Monday, July 18, 2011

Grand Baseball Trip (In Facebook Updates) Part 2: July 6th-10th



Wednesday July 6th


Beer on the beach, oolright.

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James Generic added 19 new photos to the album Mobile Uploads.

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‎"I'm so lonesome I could cry"

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On the road again... to daytona.

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Most of the radio commercials we hear in south Florida imply there is something wrong with peoples penises or vaginas.

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Aw, scratch daytona. Headed to brevard county instead.

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    • Diana Kavakos come see me in Orlando!
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    • James Generic Come meet us here! We'll give you a lift to savannah!
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    • Diana Kavakos damn, that's tempting. but I have loose ends to tie up here. :( I'll be back in Philly next month though!
      July 6 at 8:10pm · 

    • James Generic Really? How long you gonna be up north for?
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    • Diana Kavakos indefinitely. :)
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Fuck yea, cheap hotel. Fuck you shuttle for making all beach motels not honor coupons. — at Budget Inn.

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Swimming in the ocean brings out the kid in me

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Game 7: Clearwater threshers @ brevard county manatees

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Brevard county has mint soft serve in their helmut cups. I am impressed. Also I am sitting right behind home plate.

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If I hear one more vuvuzela at a minor league baseball game...

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    • Ryan Haney omg this happens?
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    • James Generic I also heard them at the rays game
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Thresher beer batter struck out, so 2 dollar beers for rest of inning. A quarter of the adults left the stands. (Double fisting, myself.)

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    • Marissa Edelman I would expect nothing less from you.
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    • James Generic THAT'S A STEREOTYPE DAMN YOU
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    • Marissa Edelman Man, I was just trying to say you drink like a boss. :P
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    • James Generic Like springstein?
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    • Marissa Edelman Sure, why not.
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James Generic was at Space Coast Stadium Viera, FL.

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Brian Gump, an outfielder for the threshers, smiled and gave me a thumbs up when I yelled at him that I read his blog.

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Say what you want, but I believe the chicken dance is a truly hopeful expression of the triumph of humanity.

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For some reason, frank wont take me up on a $5 bet on whether he can hit the Manatee thirdbaseman with a tennis ball.

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Final: Threshers 11, Manatees 4. Impressive stuff from future phillies of jonathan singleton and rhp jarred cossart

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I tan like a ripe tomato.

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James Generic added 19 new photos to the album Mobile Uploads.

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Thursday July 7th


James Generic added 5 new photos to the album Mobile Uploads.

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This is usually about the time loneliness and homesickness set in.

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On the road to savannah, with a stop in st. Augustine. Boiled peanuts are the shit.

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    • Kathleen Clifford Damn you've been on the road for a while it seems
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    • Alicia Totten Lucky! Some of my fam lives in St. Augustine. It's gorgeous.
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    • Robert Helms Boiled peanuts are great! Bur OK, don't tell me. You're vegan so you didn't have shrimp & grits and never will. OMG. WTF. LOL.
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    • Dan Ohlemiller No! They're so gross!
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    • Robert Helms Dan, you can't be referring to the shrimp & grits.
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Everyone went to the old Spanish fort. I went to pat Croce's pirate museum and pirate bar.

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    • Samantha Levens OMG ! Your in Key West !
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    • James Generic There's one in st augustine too apparently
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    • Alicia Totten Dude, check out the winery!
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    • James Generic Where that?
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    • Alicia Totten San Sebastian Winery, it's on King st. Just go down king st in the opposite direction of the fort.
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    • Alicia Totten They have tours and tastings all day :)
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    • Alicia Totten There's also a philly cheesesteak place right by the fort in case anyone you're with wants one lol. It's pretty legit. The guy goes and buys all the ingredients around philly and brings em back and stuff. Including tastycakes :P
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    • Alicia Totten The philly place is also on king st but on the end by the fort. I think it's in the last building, or 2nd to last...
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    • James Generic Sam: upon further research, Croce moved the museum from key west to st augustine in december 2010
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Okay now I am drunk on st augustines wine tasting and bout a pirate pistol and a rum cigar. Thank god for autocorrect spelling!

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Savannah!

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Game 8: Greensboro grasshoppers vs savannah sand gnats. Gates don't open till 6 but we can tailgate in the parking lot, so problem solved!

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James Generic was at Historic Grayson Stadium (Official).

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‎50 cent natty ices till 7. Minor league baseball rules

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When Sam gets drunk in public he cusses in front of kids. SEE IM NOT THE ONLY ONE

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Drunken rendition of "this land is your land" after the national anthem by the 3 of us

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Epic eating contest

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Frank cheated on the eating contest

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‎"You won, even if the umping sucked." Said james

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Grasshoppers 5, Sand Gnats 4. "We're nuts for gnats!" My tummy hurts.
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South Carolina!

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Friday July 8th


Missing people

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    • Wayne Ritz You probably didn't hear the news. Most of Philly was swallowed by an earthquake. I'm one of the few survivors.
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I dig motels that use phonebooks to hold their beds stable.

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Johnny boy by johnny cash at the wafflehouse in south caroline near Charleston.

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Going to fort Sumter in Charleston. Southern efficiency in action: the ferry ticket seller seems to be on permanent break.

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    • Jasper Conner Southerners did pioneer the general strike in this country, people call us lazy but we're just all about sticking it to the man.
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Thanks fort Sumter park ranger! she inspired me to want to be a history nerd park ranger.

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Game 9: Delmarva Shorebirds @ Charleston Riverdogs

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    • James Generic Assuming we get in. There's a lot of people here!
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    • Brenton Walcoff I'm going to the single-A all star game on June 21 at Perdue Stadium (home of the Shorebirds). It's 15 minutes outside of Ocean City!
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James Generic was at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park.

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The riverdogs have someone on the iron doing the Charleston after they score. Very clever!

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‎"They have two dog mascots, a lady dog and a boy dog. The lady dog has a skirt, and the boy dog has no pants. Because that's how men and women dress." -frank

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‎"Are you facebooking what I said? Because you seem to facebook everything I say." -frank

"Just the funny stuff." -james

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I am really impressed with the baseball knowledge of the Charleston crowd, in that they know that it is considered good etiquette to boo a 12 year old who can't catch tennis balls thrown into the air.

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Final: Shorebirds 6, Riverdogs 5

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    • Ryan Haney time to get to where you can watch this phils-braves game...
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‎4th fireworks display of the trip. Woohoo!

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Saturday July 9th


On the long rocky road to Richmond, virginny

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Classic rock stations get me through these long stretches of highway

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Civil war site seeing

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We got postcards! Cool beans!!
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Surprise double header: Game 10 Harrisburg Senators vs Richmond Flying Squirrels

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James Generic was at Richmond VA.

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This is probably the biggest minor league stadium I've ever seen.

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Just us nerds going to a doubleheader minor league baseball on a Saturday night.

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‎"Whos nuts? Dese nuts!" -franks unintentionally perverted attempt to support Richmond flying squirrels

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    • Jen Rogue Who *is* this Frank character?
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    • James Generic Shoe comrade and baseball fan
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    • Jen Rogue It's like "Shit My Dad Says" with that guy
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They had a sheep dog in between innings herding sheep. Reminds me of my formative years. Also, they had drag queens smoothing out the infield dirt

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Flying Squirrels 3, Senators 1. sheep dog show between games. Apparently real monkeys are riding on top of the dogs (I thought they were fake)

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Game 11: 2nd game of Richmond Flying Squirrels vs Harrisburg Senators.

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James Generic was at The Diamond.

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July 10th


Senators 6, Flying Squirrels 4. On the road back to phillydelphia!! Stinky and unshaven wretches returning north

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James Generic added 62 new photos to the album Mobile Uploads.

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James Generic added 16 new photos to the album Mobile Uploads.

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After 3264 miles on the road, we return to Philadelphia.

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Game 12 and end of the line: Atlanta Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies

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James Generic was at Citizens Bank Park.

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The drunk girl sitting ahead of us keeps insisting we be in her photos and we take pictures of her. I asked her to share whatever she was drinking. She looked at me with a glazed look.

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Cole

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YES phillies fans doing the tomahawk chop sarcastically in mass.

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Than Nah Nah Nah. Hey, hey. Goodbye. (Braves)

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‎"Drive home safely!" -phillies fans to the lone brave fan left

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Final of 12th game in 10 days: Phillies 14, Braves 1

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Upon hearing my joke yesterday about pushing the Flying Squirrel's mascot over the guardrail to see if he could really fly, both Sam and Frank responded, "Too soon.,"

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