We are all back from an excellent time in the thriving town of Fort Wayne, Indiana! Happy to report that much fun was had by all who could go, and we hope to have established a new tradition of an annual League Road Trip. The stories will be told for a while, the early morning action at Firesetter's, I mean Firekeeper's Casino, the mandatory moonshine shots, the circuitous route from the Dash In to the Hoppy Gnome, the magical repeat appearances all night by a stranger in a Derek Jeter shirt, the less-than-successful efforts of Pat and Dave to snare even a single cannon-propelled t-shirt during our on-field promotion, and much much more. Big thanks to PJ for hooking us up with tickets AND the on-field stuff!
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| FIRST ever league games played in a moving vehicle! And first games played across states lines! |
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| Jonny TinCap welcomes the Friendship League to scenic Fort Wayne |
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Those team index cards don't just appear on draft day, they made
an appearance in "The Fort" as well! |
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First stop of our pub crawl - JK O'Donnell's "TV less" Irish Pub.
And yes, league games played here as well! |
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Happy Strat-O-Matic players at the Hoppy Gnome,
by far the cream of the Fort Wayne's crop for the bar scene |
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Pat and Randy take a break from a hotly contested
Kansas City vs Wichita battle! |
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| A happy crew after another TinCaps home victory! |
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| Which of these is NOT a current Friendship League member? |
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| Game on, at the Dash-In bar/coffee shop/general hipster joint! |
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| Cheers! |
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| Great seats for the game! |
Will try to add some more pictures and hopefully videos as others can pass them on. Thanks to all who went and made it such a fun time! We will try to do a better job scheduling this next time so more can attend, end of summer is so busy for many and was a shame that some just couldn't make this event. Looking forward to Friendship League 'On the Road 2016'!
First ever League Strat games in a moving car, or in a bar, a casino trip, T-Shirt football in the hotel hallways, Jeter haunting us all day and night, my first ever Chick-Fil-Et lunch, a room that smelled like the Seinfeld B.O. episode, a PJ sighting, 18 holes at a Championship course, late night Tex Mex while watching an episode of Cops get filmed live, a room with a view of a baseball field, Pat and Dave on the field doing their best to make that catch but coming up short, breakfast at a kiddie table, Peach milk shakes, Hoppy Gnomes.....what more could you possible cram into 24 hours? But by far my favorite part was just getting together with you guys. I haven't laughed like I laughed all day yesterday in a long time. Thanks to Pat and Dave for organizing. Looking forward to next year's trip already!!
ReplyDeleteSorry I missed it, looks like y'all had a great time + created some league history. I'll use my guys' weekend card more wisely next summer for Friendship League Roadie II: Electric Boogaloo. Especially if it involves actual Boogaloo!
ReplyDeleteI am sure we can squeeze in some Boogaloo!
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