Road Trippers for D-Backs

by Wactivist on May 23, 2009 12:03 PM EDT

One thing is clear about the Snakepit, we have a scary willingness to threaten the livlihood of adorable animals in order to get our offense going. Sadly due to our offense having no soul, many furry creatures have died as a result.

A second thing is clear though as well - and this is the reason I am writing. A huge chunk of the readers here live outside of Arizona and follow our team largely through this blog.

I think it goes without saying, the D-Backs aren't one of those teams that has huge chunks of fans all over the country. We aren't the Yankees, or the Cubs, or the Red Sox where you could roll into any ball park in the country and find a few supporters of your team in attendance. In fact, since moving to Nashville I have not seen a single D-back fan ... and I even went to a Reno Aces game!

My point: We can probably fix this - sorta.

I want to travel to see our boys. Drive up to Cincinnati for a game. Head up to St. Louis. But, and no disrespect to my friends who live in those areas (or even here) ... I want a freaking D-Backs fan to be there to enjoy it with me! Especially since this year the prospects for a win are slim anyway!

I'm sure I'm not the only person in this boat. Right?

So - an experiment. Let's use this thread to post road games (or even series) people are interested in going to. One comment per game or series, and allow people to have a bunch of mini discussions to see if we can't put together a few road trip snake pit games in random places. Heck, I'll bring the giant poster of St. Penelope of the Cross in case of emergency.

UPDATE: If you want to go see any of our minor affiliates, you shoudl list them here too.

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D-Backs at Reds June 30th - July 2nd

I’m going to at least one — just don’t know which yet.

by Wactivist on May 23, 2009 12:04 PM EDT reply actions

@ Cardinals July 17th - 19th

This series is RIGHT AFTER the All-Star break. I’m sure a bunch of awesome paraphernalia from the actual all-star game will still be available. Small bonus.

by Wactivist on May 23, 2009 12:06 PM EDT reply actions

Road trips, ahh yes. From one bar stool to the other depending on where we are playing.

If I see one more Eric Byrnes 'flip throw' I will shoot myself a whole bunch of times.

by edbigghead on May 23, 2009 12:23 PM EDT reply actions

Seriously though...

I got to watch the dbacks play last season @ petco park. Awesome field btw. Anyway, there were other dbacks fans there. We will have a larger fan base when our team turns 50 and so on. Some of these other teams have been around millions of years etc and as a result they have larger fan bases.

If I see one more Eric Byrnes 'flip throw' I will shoot myself a whole bunch of times.

by edbigghead on May 23, 2009 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm already saving money to go watch the ASG at Chase

Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)

by Muu on May 23, 2009 12:51 PM EDT reply actions

Royals June 18 2009

by jaydubsped on May 23, 2009 2:23 PM EDT reply actions

Whenever the Sidewinders...

Oh whoops, I mean the Aces come up to Portland to play the Beavers I try to go and watch.

by isoldout on May 23, 2009 10:53 PM EDT reply actions

Good call.

Jim Zorn, 55. Sean Miller, 40. AJ Hinch, 34. Notice a pattern here?

by DbacksSkins on May 29, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm still really bitter about the name change.

Or the entire city change. I watched, you know, Kelly Stinnet as a Sidewinder before the Diamondbacks existed and Kelly Stinnet went on to suck. And had a guy steal a foul ball from me at TEP as a 9 year old under the Sidewinder name. That stuff means something. Sort of.

by isoldout on Jun 2, 2009 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Eh....

they’re the AceWinders to me still. I haven’t been able to let go yet. It was also always fun to do scouting reports on the ’Winders for the ’Pit — in fact, my scouting for the Snakepit in ’07 was probably the first ever bit of serious writing I did for this site.

Hmmm…. when I was 9, Tucson still had the Toros. Wait — we still do!! :-D

Jim Zorn, 55. Sean Miller, 40. AJ Hinch, 34. Notice a pattern here?

by DbacksSkins on Jun 3, 2009 3:29 AM EDT up reply actions

Two more series this year to San Francisco

late August and late September. I’ll be there!

by snakecharmer on May 24, 2009 3:03 PM EDT reply actions

I'm gonna try

and join you there for one of those series…

"He who controls the Spice, controls the universe! "

by unnamedDBacksfan on May 24, 2009 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Aug. 1,2,3 @ NY Mets

Not sure If I can make it but it’s the only weekend series within driving distance of the Poconos

Zug be with you.
And also with you.

by NewJackCity on May 25, 2009 1:05 PM EDT reply actions

I'm gonna be in Chi-town between June 11th-20th.

Dbacks won’t, but it might be fun to meet some Snakepitters, if there are any in Chicago. I’ll definitely be going to a ChiSox game or two, and possibly a Cubs game.

I’m taking a road trip to Denver in the late summer, and wouldn’t mind seeing our boys at Coors Field.

Jim Zorn, 55. Sean Miller, 40. AJ Hinch, 34. Notice a pattern here?

by DbacksSkins on May 29, 2009 7:24 PM EDT reply actions