On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Bob Jersey <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The team: The Staten Island Yankees, five levels below the majors. Most > players at that level ain't that old. Their league's season only runs June > 1st to Labor Day. > > The game: Saturday (8), at their home park one light-rail stop away from > the ferry to/from Manhattan, against Hudson Valley. Bein's it's NY, it's a > little larger than most stadia in the league, just over 7,000. > > The premise: A *Game of Thrones* night, of course. Sorta hurts that > Martin, originally from Bayonne, NJ, across a lovely-but-aging bridge > nearby, is a Mets fan. HBO was approached during the offseason about the > idea, and although a long and involved process, did its part to make it > happen, as did Martin's publisher Random House, who will hand out free > books; there were some details Martin wouldn't sign off on. > > The details (that did make it): A commemorative cap for the Direwolves, > the home team's alternate persona for the night, along with those books, > free to the first 2,500 adults arriving; Martin will sign autographs for an > hour prior to the game; he'll bring his friend, a wolf from a New Mexico > sanctuary, to which the ball team will donate; special jerseys on the > players, the Yanks becoming House Stark and the visiting Renegades House > Lannister. > > The question I have: how much of a following does the show have among the > players? > > MiLB.com announced the game in June > <http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20150615&content_id=130813914&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb>, > and has a more recent article from this week > <http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20150804&content_id=140896384&fext=.jsp&vkey=promo_preview&partnerId=ed-9558508-823076253>, > also including other team's upcoming promotions. (links) > To the question of the show's following among the players: they're no the ones buying tickets. However, if they are like NFL players, it's a big following. According to the WSJ, Game of Thrones discussions are going on in all the camps and spoilers are becoming a problem. If you want ot read the linked article, be aware that it contains a big season 5 spoiler. http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-hardest-part-of-nfl-training-camp-game-of-thrones-spoilers-1438786253 -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
