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GREEN LEGIONNAIRES & PHILS FEVER,
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Real fast before we go into anything else, the trip to D.C. is closed! We sold out Monday night around 1 AM with 1,400 people heading to D.C. for the season opener! I am glad so many of you took us up on the offer of our package at cost and hopefully we will start the season off with a big victory!!
It’s time once again for the annual STATE OF THE LEGION ADDRESS! Many of you have come to love the content of this, as it is my “in-depth” look at the season past for both the Eagles and Phillies, and the season moving forward for both! There will be some emotion in the beginning and some tough love for one of the two organizations. I will speak my mind and will table the discussion for any and all commentary on our message board, as we want to hear what YOU have to say as well. There will be three sections of the STATE OF THE LEGION ADDRESS, the first being what is going on with us, the second being the Eagles, and finally, the Phillies. Remember people that while I still speak many truths, this email is intended for entertainment and should be viewed and read as such.
Without further intro, here we go!!............
Well, another season has come and gone. Before I go into anything, I just want to take a moment and thank all of you for the best year we have ever had here at The Legion. Your support has allowed me to continue to do what I still love to do although I am sure most of you noticed, my head wasn't totally in it this year with my mother falling ill and passing away. My battery will recharge in the off-season and I'll be ready again for next year. Once again, I do want to thank all of you who reached out to me in any way and were there for me in my time of need. I don’t believe I would have been able to deal with it as well if many of you weren’t there for me. I am very lucky to call many of you my friends and even more so, being able to call many of you my family at this point. I know some of you are going through similar situations and like I said a couple months ago, if you need me for anything, I am here for you. It’s what you do for family and the least I can do for all of you.
In addition to that, your support has allowed for my best friend, Marilyn Minda, to be employed yet again for another year, and has also allowed for us to employ Alex Baxter and Chad Gingrich full-time as a couple of bright kids coming out of school into a very poor job market. All of us here at The Legion thank you in ways that will never be expressed by just words alone. I do hope all of you know how truly humbled I am when you say the things you do about us and express your gratitude. The last month has been very reflective for me as you probably realize. As my family lost one of its pillars, The Green Legion family continues to grow and I really think we are onto something here, perhaps bigger than all of us may realize at this point. I am not sure how just yet, but in the off-season, we are going to try to enhance ways for more of you to get to know each other. I know the types of friendships that have been forged through our world and I would love nothing more than to see that aspect become larger. I would also love to see some more networking amongst our members. There are plenty of you who have goods, services, or talent to offer, and we are going to try and find ways to open up more lines of communication.
And of course, we are still going to set up the best trips we possibly can. I am actually very excited about next year's schedule. I know we were in Chicago the last two years, but you can't beat that as a destination. We are in Chicago at least once a year with the Phillies and I love it every time. You also can't beat San Francisco as a destination. This gives all of you who haven't been to either of these cities a chance to go and I promise you ZERO disappointment in these destinations. Jacksonville is also on the list as many of us have unfinished business there! Last time I was in the stadium, I wasn’t very happy with the results. Finally, Tennessee is on the list and I can't tell you how much fun that trip will be. The city that our Legion friend and family member Lance Umble likes to refer to as NASHVEGAS!! Pretty sure I already have a little surprise in store for you on this trip depending on the date.
One other quick note, John Clayton from ESPN reported last week that everyone is so far apart on labor negotiations for 2011 so much so that he said a lockout is almost inevitable. This means two things, the first being if you want your road trip fix, you may want to find interest in one of these four destinations I just told you about. The other is cross your fingers because if there is a lockout, the 2011 season goes right down the crapper and it could be the best season for road trips with Arizona, MIAMI, and the record equivalent of the NFC South...did I mention MIAMI!!! Get your S*#T together you guys!!
TicketZeus.com is also on the list of things to discuss. We want to be your portal for Eagles, Phillies, Flyers, Sixers, concert tickets, etc. We are currently developing a way to in essence Stub Hub your tickets, without costing you as much as it would if you went through them and keeping it in the Philadelphia region so we don’t wind up with more Mets fans in Citizen’s Bank Park or more stinkin’ Cowboys fans at The Linc. We will keep you posted on that!
All in all, from The Legion standpoint, it was a great year. We have many more things in store for you in the upcoming months and we are jumping out of our skin to let some of these things out, and will start making announcements as soon as possible. So, let’s start with the bashing and then end on a high note. In other words, we start with the Eagles and end with the Phillies!
I will try not to be repetitive, but hopefully if people in the right place hear this enough, then maybe certain begs and pleads will no longer fall on deaf ears. IT’S TIME FOR CHANGE!! I don’t know what else to say. This stems from two remarkably obvious situations, and I’m pretty tired of both. The first being our quarterback and in no way shape or form second, our coach.
Look, Mr. Lurie, I have to show you major respect this time around because you did in fact recognize our efforts this year as far as your fans traveling to see this team. The letter I received was great and I thank you and Joe for it. However, there is a substantial problem when your fans seem to show up more than your coach and quarterback. Let’s start with #5 and then we’ll move onto Mr. Stubborn.
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