please humor me .
reading time is: 1 minute 20 seconds
im just sitting here thinking about years past (and more specifically last year) about the Warm Up (Jan 19,20 and 21).
a couple of things have been swirling around in the empty space that should be occupied by my brain.
looking through the auction list : http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/stl..._warmup_08.pdf
i couldnt help but think that there seems to be a lack of quality items. to me it looks like a collection of lower end items from sub star players and a bunch of filler left over from previous years. there are a handful of premium GU items that will be availible for the live "stage" auction, but the silent auction doesnt wow me as a fan or a collector.
i somehow remember feeling that in the first several years, that the organization offered much better items and more of it.
who knows, just my two cents
part 2 of ramblefest:
ive been nearly every year. and every year it seems that the GU supply is much lower than it should be considering what other teams offer during their "garage sale" type of events.
last year i arrived a couple of hours early and was still standing in a line that seemed to have a couple of hundred people in front of me. i chalked this up to the World Series excitement and a lot of bandwagon fans trying to be part of the hoopla.
when i finally made my way to the GU store there was little to be had.
i noticed one guy had about 15 jerseys and a handful of other things (hats, bats etc...) and i remember thinking "wow, shouldnt there be a limit of some sort?". of course im being a little selfish and only half joking.
i also have a good friend that was given a dealers pass (from a nationally known dealer) to enter early and he was able to get into the store . hardly seems fair to allow dealers to pick through everything before hand.
my question is, to anyone that can shed some light on this, is do they allow dealers and other pre-opening admissions to go through the GU section?
i will be there again, as always, trying to add to my ever growing collection.
however its getting harder and harder to shell out the cash for the over inflated stuff the team is hocking in the name of charity.
some of the prices have simply gotten out of hand.
reading time is: 1 minute 20 seconds
im just sitting here thinking about years past (and more specifically last year) about the Warm Up (Jan 19,20 and 21).
a couple of things have been swirling around in the empty space that should be occupied by my brain.
looking through the auction list : http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/stl..._warmup_08.pdf
i couldnt help but think that there seems to be a lack of quality items. to me it looks like a collection of lower end items from sub star players and a bunch of filler left over from previous years. there are a handful of premium GU items that will be availible for the live "stage" auction, but the silent auction doesnt wow me as a fan or a collector.
i somehow remember feeling that in the first several years, that the organization offered much better items and more of it.
who knows, just my two cents
part 2 of ramblefest:
ive been nearly every year. and every year it seems that the GU supply is much lower than it should be considering what other teams offer during their "garage sale" type of events.
last year i arrived a couple of hours early and was still standing in a line that seemed to have a couple of hundred people in front of me. i chalked this up to the World Series excitement and a lot of bandwagon fans trying to be part of the hoopla.
when i finally made my way to the GU store there was little to be had.
i noticed one guy had about 15 jerseys and a handful of other things (hats, bats etc...) and i remember thinking "wow, shouldnt there be a limit of some sort?". of course im being a little selfish and only half joking.
i also have a good friend that was given a dealers pass (from a nationally known dealer) to enter early and he was able to get into the store . hardly seems fair to allow dealers to pick through everything before hand.
my question is, to anyone that can shed some light on this, is do they allow dealers and other pre-opening admissions to go through the GU section?
i will be there again, as always, trying to add to my ever growing collection.
however its getting harder and harder to shell out the cash for the over inflated stuff the team is hocking in the name of charity.
some of the prices have simply gotten out of hand.
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