Anyone ready for some downtown baseball?

[Admin]

Then come on down to the (future) ballpark this Saturday morning at 10:30am for the first (completely un)official ballgame downtown!

Refreshments will be provided at the ballpark as well as pizza and beer will be waiting at Joe Mommas after the game!

Where: The Ballpark At Greenwood
When: Saturday December 6th, 10:30am - ?
Who: Anyone who thinks they can swing a bat

Flyer

[TURobY]

Oh no! This saturday is C-USA Championship at TU at 11:00am.

I bought tickets two days ago. []

[Admin]

quote:Originally posted by TURobY

Oh no! This saturday is C-USA Championship at TU at 11:00am.

Perfect, then come play softball (it won't be a full game) and watch the game on Joe Momma's massive bigscreen!

(For those of us without tickets, anyway.)

[RecycleMichael]

I know that many people will go to the TU game. We would normally go (proud season ticket holders), but my kids have early afternoon soccer games on Saturday.

Softball at the new ball park a couple of weeks before they break ground sounds awesome. I can bring the kids and they can say they played in the first ballgame ever played on that site.

I will bring a 100 cup dispenser of hot chocolate and some beer.

We can play for a while, then head a block away to Joe Momma's to eat pizza and watch the game. It will be a great place to watch TU win.

This sounds fun. We need some people to play and watch.

We also need somebody to sing the national anthem. USRufnex? You available?

[tulsacyclist]

This sounds fun.

[waterboy]

I have a bat and decaying glove. I can swing a bat and I play a solid first base. Well as solid as 5'10 1/2" will let me.

I'm in. You had me at the historical aspect.

[cannon_fodder]

quote:Originally posted by TURobY

Oh no! This saturday is C-USA Championship at TU at 11:00am.

That sucks!  I was looking forward to this.  I'll be in H.A. Chapman Stadium supporting the Tulsa Golden Hurricane in the Championship game.
Sorry, college football wins.

Not to compete... but tickets are still available.  If Tulsa fails to sell out the C-USA championship game forget about the NCAA Tournament or other major athletic events coming to town.  Tulsa as a sports town just isn't very good I'm afraid.

But a damn fine logo.

[TURobY]

Any idea how many tickets are left? I bought mine two days ago, and they already had me on the visitor-side.

[PonderInc]

Here's the invitation from the TN Newsletter:

PLAY BALL!  (This means you!) – Sat, Dec 6
Sure, they haven't broken ground on the new stadium yet.  Who cares!  Be the first to play ball downtown since...well, since these guys took the field.



We'll bring the bats, softballs and hot chocolate; you bring the funny hats.  

Years from now, you can take your grandkids to a Drillers game and tell them about the time you played at Driller's Field  ("Ah, yes, I remember when I played here, back in the day...")  No need to mention that the stadium hadn't been built yet...and you were playing softball with a bunch of TulsaNow nuts, whose average speed in the 40-yard dash was just under a minute.  (We predict that the essential lack of hand-eye coordination will also be omitted from your tale.)

Join us for an hour of spontaneous fun this Saturday morning!  Bring the kids, bring the dogs (heck, bring the mother-in-law) to celebrate the return of baseball to downtown Tulsa.  Come to play or just to watch.  After the "game," we'll proceed to Joe Mamma's to eat pizza and cheer the TU football team on to victory.

WHAT: TulsaNow Spontaneous Softball Invitational
WHEN: Saturday, Dec 6, 10:30-11:30 AM
WHERE: Downtown at Archer and Elgin   
MORE INFO: info@tulsanow.org

[Renaissance]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

quote:Originally posted by TURobY

Oh no! This saturday is C-USA Championship at TU at 11:00am.

If Tulsa fails to sell out the C-USA championship game forget about the NCAA Tournament or other major athletic events coming to town.  Tulsa as a sports town just isn't very good I'm afraid.

Nah.  Not to go off on a tangent, but your concerns are a bit overblown.  These things just aren't a massive draw to people who don't have a dog in the fight.  TU's fan base isn't big enough.  Even if it were, there's no guarantee they'd show up. Here's Jacksonville Municipal Stadium last year for the ACC Championship:



Does it make Jacksonville a bad sports town?  Nah, it just means people weren't interested in the game.  

I hope folks turn out, though.  Go TU!

[Gaspar]

If anyone is interested in buying a jersey, it's sure to become a collector's item.



Tulsa Now Softball Invitational Jerseys

[cannon_fodder]

Floyd:  That was a neutral site game.  This is the only Division-I football program in the second largest metro area in a football crazed  state hosting a conference championship game in a newly renovated stadium after going 10-2 for the year.  Neutral site games often do poorly, that's why C-USA has the top ranked team host.

To answer the above question - there are about 15,000 tickets left.  This could be very embarrassing.

[RecycleMichael]

OK football geeks...

We will miss you, but this thread is about playing softball Saturday morning.

I mentioned this game to the mayor and she is trying to make it. I mentioned it to the Drillers and Hornsby thought he would try to make an appearance.

We need some people who actually own gloves and can throw the ball. Spread the word!

[waterboy]

More conflicts. BTW plays for the state championship at Sand Springs at 10:30 Saturday. The planning gods are angry.

[TheArtist]

I think I may actually go to my first football game....sorry.
Is there any way you can change the date on the downtown baseball thing?