"America's Email"....."EMPTY SEATS.....DON'T BUY HOTDOGS" - Bob Neal.... ~
WELCOME To the Friday "Field"...The email that is all about Friends and
Family...The opening today is about my very good friend and mentor BOB
NEAL.....Bob passed away 13 months ago...He was my oldest adult friendship at 30
years...The Hot Dog statement may seem odd to many of you...But as a pro
baseball executive it says so very much...It meant that yoou promote EVERY Home
game with some promotion...For those who don't know ...Gate ticket sales are not
the main revenue of a baseball
game......Food.....Hotdogs...Hamburgers....Popcorn...Nachos and BEER.....You can
get about 144 beers out of a 50 dollar keg.....Think of the last beer you bought
at a ballgame.....Bob also said "Alwats Pull the Tarps"......First it helps save
the game...And it shows your staff...players and the FANS that you are willing
to do whatever it takes to save that game,,,Now he taught me so many more issues
not as simple - But
these two seem simple ...but mean so much...Bob taught me just about everything
I know about running a pro baseball team....I know he looks down on us and to my
dear friend, Bob's wife Janice. God Bless I love ya Janice..... ~ "From "Big
League Dreams".....Worst fans ....For me it was the fans of the Lynchburg
Mets......In 1977 - many of you were only a twinkle in someone's eye - I know -
It was Sept 1977 Carolina League Championship Series...Games 1 and 2 were in the
Hill City..... First things were so bad that our bus had to make a "cork screw
park and landing"....."We had to avoid sniper fire on the way" into city
stadium.. ,The staff and wives of the Pilots were sitting behind our
dugout...The stadium was full and the Lynchburg fans were yelling at
us..THROWING trash at us..etc...We won!! The players were heading to the club
house when the fans approached us ....We had no where to go but the field....Our
players ran over to protect us....Than both team went on to have
a huge fight....Now I may be a "typical white person" but I was only 17 years
old...We went on to win the Carolina League Championship and I won my first
Champoionship ring in my first year! Lynchburg was so "bitter" that they joined
a "church and bought hand guns" ~ Thanks to the 2 democrats running for
President for adding to this story..All is true but the " " ...... ~Today's
Web Site www.auburndoubledays.com .......We wish our dear friend CarolynAnn
Cody Turner a speedy recovery!!......~ To email me personall do not send it to
the group address..If you do 2000 online groups will see it..... So use
John@... ,...Finally..This weekend pick up the phone and call a
friend or family member......Painting the Internet Red...White and Blue..Thats
My Field of Dreams..Have an OUTSTANDING Friday....."Sic Semper Tyrannis"...Let's
Roll!!

~ "God Bless the USA" ~ PO Box 105 Nottoway,VA 23955 - 434-247-6143 -
Email Fax 253-484-6438 -http://JohnGraham.net - Notary Public - Inductee -
Chairman Peninsula Pro Baseball Hall of Fame - Member Marquis Who's Who in
America 1993-2007 ~Proud Lifetime Member- Major League Baseball Alumni - Minor
League Baseball Alumni Assoc - Assoc of Pro Ballplayers of America - Sons of
Confederate Veterans - S.A.B.R. Society for American Baseball Research ~ Kiwanis
- Moose -American Legion Auxillary -"Sic Semper Tyrannis" -Sports Editor Crewe
Burkevill Journal -Assoc Sports info Director WMBG Radio- "Ne Oublie" ~ Let's
Roll!! ~







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