the years, my favorite pastime outside baseball is driving through a pasture looking at cattle." - Nolan Ryan

by hurlerhurley on Jul 19, 2008 2:45 PM CDT up 0 recs

i hope you keep it up and cheer! cheer! cheer!

maybe it will get him hot and he can blow the doors off. always liked him, maybe not in a “future stars game” like him but always had my eye on him. this is an important year for him in my mind.

"Do they know who I am? Do they know my status? Thats what I thought."
-Miles 6/21/08

.501 or bust!

by Jayslick on Jul 19, 2008 4:19 PM CDT up 0 recs

suggestion:

burn a mix CD for your trip…

...include the Dwight Yoakum / Buck Owens hit “Streets Of Bakersfield”...
...the Doobie Brothers’ “China Grove”...
...and the ultimate head-bobber… Snoop Dogg’s “The Vapors”...

by oc on Jul 19, 2008 1:08 PM CDT 0 recs

That's quite a mixtape

I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles

by Dirk Diggler on Jul 19, 2008 1:19 PM CDT up 0 recs

i'm assuming Inkara will be driving through the LBC...

by oc on Jul 19, 2008 1:35 PM CDT up 0 recs

LBC???

Can’t seem to figure that one out

"Over the years, my favorite pastime outside baseball is driving through a pasture looking at cattle." - Nolan Ryan

by hurlerhurley on Jul 19, 2008 2:47 PM CDT up 0 recs

by slc ranger on Jul 19, 2008 5:00 PM CDT up 0 recs

Korn kicks ass

You must be too damn old to appreciate greatness.

Also Inkara we must have an in depth report on Holland’s badassery. He was all kinds of filty it sounds like. Your impressions of Lemon would also not be remiss.

by Hull Fan on Jul 20, 2008 1:14 AM CDT up 0 recs