Notes: Coming out on top

Fans support Sass
By Beth Sass / hereforthesass.blogspot.com

MINNEAPOLIS -- The BFL, under the direction of Commissioner SBGF, released the results from in-park surveys given to fans at BFL ballparks in mid-May. Sass Stadium took the honors of being the best stadium all around. The food selection was rated top, with the only suggestion of selling Mrs. Guillen’s cookies. The seating and sight-lines rated second best, but considering that the Sass play in Historic Sass Stadium, while other teams play in newly designed parks, was impressive in itself. The atmosphere, give-aways, announcers, pre-game and between-inning entertainment, and scoreboards all ranked first.

“We worked hard to arrange all of this,” Dawn said, “Planning every event. It’s really an honor. It was a surprising honor to win the “Best Park to Visit” award, too. Fans from other teams find our park the easiest to get to, and the friendliest and most knowledgeable fans. We’re quite proud of everyone.”

An independent contractor led the survey, as well as tallied the results, to prevent any corruption of the results.

SBGF believes there was some error in the results tallying for Here for the Sass to come out with so many awards. The Assassins opened their new stadium Assassin Park this year, at the cost of $1.2 billion in construction. Assassin Park ranked last in atmosphere, which was shocking, considering many demands had been placed on the Go Boom! team to build a new stadium, who’s Go Boom! Field actually ranked fourteenth, ahead of Assassin Park, neut Park, and Dreadnought Diamond.

“Money can’t buy everything,” Beth said, “It starts from the top and works its way down. Dawn and I were willing to move into a historic park, and focus everything on making the experience pleasant for all fans in attendance. Sass Stadium might not be the newest park with all the high-tech features, but it’s got a historic beauty that keeps people coming back--besides the fun we have, hiring announcers from Lacrosse leagues, and letting our guys hang out with the fans.”


The hitting continues: Adam Dunn hit his third home run of the week, putting him in the front of the home run hitters on the Sass with 24.

“Dude, what’s going on?” Jermaine Dye asked Adam. “I take a day off, so you feel the need to add even more stats to your line?” Jermaine asked for the day off on Wednesday to rest. Jermaine had played in all games so far this year.

“Youth prevails,” Adam said, smiling in mock innocence at Jermaine who is five years older.

Sign-up for fishing with the Sass: The Here for the Sass reminds people that anyone who would like to take part in the First Annual Fishing Tournament that they can sign up by filling out the form on the Sass web site or calling the Sass front office during regular hours. Tournament fees may be paid in cash, or with credit cards, valuable antiques, or checks. An appraiser will be on-hand to determine the worth of the antiques.

The tournament will take place on June 29th. Each team will consist of a Sassian (player or coach), a professional fisherman, a child from one of the inner-city schools, and two fans who have entered the tournament.

Money raised will go towards literacy charities. Each team member will take turns reading aloud to their team while waiting for fish to bite.

Upcoming Events: Sass fans are reminded that tonight is Sock Night. The first 5,000 adults of either sex to enter the park will receive a pair of Sass Socks. Sass socks for females are pink and purple, and emblazoned with the Sass logo on the ankles The socks for the males are white, with the Sass logo on the ankle.

“We had many requests for Sass socks,” said Clubhouse Manager Rach, “I like socks myself, so I brought it up to our marketing department who thought it was great. We’ve already had telephone calls from fans who cannot attend tonight’s game, asking if we were planning on selling socks in our Team Stores. We’re working on it, but it could take a couple of weeks.”

Tonight: Tonight Carlos Silva will take the mound for the Sass. Many of the relievers were needed yesterday when the Sass had no starting pitcher scheduled, but there are still a few available to finish the game tonight, if needed.