I went to the Brave's Jersey Off Our Backs game tonight against the Phillies. The Braves couldn't pull out the game, but I was a winner anyway. Purchased a handfull of scratchoff cards and the third one I scratched off was a winner. When I left my seat to go report for being a winner, Chipper Jones had just hit HR #401 to tie the game 2 to 2. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see the rest of the game, but fortunately for me it was because I was down under the stadium waiting with 24 other fans to pick up our randomly selected game-used jerseys. Yunel Escobar was the player selected to present each of us with our used jerseys and I the number I pulled out of the selection bag was number 21 out of 25. They brought the jerseys out and stacked them on a table down on the field. Then each of us in line went up and were presnted a jersey by Escobar. The jersey on the top of the stack went to fan #1, the second jersey went to fan #2 and so on. Being number 21, I got to see all of the Braves star player get selected. Chipper Jones, Bobby Cox, John Smoltz, Tim Hudson, Brian McCann and Mark Teixeira all went before me along with many other starting players and pitchers. I had just about given up and decided I was going to end up with a back-up player when it came my turn and I realized my player's jersey was none other than last year's 300 game winner Tom Glavine. While watching all of the other star players slip away I'd completely forgotten that he was still in the stack. As you might think after reading this novel I've written, I've been on a collector's high ever since.
Here are photos of the jersey and tagging. The Braves have been wearing the Majestic Cool Base jerseys exclusively at home in 2008 and with the temp in the upper, upper 90's even tonight I guess they are cooler for the players.
Here are photos of the jersey and tagging. The Braves have been wearing the Majestic Cool Base jerseys exclusively at home in 2008 and with the temp in the upper, upper 90's even tonight I guess they are cooler for the players.
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