Aggie Baseball rules
I cannot take any credit for this. Alicia wrote them all. But they are great, and I concur. Make sure you follow these to the letter.
So, in case you haven’t been told yet, the most entertaining and addicting* sport here at Texas A&M is baseball. And at last, baseball season starts this Friday, Feb. 22!! The whole reason I bring this up is that I want us to reserve a row. Not a Percussion Studio row, but a “bring everyone you know and let’s hang out and watch some great baseball” row. And by “reserve a row”, I mean that we have to be there early the first game to get a good row, and then we must sit in the exact same spot for every game. It may sound lame, but this is how it works at Olsen. Otherwise, you are one of the losers wandering around looking for your friends. So please post here if you are ready to commit to sitting on a designated row for the season. This does not mean that you will be there for every game! It just means that you will be in attendance for a good number of games (there are 39 home games, and I’m thinking you should be looking at going to at least 15 of them to make this commitment) and that you would be interested in sitting with other cool people.
As in any organized society, Olsen Field has rules. And these rules specifically apply to the row that we will reserve:
1) Do not yell at the first base coach to get in the box. I was in the stands when that was invented, and you don’t even know what you’re talking about. It is not cool, entertaining, or even remotely funny. It is dumb. Olsen is about originality, not mob mentality.
2) Only yell “Blue, you suck!” when there are no other words in the English language that suffice in this instance. See point #1.
3) Game time is posted on the website. Only a university excused absence will excuse tardiness. (j/k)
4) Everyone gets heckled at Olsen, including other Aggie fans. It’s all in good fun, so lighten up and laugh. And then yell at the next person that does something stupid.
5) If someone makes a good play, you applaud their outstanding physical prowess regardless of what uniform they wear. We respect hard work at Olsen.
6) Do not yell, “Hello?!?” at people who are on the phone. You don’t know what kind of emergency would call their attention from a baseball game.
7) Stay until the end of the game. I have seen (with my own two eyes) us come back from an EIGHT RUN deficit in the EIGHTH INNING to win the game 10-9 (vs. Nebraska). I have also seen us beat Tech (amazing!) in the bottom of the 10th inning by ONE RUN off of a GRAND SLAM. It ain’t over till the fat lady sings, and we have this special substance we call “Olsen Magic” on our side.
8 ) We do not talk about a certain city in Nebraska until after Super Regionals. Period.
9) If you have something intelligent/witty to yell at players/coaches/fans/umpires, keep it short. We don’t keep stenographers in the stands.
10) Take care of the fans that sit around you. We’re all there to support our team, so get to know them and reserve their seats when they have to be late for whatever reason.
She wrote this sometime last week, and we ended up losing 3 out of 4 games this past weekend. Hopefully the Aggies’ luck will change starting tonight. Gig ‘em, Ags.
3 comments February 29th, 2008