It has been a while since I have "blogged" as you call it, so let me apoligize first.  It has been pretty hectic around here lately with Opening Day two weeks away.  I have been busy working on getting things ready for the season with tickets, gift shop and other essential things.  Creighton had their ticket party a couple of weeks ago and I had to help Jason with getting that ready and selling things.  It was a beautiful day which only reminded me that baseball season is approaching.  Last Saturday was our ticket party, in which season ticket holders came and picked up their tickets and enjoyed hotdogs and ice cold Coca-Cola.  Although the weather was pretty brizzy, the event was a success and alot of people are excited about the 2008 season.  Lesley Crutcher and I had the duty of standing outside and assisting the kids who wanted to play in the moon jump.  It didn't take long for her to want to go inside because of the windy conditions, but I continued to man the ship and started greeting people who were not sure where to go.  It was helpful to see the faces of our season ticket holders because they are an important part of success for the Omaha Royals.  In all, the party was great for everyone and it just made everyone more excited about the upcoming season. 

Getting the program completed was a big mountain to climb but it is completed and almost ready to be printed.  The next big thing I have been working on is getting the suite and comp tickets out to our sponsors.  Another important part of the business side of baseball is fulfilling your promises to businesses that do business with us.  This will be part of my duties during the season in which I prepare all the suites and get the tickets to the sponsors before their games.  Other than that it has been common things such as newspaper ads and website stuff.

Well with NCAA Basketball playing it is hard to do work but eventually it will be completed and the games will end and it will lead us right to Opening Day which is only 14 days away. 

I would like to give a special thank you and good luck to our Dir. of Ticket Operations Jeff Gogerty, who will be moving down to Texas in a couple of days.  I have not known him long or have I seen him walk (he has been on crutches since I met him in Jan.), but the time I have known him he has been nothing but supportive and helpful to me with everything.  He is a great guy even though he is a Duke fan and I just wanted to say thanks for everything and good luck down in Texas.

The season is rapidly approaching with under a month to go till Opening Day, April 3.  The pocket schedules have been shipped and are ready to be given out to the community.  The commercial has been shot and is being edited as we speak and soon will be airing throughout the Nebraska area.  The players are finishing up their games in Arizona and Florida, Rosenblatt is trying to be cleared off and ready to go, and we here in the front office are gearing up for our single game ticket party which will be held next Saturday, March 15. 

I am working on our billboards that will be placed around the Omaha area, and also getting things ready to go for our sponsors.  27 days till opening day and then the fun really starts.

This is gonna be a short one, but on a personal side, I finally got cable in my apartment and what was the first thing I watched, Illinois vs. Michigan St.   I can not watch them this season, it is like watching my little cousins play at the YMCA.  They all huddle around the ball, each calling for it and when they get it, they run like chickens with their heads cut off and then turnover the ball.  I hate watching them and I wish it was baseball season so I wouldn't have to watch them, but because I am still a fan I have to.