Seeing as Nationals are fast approaching (eek!), I thought I'd post this now to give time for debate, planning, and change to make sure we can see some action. ;)
Here's what I was thinking:
There's a Red Robin (though there are plenty of other choices also) fairly close to the pool (by the mall...about 5 milesish..maybe). I would LOVE to meet everybody from these forums so I was thinking Friday or Saturday night we should have a little dinner and drinks soiree. The formally organized USMS social is Saturday night.
So...that's my thought. Let's hash out some details and make it happen!!
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SafeCo Field will knock your socks off!!
Dinner and a game would rock. There's definatley all kinds of restaurants downtown close to the stadium. Games are pretty cheap too. You can get decent tickets for $13.
Sounds like everyone did great at your meet- congratulations :woot:
I got two different stories from two different coaches on my team: one said we had about 13 people going; Coach Big Dog (whom I'll trust more) said we had about 30 going. I asked him today if he was up for the game on Friday night and he said, "definitely feasible". From him that's a definite maybe!!!
He suggested getting tix at the game... I'm in the 400 IM so I don't know how long it will take me... well hopefully under 5:00, but to get to the game!
It sounds like the numbers are getting bigger. Maybe we should order USMS FU shirts (Forum Users) :rofl:
He suggested getting tix at the game
You should have no problems buying tickets at the game. Attendance has been around 25,000 for the games so far out of a capacity of 45,000 or so.
Perhaps as the meet gets closer, we could PM our cell phone numbers so we can firm up the plans.
Is there a preferable section to sit in at Safeco (numbered or lettered) that we could all try to get? For example: if the 400 IM takes too long, we would know what tix to ask for when we got to the game...
PS I found out today that we are at the Courtyard Marriott.
Sounds good. That is cheap!!! Looks like good seats.
This will be the first MLB game I've been to in the last 7 years without kids or dogs- I can be an adult! :drink:
I would love to meet some of the forumites, but I don't know that I am down for a game (especially since Saturday morning is the 200 fly and the 100 free). Would anyone be interested in a mini-meetup sometime at the venue itself, maybe? Would people going to the game also stop by?
No, no wait! I didn't mean THAT kind of an adult. I mean I don't have to watch my language, I can drink enough to be silly :p, and I can just have a great time without diapers, sippy cups, or someone saying "hold me!"
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My hubby and I will be out for the week, and a ball game was on the list of "things to do", so that sounds like a great idea! (Also, was going to mention the possibility of group discount--we could get a section together & cheap tix!!)
Dinner without a game would also be a great. The Forumite dinner at Colonies Zones was a blast! One thing to note, though. We took over a back section of the restaurant and spent about 15 minutes rearranging the furniture so we could all sit and talk, see each other, make introductions, etc. So, finding a "casual" place, or some place that understands what happens when "loud flyers" and breaststroke purists get together is critical! We don't want to offend the locals with loud trash talk and copius laughter.
Hooray for the smoking ban! :groovy:
Perhaps as the meet gets closer, we could PM our cell phone numbers so we can firm up the plans.
Is there a preferable section to sit in at Safeco (numbered or lettered) that we could all try to get? For example: if the 400 IM takes too long, we would know what tix to ask for when we got to the game...
PS I found out today that we are at the Courtyard Marriott.
I like the section up above the bull pen, right under the jumbotron. They're cheap tickets too. Not sure the section name, but I'll look it up.
Maybe we can all meet at the pool, and then leave together and have like a convoy to get to the game so that we all end up there together and can see about a large group discount.
