June is not for the weak

Greetings from Baseballtown!!!

Once again, it has been a while since I’ve updated you on the happenings from Baseballtown, and I apologize for that. We are currently in the middle of a very long seven-game home stand.  The past three weeks have been nuts, but somehow we’ve made it through unscathed.

Everyone in the front office has been working non-stop since June 6^th. The past three weeks have been filled with two seven-game home stands, long hours, and unfortunately quite a few losses for the R-Phils.

Although the R-Phils are currently in a six-game losing streak, there have been a few positive aspects to this long home stand.  Earlier this week, I tried a new thing with the R-Phils twitter account.  On Monday fans started lining up outside of VIST Financial Plaza around noon in order to ensure that they received a Cole Hamels Garden Gnome. It was bizarre to see all of those people waiting in line for many hours to a giveaway.  In order to try and get more fans to come out to the ballpark, I tweeted a picture of the garden gnome (left), and it was viewed by over 600 people! We received a lot comments about the gnome, and the picture was later shown on 6 ABC news in Philly.  Since we had so many impressions from the image, Tommy and I decided that it would benefit our marketing capabilities to post more pictures like this through our Twitter page.  Since then I’ve sent out pictures about the events going on at the ballpark for the rest of the home stand.  Hopefully fans will see these images and are more inclined to come to some of our games!

Brian Schneider has been here all week, which has brought some Philadelphia Phillies fans out to the ballpark to see him play in his rehab appearance with Reading.  He’s played in five games so far this week, three in the catcher’s position, and two as a designated hitter.  It seems that he is focusing most of his time in Reading on getting good at bats. While playing for the R-Phils he has been hitting .313 with five hits, one run scored, and one RBI.

Yesterday we had a tribute to the Philadelphia Phillies night, and the Phillie Phanatic and the 1980 & 2008 World Series Trophies were here for fans to see.  The trophies got here around 3, so everyone in the front office staff was able to get pictures with it before all of the fans showed up.  It seemed to be a perfect time to get the 2011 R-Phils Intern photo, so 11 out of 12 of us (sorry Gosselin) got together for the picture (right).

Tonight Mr. Belding is gracing Baseballtown with his presence and I cannot be more excited.  Although I have heard that my favorite TV principle does not necessarily look the same way he did while on the show, I hope he blurts out some Saved By the Bell catch phrases throughout the day.  He’s going to be hosting an Adult Spelling Bee and Karaoke Jam before the game, and I’m interested in what tunes he’ll be singing to.

After tonight’s game, there is one more game in the home stand, and then it’s a (much deserved) weekend off for the R-Phils front office.  June is/has been the busiest month for the R-Phils this season, so I am looking forward to only 14 games, and three home stands in the month of July.  Oh, and the All-Star break which takes place during the week of July 12. I can’t believe that the season and the summer are half way over. Working in baseball surely makes time fly by faster!

I’ll be back again sooner than later to update you on life in Baseballtown. But until then, enjoy the summer sunshine!