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DEL.ICIO.USSingles Night lures the ladies to the Ted
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The name is Bonds. Jane Bonds. My mission was to infiltrate the Braves Singles Night and report back to Chop Chick, who, by virtue of Mr. Chop Chick, was disqualified from Singles Night.
The Braves’ singles event was held on a patio on the Golden Casino level, behind the Chop House in center field. If you were at the bar, and that definitely was the most popular place to be since every ticket came with two complimentary drinks, you couldn’t see the field. Not good. At least there was some shade to give you some relief from the 80-something degree heat.
Women showed up thinking the odds were in their favor. How could you go wrong at a baseball game? But no. At one point, I counted the people who were sitting at tables on the patio near the bar. Three-to-one ratio. And based on the way some of the women were dressed, they could have cared less whether Chipper has been hitting above .400.
About that. One of my pet peeves is when my gender dresses inappropriately for a baseball game. Skirts or dresses and heels are acceptable only if you were invited to the game that day and didn’t have time to run home and change after work. Yes, it was a dating event, but if a guy doesn’t like you when you’re dressed down for a ballgame, do you really want him?
When I got there, it looked more like a junior high dance, with the women sticking with their girlfriends and the men talking among themselves. But as it got closer to first pitch, and as people used up those complimentary drink tickets, they began to interact more.
If you weren’t happy with the selection of singles at the game, the Braves provided other options. You could film a profile for Comcast’s Dating On Demand or sign up for Eight at Eight. And if you didn’t want to pony up the money for Eight at Eight, you had the chance to win a gift certificate. Throughout the two-hour event, a DJ drew names for door prizes between spinning oldies.
I didn’t find anyone I was interested in; in fact, the most action I got was when a guy who had obviously used up his drink tickets, and then some, threw his arm around me to show me the Teixeira bobblehead he had just won. Had I been smart, I would have tried to convince him to give it to me so the night wouldn’t have been a total wash.
Actually, saying it was a total wash is unfair. I aborted my mission after the fourth inning to go hang with my married friends. And then in the sixth, it happened. Chipper came up to bat. He took two balls, then stepped out of the box for a minute. And you just kind of knew it was going to happen. When he stepped back in, he hit his 400th home run, a shot to right field. Definitely a happy ending.
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By Greg from Marietta
June 6, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this
To bad I had to work last night. I’ve seen you and you are really cute. I would have offered you my bobble-head (had I had one). However, all was not lost, I did get to see Chipper’s milestone HR on T.V. I was really happy for him because he is such a great player and an all around good guy. I do know that I’ll have to pay closer attention to the Braves promos and watch for the next “Singles Night” and make it a point to look you up and at least offer to buy you a drink.
By GeoffDawg
June 6, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this
Yes, I heard that Hooters’ waitresses were lining up to congratulate Chipper.
By rekkidbraka
June 6, 2008 7:57 PM | Link to this
In fairness, there was a time when women regularly wore dresses to baseball games and it was the norm. But those days, however, ended when men stopped also regularly wearing suits and ties (often with fedoras) to games. Frankly, everyone looked better in the stands and the nice clothes demonstrated America’s respect for the game itself, which is nothing like it once was.
It looks ridiculous for the ladies to doll up in dresses, heels and layers of makeup to broil in 90-plus heat while most of the guys at The Ted are drinking away those nine innings in oversized camouflage Chipper Jones #10 jerseys and the ever-present (and always-annoying) backwards baseball cap. Ladies, those are the guys you’re clocking. Better to spend less time with the mirror and more time learning how to score a game. Show some respect for the game, please. The Ted? Isn’t a meat market.
By richbrave
June 7, 2008 9:42 AM | Link to this
O.K. moving on from ladies night. Would love to have been there, but most would not have been interested in a 65 year-old geezerette. And, thank goodness, I’m not single.
I went to some stats for MISSISSIPPI BRAVES pitchers. Thought you might like some because after CHARLIE MORTON, CHUCK JAMES and DAMIAN MOSS appear to be the only RICHMOND BRAVES pitchers with any intermediate potential to help the big club. Maybe next year, SCOTT WILLIAMSON and his high 90’s heat, but not now.
TOMMY HANSON has a 2-2 record to date with a 5.54 ERA in 5 starts, 26.0 IP, 24 H, 18 R, 16 ER, 1 HR, 3 HB, 11 BB, 25 SO, 1.35 WHIP.
DAN SMITH 1-7 with 6.12 ERA 13 G, 12 GS, 60.1 IP, 80 H, 44 R, 41 ER, 5 HR(Too many!!), 5 HB, 33 BB, 46 SO, 1.87 WHIP.
MIKE GONZALEZ 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 4 G (All Relief), 5.0 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 HR, 0 HB, 0 BB, 4 SO, 1.40 WHIP, 1 HOLD.
And JORDAN SCHAFER is batting .259 after 8 games and 27 AB, 13 TB, 6 BB, 6 SO, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, .394 OBP, .481 SLG, .875 OPS.
By Supes
June 7, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this
The most pointless fanblog of the season…hope Chop Chick is back soon with a blog of her own!
By richbrave
June 7, 2008 2:32 PM | Link to this
YO’ SUPES:
Rightous.
By richbrave
June 8, 2008 12:35 AM | Link to this
DOWN ON THE FARM
DIORY HERNANDEZ gets 3rd HR in 4 G as R-Braves win 4-3 behind JONOTHAN ROUWENHORST. JASON PERRY has a 2 H night.
By Herman the Braveman
June 8, 2008 2:46 AM | Link to this
Oh Yeah Chop Chick You are one Hottie!!!
By richbrave
June 8, 2008 3:55 PM | Link to this
DOWN ON THE FARM
CHARLIE MORTON, 55 pitches and 1 hit, 0 BB through 5 against NORFOLK on a brutally hot day (115 heat index - 101 temp.). Opening the sixth, CHARLIE walks the first three batters then gives up a double, plating 2 - his first earned runs in 20 innings. Ends up with 5+ IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 4 SO and he’s gone. Began the inning missing high with the fastball, a sure sign from him that he was done, and the ultimate results proved out. Out there stretching his back, probably cramping up. Man, its just too hot.!!
Because of the heat advisory I was forced to say home indoors. Both CHRIS RESOP and MIKE GONZALEZ on the team today, but ZACK SCHRIBER on in relief gets three outs to end the sixth.