Entry #20

May 14, 2004 - Bob

Las Vegas, NV

I was wrapped off the set of Ms. Congeniality 2 tonight. It's good to be done -- though there is a bit of sadness after working with everyone for several weeks.

Our updated calendar for "Boys of Summer" is as follows:

May 21st -- deadline for Las Vegas 51's ticket sales (I have 100 to sell).

May 22nd -- drive to Bay Area.

May 23rd -- 1st fundraiser for BOS @ Oakland A's game. We've sold enough to break even as of today -- Now we're hoping to raise some funds. We've got donations of: a keg of beer, keg of root beer (thank you Pyramid Brewery), water (thank you Trader Joe's), a gift certificate from Safeway (thank you, you know who) for $25 nailed down. We have Domino's Pizza, Whole Foods Market and gift certificates from Great American BBQ pending.

May 29th -- Second fundraiser at Fremont St. Experience/Las Vegas 51's game. We have pizzas from Dominos so far and chips from Trader Joe's. We are awaiting response from several local restaurants and stores. We are also awaiting a yes/no from the awesome Prince tribute band, Purple Reign as to whether or not they will be playing a set at the Fremont St. Experience.

June 5th -- travel to New York

June 8th -- Meet Stephen King (we made a short film adaptation of a scene from his Gunslinger series and won the Grand Prize!). I am trying to set up an interview with any/all of the morning TV shows, i.e. Today, Regis/Kelly.

June 18th -- Our first official game, seeing the Las Vegas 51's before hitting the road.

June 19th -- Grand Canyon

June 20th -- Arizona D'Backs. Party at Sliders, right next to the Bank One Ballpark. We have a great Parkinson community in Phoenix helping us coordinate this one. I'm buying 100 tickets on consignment from the D'backs -- I hope we'll need even more!

June 24th -- Houston Astros. We'll be getting tickets here, too. Still working on a restaurant for the pre-game party/fundraiser.

June 25th - Texas Rangers. Don't know the tailgating situation here. Sis lives in Dallas -- woo hoo! We'll spend a day or two here. I hope we can work out something with her club in terms of a fundraiser.

July 1 -- Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Playing phone tag with them right now. Not sure of the tailgate status.

July 2 -- Florida Marlins (Miami). This will be BIG as the NPF headquarters are here! We're working on coordinating an event.

Okay -- that's enough for right now. I have good leads in Minnesota (Hubert's), Philadelphia (tailgating at the park okay and I've got a great "friendly" in Maria Gephardt who lives near Philly) and Seattle (Pyramid Brewery).

I really need some help with tickets in Boston (July 9th -- 5 tickets) and Chicago/Wrigley July 30th (5 tickets). We’re trying not to get stuck by scalped stuff as the hard cash flow is so minimal.

Oakland 6, Kansas City 2

WP: T. Hudson (4-1)   LP: J. Gobble (1-2)