Drum roll please: Cleveland 2010 - LAST CALL FOR TICKETS

[Moderator1]

By the power vested in me by Webby, I've picked the locale and host for the official 2010 SportsJournalists.com outing.

We will visit Cleveland.
Our host will be IJAG. She will not be the first host to NOT live in the chosen city. In fact, we've only had one host who has lived in the city. She has some friends there to help and I have full confidence this will be an excellent outing.

Her first chore will be to pick the dates as soon as possible after the 2010 baseball schedule is released. That's the only rule of the outing. Baseball must be in town. She picks a week that works best for her - preferably June or July but it is completely her call. No weekend will work for everyone, that just isn't possible. So she picks the best for her and the rest of us deal with it.

I'm looking forward to it already.

 

[Killick]

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Ahhhhh. God's Country. Looking forward to it.

 

[zeke12]

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CLEVELAND ROCKS!

 

[imjustagirl]

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Those of you who are most likely interested in going and WANT to let me know if there's a time period that works best for you, please do. If most people who want to go are preps people and so they can't go in early June, then if all things are equal for my schedule, I'd try to avoid that. If most people are colleges folks and they can't go in late July because of media days sneaking up, I'd try to avoid that if it works in my schedule.

Otherwise, I'm just going to sit and wait for another 6-7 months until I can pick a weekend. :D

 

[Piotr Rasputin]

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June or July are perfect.

Great time to witness the local media bellyaching about LeBron's possible departure.

 

[JackReacher]

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Can we get Shaq to twitter about it?

 

[BYH]

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Can we get Shaq to twitter about it?

"Sonner doesn't eat the bread on his sammiches. What a *****. LOL."

 

[BNWriter]

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The week of July 19 or the week of July 26 would work for me (Family reunion in Columbus on the 24th....Starting it with or being able to escape family with the SportsJournalists.com gang would be a kick -- and a relief).

 

[The Big Ragu]

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So what percentage of the people who are most vociferous about "this weekend, please" actually show up for these things?

 

[imjustagirl]

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I only remember DC as having lots of people ***** out. The others, I think most have been pretty straight-up about "I'm going to try to make it, but no guarantees."

 

[Buck]

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I have an old college friend who lives in Cleveland.

 

[sportschick]

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I just need to know as early as possible so I can get my vacation request in before everybody's already gotten that week off.

I freaking LOVE Cleveland :D

 

[imjustagirl]

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A hotel I found online is across the street from Progressive Field, 9 blocks from the Hall of Fame, and has a room package with two double beds, a fridge, free wireless, two breakfasts and tickets to the HOF for $149 a night. So...yeah. This could be epic. :D

 

[BYH]

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So what percentage of the people who are most vociferous about "this weekend, please" actually show up for these things?

Oh eat crap, you've never even gone to an outing.

Wait a minute...

 

[Moderator1]

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A hotel I found online is across the street from Progressive Field, 9 blocks from the Hall of Fame, and has a room package with two double beds, a fridge, free wireless, two breakfasts and tickets to the HOF for $149 a night. So...yeah. This could be epic. :D

Except we don't know the dates. so who knows what the rates will be on a game weekend?
Let's get dates first.

 

[The Big Ragu]

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So what percentage of the people who are most vociferous about "this weekend, please" actually show up for these things?

Oh eat crap, you've never even gone to an outing.

Wait a minute...

Never asked anyone to plan one around me. :-*

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

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Not sure if I can make it.

 

[Just_An_SID]

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You will be visiting the city right about the time that Lebron is taking off.

It should be fun.

 

[Huggy]

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So what percentage of the people who are most vociferous about "this weekend, please" actually show up for these things?

Oh eat crap, you've never even gone to an outing.

Wait a minute...

I thought I met Rags in Toronto. Or maybe it was the guy in his old sig line.

 

[BYH]

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Not sure if I can make it.

It's a long trip, we know.