A day at the ballpark
by Daedalus on Oct 11, 2008 7:34 PM EDT
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I haven't been around here much since the death of my laptop in June. You're probably thinking, well, why doesn't she just get another one? Ha! Try doing that with no salary! Ha! Seriously, though, I'm sticking around Ohio until Our Holy Election Day to help out with The Campaign, and though I do get a little bit of dough for that, it sure ain't enough for a new computer!
If you are a UC student, you might have taken one of our shuttles last week to the Hamilton County Board of Elections. You might have seen a short woman with a Reds shirt and Reds cap running around campus trying to meet with people who could help spread the word that we were driving voters to vote (over 500 for the week!) You might have seen her at Baba Budan's - here's a shout out to those folks because they were awesome to us! Go there! I missed most of the division playoffs because of Golden Week, but as the Reds weren't playing, I didn't care much, though I was hoping to see Griffey get to the ALCS. And I wanted the Sausages. I suppose I shouldn't say outloud that I want the Phillies and the Rays, because every team I root for seems to lose.
Anyway, I wanted to post something because I'm in the mood for posting things because I have nothing to do until the game starts, and I thought I'd share some photos of the rally at Fifth Third Field on Thursday for those of you who haven't seen them. I've never seen such a line to get into a ballpark as I did at 9am on Thursday morning.
It felt awesome to enter the ballpark, and had there been a ballgame, my seats would have been awesome! I was in the second row behind home plate while Barack stood above the pitcher's mound.
I don't think I can adequately describe with words the excitement I felt that morning - I got to combine two of the things I love the most - baseball and social justice, and the fact that Senator Obama enters a rally to a U2 song, well, three of my favorite things were evident that morning.
There are a few more photos on my blog Church of Baseball and also at my other blog, washingtonrox. That was the blog I started with before I got fed up with politics, but I've started writing there again, so if you are pro-Barack or even respectfully McCain (not bringing monkeys into Palin rallies, for example), feel free to come visit and comment.
Being at the ballpark sure made me wish I could go to a Reds game. I'd even watch Corey Patterson to be able to watch Reds baseball.
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Am I the only one watching the Rays and the Red Sox?
Nice to see your phosphors, Daedalus. I wondered why you weren’t around much.
Sorry I can’t appreciate your photos today. I am having severe bandwidth issues, and am running with no images. I’m slower than dialup today. (And of course, being a holiday weekend, Verizon won’t do anything about it until Tuesday.)
But at least the computer’s working, so I can’t complain too much.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
by BubbaFan on Oct 11, 2008 9:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
My parents went to this rally too
They were sitting along the first base line, very close to Dave Chappelle. They kept texting me about it. I was jealous.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 12, 2008 12:23 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i still trump you
i was at invesco
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 12, 2008 1:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Great pics...
How many people showed up? Looks like a predominance of white folks. Thats good for Obama, esp. in Dayton.
Sgt. McCAin and Sarah The Impaler don't scare me none.
by Madville on Oct 12, 2008 10:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i don't know how many
but there were people standing outside of the field all along the fence. this is particularly good considering he went to cincy right after and the two metro areas are pretty much the same metro area. seating capacity at fifth third is 7230, and there were a lot of people standing not only in the middle of the field, but in the concourse areas. if i had to guess, i’d say there were 8000-9000 people.
a very mixed crowd racially. lots of white folks i would have assumed were mccain supporters, too, which i guess was the most surprising thing. it was awesome to see so many strangers, probably many of whom would have been suspicious of each other otherwise, conversing and discovering how many of the same values they shared.
by Daedalus on Oct 12, 2008 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, good to see you back in the saddle.
Here’s hoping your computer problems get resolved. Politically, being a U2 fan as well, I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Oct 12, 2008 12:52 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 12, 2008 2:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
oh yeah
top that
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 12, 2008 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
methinks you are the only one able to see your image
Politickin' in God's Country
by chesirecat on Oct 12, 2008 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i can't either
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 12, 2008 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 12, 2008 2:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
GODDAMNIT!
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 12, 2008 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 12, 2008 2:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 12, 2008 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
That's awesome
Politickin' in God's Country
by chesirecat on Oct 12, 2008 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
well done
and as you well know, I am quite jealous. He came into my office after coming to Asheville the other week to say hi… but I had been FUCKING SENT OUT TO PICK UP TRASH FROM THE RALLY BY MY BOSS. I about defected to the other side
Politickin' in God's Country
by chesirecat on Oct 12, 2008 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
since when do websites run for president?
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 12, 2008 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
one more
I didn’t have the best seats but I was there
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 12, 2008 2:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
BTW, Daedalus, you're on staff?
I didn’t know that…
Politickin' in God's Country
by chesirecat on Oct 12, 2008 2:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
* insert Bill Clinton joke here*
Nobody listens to Andrew
by nlt-andrew68 on Oct 12, 2008 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
not with the campaign
with a 527. GOTV stuff.
by Daedalus on Oct 13, 2008 1:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can't decide if I'm a republican..or a Reagan democrat
Nobody listens to Andrew
by nlt-andrew68 on Oct 12, 2008 2:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is that you on the 'Left' !
Sgt. McCAin and Sarah The Impaler don't scare me none.
by Madville on Oct 12, 2008 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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