Last Wednesday, I met up with Will Young (no relation to Delmon) in Chicago to see the USA take on Trinidad & Tobago in a qualifier for the 2010 World Cup. Â The car I was in got to Toyota Park about 15 minutes after the parking lot opened. Â We were about the 10th car there. Â We immediately got our table and grill set up and cracked a few beers.
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 Andrew  September 15, 2008, at 3:48 pm  9 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired)  Andrew, beer, Clint Dempsey, Soccer, US National Team, Will Young Andrew June 24, 2008, at 8:28 am 22 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) Aaron Gleeman, AMR, Andrew, Banjo, Cake, Delmon Young, GreenMachine, Grilling, Jon Marthaler, Justin Morneau, Moss, New Guy, Nick Nelson, Photos, Rick Aguilera, SBG, SBG Convention, Seth Stohs, ubelmann, Will Young Hey everyone. Here are some pictures from this weekend's convention. I posted these in kind of a rush. I haven't had a chance to tweak them in Photoshop yet, so some of the pictures are a little dark. I'll re-post them when I have a chance to clean them up. Also, I know I have pictures of New Guy and Greenmachine somewhere too, so I'll make sure they get up.
SBG June 22, 2008, at 7:21 am 16 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) Aaron Gleeman, Andrew, BabySBG, Lucy, Minnehaha Falls, Nick Nelson, SBG Convention, Seth Stohs, Sheenie, Twins Geek, ubelmann, Will Young Well, the Second Annual SBG Convention is now history. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. We had a beautiful day in the park, a pretty good turnout and a nice Twins win. I got to Minnehaha Falls Park early in the morning so that I could claim a spot. There were a couple of choice spots that were already taken, but I was able to snag a decent spot, albeit one that was a ways away from the parking lot. All that meant really, was that trips to the car to get stuff took a little longer. Andrew and his friend Q were the first to arrive. Our guy Andrew ran a 5K Saturday morning, and they came over to the Park from there. Then, my right hand man on the Convention, Banjo showed up and we started cooking. Pretty soon, the other people showed up and we had a nice picnic. Folks were talking baseball, visiting in general and having a good time. BabySBG was there, and most folks got to "hear" what a fish said. Folks got a chance to meet the inimitable ubelmann. I didn't get a chance to talk to him as much as I would have liked, but that's okay. It was fun to actually met him and put a face to all the writings. Will Young brought a delicious birthday cake in honor of Sheenie, his wife and SBG Nation citizen and Andrew, both of whom were celebrating birthdays that day. I was not celebrating my birthday, but I enjoyed the cake nonetheless. It seemed like the day just flew by. I think we could have started the thing at 12 Noon and people would still have been reluctant to head out at 5 PM. But, we had to get to the game. So, off we went. The game itself was fast moving, with very little offense until the Twins exploded for six runs in the seventh inning. New Guy made a number of predictions, and I'm pretty sure all of them came true. Ha! John Bonnes, AKA, "The Twins Geek" stopped by at the game and gave us all free copies of his wonderful "Game Day" program. Thanks, John. All in all, it was a fun day. I got to spend some time talking with pretty much everyone, which was cool. Anytime you get to talk Twins with the likes of Aaron, Seth, Nick and all the rest of the guys is a good time. Thanks to everyone who came to the Convention and thanks to Banjo for all your help. It was a fun time. Hopefully, next year's convention will be even better. |
 A colleague of mine who is a big sports guy (primarily college) read Top Jimmy's column and told me that the Twins should trade Joe Mauer. What do I take from that? Joe's demands are large enough that some of the more casual fans are starting to get turned off by him. |
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