2012 Royals Promotions
And finally, the Royals announced a new fan section, the Frenchy Quarter, in right field. Every Thursday home game, fans will be able to purchase a $21 ticket that includes a Frenchy Quarter T-Shirt, a drink coupon and a seat in Jeff Francoeur’s cheering section in the right outfield box.
I don't know about the rest of you, but it sounds like half my Thursday nights just got booked for this summer. The Francoeur contract is truly the gift that keeps on giving.
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You can never have too many Frenchy Quarter shirts.
by OnixConcepcion on Jan 19, 2012 10:28 PM EST reply actions
One Word; Beads
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Jan 22, 2012 9:43 PM EST up reply actions
A better promotion for something called the Frenchy Quarter
would involve paying 25 cents to get nut tapped by Jeff Francouer.
by OnixConcepcion on Jan 19, 2012 10:29 PM EST reply actions
First 25 fans get to watch nude BP
and a pair of those glasses with the giant eyes.
They also announced the Getz Zone:
A designated seating area for people who sneak into the stadium without paying and, therefore, really have no business being in a major league ballpark.
by Black and Gold on Jan 19, 2012 11:11 PM EST reply actions 10 recs
Oh wait... you're serious?
Totally didn’t see that one coming. I suppose the section will be quite popular.
Can we put together a Gordon-themed corner where we are required to smirk at everyone around us?
Notable dates I’m excited for:
April 21 – Retro batting practice jerseys… (Sounds like a good promotion, though probably rife with sponsor patches)
May 19 – All Star Garden Gnome (what??? color me intrigued…)
Aug 17 – Eric Hosmer Bobblehead (That thing will be worth millions some day)
Sept 1 – 1 "Moose"takas Antlers (yes please…. current frontrunner for Royals promotion of the year with the Frenchy Quarter)
MAJOR LEAGUE (The Royals)
Rachel Phelps (Royals Management): I think he'll fit right in with our team concept.
Charlie Donovan (Royals Fans): That reminds me, I was going to ask you. What exactly *is* our team concept?
Antlers are a Mizzou group
Dont infringe on their intellectual property.
by WURoyal on Jan 21, 2012 10:22 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Im super stoked about Garden Gnome night...
Not even kidding.
Since 2005: Royals win% = .4100, Chiefs win% = .4095
Mitt Romney is a serial killer.
So help me God
IF THEY HAVE TOO FEW T-SHIRTS AT T-SHIRT TUESDAY.
Ugh. Was looking forward to a long-sleeved t-shirt but the morans thought that giving people 10 at a time was a good idea.
It's ridiciulous
You know, those people who get ten shirts end up selling them on e-bay for a buck or two over (or sometimes under) the price of the ticket they bought but didn’t really use.
by OnixConcepcion on Jan 20, 2012 9:24 AM EST up reply actions
I've heard from some places that people who had season ticket packages were a huge part of the problem on t-shirt nights.
They were taking all of their unused tickets and trading them in for tickets on t-shirt nights to get multiple shirts. Supposedly that’s being addressed by limiting the days they can exchange the unused tickets.
Glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long.
Rock Chalk Talk
Nice to see the splurging on Negro League night again
It must be costing David Glass a fortune.
Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com
by RoyalsRetro on Jan 20, 2012 9:17 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
I have a feeling this guy is going to be a Royal for a long time
Maybe a really long time.
You may know me as NYRoyal.
have already cast the mold for his statue.... a swing and a miss on a high fast ball
frozen forever in bronze for all time
by Nighthawk at the Diner on Jan 20, 2012 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
Is he versatile enough to play Left or Center?
If so they may keep him but he’s gonna get crowded out by Myers real quick.
Sure he can play LF, but definitely not CF
Even if they extend Gordon, I could see them trading him at some point to make room for Myers, but keeping Francoeur.
You may know me as NYRoyal.
by Scott McKinney on Jan 20, 2012 2:47 PM EST up reply actions
I could definitely see something like this happening
Or Myers being moved in 2012 or 2013 for a starting pitcher.
Are there personal masseuses for every seat
including happy endings?
by Sweep_the_Leg on Jan 20, 2012 10:37 AM EST up reply actions
No hidden fees!
I'm waiting for my wave of talent to arrive.
by mitchfreakingmaier! on Jan 20, 2012 10:44 AM EST up reply actions
nope...they appear to be very up front about raping people for the tickets
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Jan 20, 2012 10:47 AM EST up reply actions
I'm going to go ahead and splurge on the 4 Crown Club tickets
My future child will just have to get some scholarships.
“I know community college isn’t the best option, son, but damn that game was fun!”
by Sweep_the_Leg on Jan 20, 2012 10:58 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
i plan on going out there and getting extremely intoxicated in the parking lot...it shall be spectacular...
and not cost me a billion dollars
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Jan 20, 2012 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
All kidding aside,
I splurged for Crown seats a couple of years ago against the A’s. It was one of the best ballgame experiences I’ve ever had. Then my wife found out what I spent for my ticket and just about killed me. I plan on doing it again this year sometime. Just not the ASG.
I'm waiting for my wave of talent to arrive.
by mitchfreakingmaier! on Jan 20, 2012 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
So you're not spending $4000 for one game?
Someone’s part of the 99%
by Yodazilla on Jan 20, 2012 12:35 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Holy shit.
And those are the “tickets for less” options.
by Black and Gold on Jan 20, 2012 11:33 AM EST up reply actions
Or I could go to 15-20 games for that money over the next few years.
"There is nothing shrewd about running a red light and later finding out it kept you from being hit by an asteroid." - philofthenorth
by KeepItCopacetic on Jan 20, 2012 12:22 PM EST up reply actions
But those games don't matter as much as the ASG!
That determines home-field advantage in the World Series!
by OnixConcepcion on Jan 20, 2012 2:03 PM EST up reply actions
There's something kinda cool in referring to Cinco de Mayo as Pine Tar Day.
I'm waiting for my wave of talent to arrive.
by mitchfreakingmaier! on Jan 20, 2012 10:52 AM EST reply actions
WTF, Mr. Royals Retro night on August 4th
Way to go Retro….Mr. Nighthawk at the Diner night is Feb 15th, I come in and puke gallons of scotch and water in the Frenchy Quarter.
by Nighthawk at the Diner on Jan 20, 2012 2:06 PM EST reply actions
It's about time the Royals gave the blogosphere the recognition it deserves
A RoyalsRetro night is a good start. As part of the promotion, every fan who can give a Simpsons quote at the gate gets a laminated list of Retro’s top 100 all time Royals.
You may know me as NYRoyal.
by Scott McKinney on Jan 20, 2012 2:49 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Laminated list to be completed by 2021
Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com
by RoyalsRetro on Jan 20, 2012 2:55 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com
by RoyalsRetro on Jan 20, 2012 4:50 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I thought it was called the "French Quarter"
Among other reasons, because “Frenchy Quarter” doesn’t make sense.
You haven't been to Baton Rouge have you?
Its quite clearly marked FRENCHY QUARTER…..every St Patrick’s day the Irish Dancer’s have a big parade, with floats, and voodoo, and potato salad, and rum, and corned beef and cabbage..Mardi Grass much?
by Nighthawk at the Diner on Jan 20, 2012 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
Mardi Gras might take the award for dumbest day of the year.
Except nobody ever thinks about it until that week.
It's a huge deal in New Orleans
They spend all year preparing for it. It’s the rest of the country that doesn’t care until they get a chance to show their tits on Bourbon Street in exchange for some beads.
I heard Robert Earl Keen kicks off Mardi Gras every year at Tipitina’s. I’d love to see that. My sister claims to have been there about ten years ago and at the end of the show there was this totally drunk guy stomping on beer bottles without his shoes on, spraying glass all over the place and slicing his feet to bits.
My brother-in-law, who is not a tough guy but is someone with an authorative voice, goes up to the guy, grabs him, and says, “You need to stop doing this. RIGHT NOW.” And he did. I hope somebody sent him to the emergency room.
"That fucking fucker of a general swears too fucking much." --Unnamed soldier about Gen. George Patton, 1943
authoritative
"That fucking fucker of a general swears too fucking much." --Unnamed soldier about Gen. George Patton, 1943
You have access to Treme over the Juancho?
Little bit of an oddball series on HBO, but more or less a love letter to the distinctive local culture of N.O. I haven’t traveled extensively, but in my limited sojourns its pretty clear that sense of local culture has been watered down a lot from what I would have imagined 30 years ago….same old chain stores, restaurants, and corporate radio channels have really pushed legit local stuff to the margins. Curious to what extent you see that homogenous culture creep in Spain? An Aldi on every corner?
by Nighthawk at the Diner on Jan 21, 2012 1:11 PM EST up reply actions
My sister was at Tulane at the time
so she’s the source for the story. I was there a couple times on college road trips and then later in my mid-’20s, so I know NO pretty well, not like a local but not like a tourist.
Don’t know what Treme is. Sorry.
Barcelona is still pretty much Barcelona. Downtown has been touristized, maybe a bit too much, but tourism is 20% of our income, so he who complains is a damn fool. The city has always been a port, full of people coming in and leaving.
Where I live, in a boho neighborhood called Gràcia, nothing has changed. It’s like a small town. Everybody knows everybody, at least at a degree of separation.
As far as popular culture goes it’s the same standard international crap.
"That fucking fucker of a general swears too fucking much." --Unnamed soldier about Gen. George Patton, 1943
I'm almost hoping the NFL does not infect Europe via London
being a film fan, Hollywood has to a large degree, really marginalized the film industries in other countries….it would be a shame if that happened in other facets of culture as well. Maybe the French aren’t such assholes after all. Treme is an HBO series by the same guy who produced the Wire. Touny Bourdain is one of the main writers. Some of the same character actors from the Wire are also in Treme. Fictional look at NO largely thru the lens of hurricane Katrina and how that impacted things, but also very much about the local culture, from NO Jazz to rap/bounce specific to NO, and the food. It’s a bit of an acquired taste, but it’s worth the effort.
by Nighthawk at the Diner on Jan 21, 2012 4:08 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe the Royals brass
was concerned about a trademark suit from the City of New Orleans.
by Sweep_the_Leg on Jan 20, 2012 3:43 PM EST up reply actions
I thought this was a joke
until I checked the link. The Frenchy Quarter? Frenchy has a cheering section? They buy T-shirts?
Royals fans will make do with what we have. If Frenchy played in New York or Philadelphia there would be a “Death to Frenchy” section in right field. They would amuse themselves by guillotining Frenchy bobbleheads between non-walks.
"That fucking fucker of a general swears too fucking much." --Unnamed soldier about Gen. George Patton, 1943
by Juancho on Jan 20, 2012 4:01 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
I think my favorite is the drink coupon with the a frenchy quarter ticket
“Just keep drinking until you think it was smart for us to bring him back”
You can call me Aaron Burr by the way I'm dropping Hamiltons!
They couldn't print enough coupons for that to happen
They would have to provide me with a free hospital visit/stomach pump instead.
by Sweep_the_Leg on Jan 20, 2012 5:24 PM EST up reply actions
Ever since I heard that a player on the '72 US Olympic basketball team
Put in his will that no one was ever to accept a silver medal from the IOC on his behalf, I’ve wondered what sort of demands I should make of my heirs and descendants. On the off chance anyone is still discussing the 2012-13 Jeff Francoeur contract 50 years from now, I feel my progeny owes it to me to immediately say it was a bad baseball move, even before we found out it delayed the beginning of Wil Myers’ HOF career by a few months.
by thelaundry on Jan 20, 2012 10:55 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Fantastic OT question...
I request that no one should ever name one of my descendants Neifi.
I am the one who knocks.
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