A Helping Glove For Africa
by elcroata on Oct 30, 2009 7:58 AM PDT
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I love your commitment
to opening up new eyes to the fun of baseball, elcroata. I’ll look around and see what I can find. I’ve also alerted the A’s organization to your post. I don’t know if anything will come of it, but it doesn’t hurt to ask, and you never know.
I never considered taking him out. I had a commitment to his heart. - Johnny King
That would be pretty incredible
Regardless of whether something comes out of it or not, thanks so much for asking.
To be hit by Moriyama's fastball is an honor exceeded only by being crushed under the wheels of the imperial carriage
A lot of people insisting on extra fries?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
that and wiping off the tables - you gotta swab that ketchup before it dries.
alaska A residing in northern Idaho.
Have you thought about getting in touch with Right to Play?
It’s an organization founded by speedskating megastar (yes, in Europe they have such things…) Johann Olav Koss which is involved in exactly this sort of thing— getting kids in desperately poor areas access to sports. They do work in Tanzania and might be able to help you out.
And for everyone, if (like me) you don’t actually happen to have a glove lying around, consider making a donation instead. It’s a good cause.
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
Wouldn't it be cool if we could get an AN campaign to gather loose funds to give to this group?
I don’t know how to use paypal – but I know others do. Any interest in this at all?
As for this post – I don’t have any equipment – but might go to Goodwill and see what I can dig up!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry
by BERRYJO on Oct 23, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
No, I haven't
Thanks for the tip, Paul. I am also in touch with local soccer teams, trying to gather some used soccer shoes.
To be hit by Moriyama's fastball is an honor exceeded only by being crushed under the wheels of the imperial carriage
wow very impressive, thanks so much for doing this
lemme go rustle up a coupla mitts and ballgear here.
Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?
Make sure to apologize to the kids as you wrestle the equipment from their hands.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
A little bored, sweetie?
I never considered taking him out. I had a commitment to his heart. - Johnny King
Could be a tad.
When’s the next baseball game?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
You rock.
I don’t think I have any children’s equipment laying around anymore, though I will certainly ask around.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I've got some old balls . . . .
. . . . (), actually softballs, that I’d love to donate. May also have a couple of bats and possibly a glove. I’ll look around. How do I contact you to see about getting you what I come up with?
"Life without geometry has no point"
Thanks camperdog
As far as the balls go, I managed to collect some locally. Bats and especially gloves are the real problem around here, though.
My e-mail is in the profile. As I wrote in the post, it would be ideal if some of you could get together and send it in one or two packages. In this case we could use the Army P.O. Box of a guy stationed in Germany who said he could receive two packages. Otherwise, it can always be shipped to me, but that does mean rather high costs for oversees shipping (I think $15 for 2lb package).
Again, thanks a lot for your efforts.
To be hit by Moriyama's fastball is an honor exceeded only by being crushed under the wheels of the imperial carriage
Re: old balls . . .
. . . I invited everyone’s favorite testicle joke in the parentheses but it didn’t come through. Just wanted everyone to know I didn’t miss the straight line—some very tough critics in this crew.
"Life without geometry has no point"
Gloves
I rooted around and found a catcher’s mitt and another glove, I can also spare a few balls. Is anyone going to organize the packages?
That's great Doug. Thanks
To be hit by Moriyama's fastball is an honor exceeded only by being crushed under the wheels of the imperial carriage
Just a reminder
before this post disappears from the prominent top right position (but hopefully not out of everyone’s mind).
Anyone interested to help please send me an e-mail (thanks Doug for already doing so), so that we can stay in contact for this one. Even if you don’t have any equipment yet, but think you might come up with one in the following weeks, please do so.
A volunteer to offer her/his postal address to gather single donations and send them in one or two bigger packages would greatly help. I would be more than willing to cover that person’s shipping costs to the APO Box. Just send ma an e-mail.
To be hit by Moriyama's fastball is an honor exceeded only by being crushed under the wheels of the imperial carriage
I can also help by linking to this fanpost occasionally after it disappears,
within my front page posts. That way it will keep “reappearing” to allow well intentioned fans to remember to help.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
That would be awesome, thanks!
To be hit by Moriyama's fastball is an honor exceeded only by being crushed under the wheels of the imperial carriage
Can't you also fiddle with the post date?
I, obviously, have no idea what admins can do but Fooch (NinersNation) does something fairly regularly to keep posts in the top right longer than they otherwise would be.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
Based on the "up" button discussion,
I think it’s pretty clear that admins also have no idea what they can do.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Which is why I thought I'd mention that (and give you a person to follow up with)
If, of course, it’s something you’re interested in.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
I do know how to do the "update timestamp," actually
My comment was a ha-ha.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
As a small update on efforts on other fronts
Today was a first of a series of Kinderkuchen (cakes for kids) breakfasts at my work. In a nutshell, each week a different group bakes cakes for all, and people donate some money in exchange.
It was great and we actually managed to raise $270 within less than half an hour.
Just in case anyone wanted to know. And just to keep this thread alive, in hope some people might get inspired and look for another glove :)
To be hit by Moriyama's fastball is an honor exceeded only by being crushed under the wheels of the imperial carriage
Bean please resign Crosbi
sincerely,
some dumb A’ss fan who can’t spell or understand re-sign/resign…
:)
The foundational Western philosophical quote; "I think, therefore I am..." applies to everyone except Booby "the joke" Crozby
Happy Halloween !!!!!
Oh shit, it’s Nov 1st…
The foundational Western philosophical quote; "I think, therefore I am..." applies to everyone except Booby "the joke" Crozby
Yet for a while,
IT WAS NOVEMBER SOME PLACES IN THE U.S., YET OCTOBER IN OTHER PLACES!!!!!!
Tim McCarver and Joe Buck are still astonished at this.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
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