| autozone park
has this deal where you can buy a metal plaque for any seat you
want. the majority of these plaques are in the good seats behind
first and third base and say "in honor of..." or "in
memory of..." somebody. its a pretty nifty deal, but in my
estimation, not worth the tax deductible $50 gift to the memphis
redbird foundation - unless you can get somebody up in the front
office to bend some rules. |
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| "now on
this seat form thing..." is how i started my sales pitch, "do
you have to select one of these salutations or can you make up your
own?" she informed me that this had not really come up before,
but left the door cracked when she asked "what do you have
in mind?" below is EXACTLY what i had in mind. |
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| about 2 months
before hank's birthday i called the redbirds and asked for stubby
clapp. the lady on the phone told me that he no longer plays for
the redbirds, so i asked for the person who handles the seat plaques.
within moments i was talking to kim jackson, marketing manager,
and asking her about my "options". clearly i had gone
straight to the top. |
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now
your prolly goin, "foul ball!" so what... who cares...
what's so www.richardvining.com'able about this story? |
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| well,
this is where the seat is located. it is by far the worst
seat in the house... and the only seat that has the honor
of being immortalized within 20 sections. |
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here
is a post game pick of hanks seat's view |
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we
were going to sit there for the game... |
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but
somebody else was already putting it to good use (not kidding,
this group of guys were really sittin there) we thought
about going down there and flashing some ID, but i had the
baby with me and didn't want to start any trouble. |
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| well there
you have it, perhaps the greatest gift i've ever given anybody...
and it was tax deductible! |
