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respect would earn some fans

There’s a certain women’s national sports association that, within the past year or so, I’ve really started to love and support. There was so much support, in fact, that I decided to buy season tickets for the 2008 season of this said organization. I’ve been reading and intermittently posting on a message board that has to do with this team, and noticed over the past few months, that other season ticket holders seemed to bitch and moan a lot about what they did and didn’t receive by being season ticket holders. I kinda rolled my eyes every time I read something about it, figuring they were bitching about nothing. Little did I know.

Last week’s free Timberwolves tickets that ended up being not-really-tickets in a suite? An email went out to all season ticket holders and the first few people that replied got two free tickets. I responded back in less than ten seconds. Seriously. What the hell else do you think I do all day long while applying for jobs? I check email. It was only later I found out the details on the tickets. So, well, I passed on them. Plus, standing for two to three hours with no more monthly chiropractor visits until I get insurance again doesn’t really sound like a pleasant experience for anyone involved.

There was a promotion going on when I bought my season tickets. It involved being a first time season ticket holder that purchase the tickets in August. For those that met those qualifications, you got to have dinner and watch a Wolves game with one of the most amazing players on the team. I even confirmed this with the season ticket lady back in August, and she told me someone would get in touch with me. As you can guess, that didn’t happen.

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oh snap, mitch

I got a call this morning on my cell phone from Mitch, who was calling from the Minnesota Twins. For five seconds I got excited. I thought maybe they’d seen my resume and wanted me to, you know, manage the team or be the person that stretches Joe Mauer before every game. Yeah, no such luck.

Mitch was calling to ask if I’d seen the plans for the new stadium (I have) and if I had given any thought to purchasing a season ticket package this year to make sure that I’d get first choice of my season tickets in the new stadium (I had not). Because he’s a salesman, he asked why I hadn’t given any though to purchasing a season ticket package. Sigh.

Oh, Mitch.

I told him I had no interest in committing my money to the Twins for 81 games in 2008, mainly because the Twins seemed to have no interest in committing their money to any of the talented players that need better contracts.

What’s up now, Mitch?

I know it’s not his fault that the Twins payroll wallet is only a tiny bit bigger than my own, but it didn’t seem as entertaining to say "Oooh, I’m gonna have to pass. See, I don’t have a job and if I did, I’m pretty sure I still couldn’t afford season tickets."

He thanked me for taking his call and hung up the phone.