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Here’s all the relevant info for the September 8th rally. But before we begin, let us be clear about a couple of things. This event has two main points: to have fun and to cheer for the home team. For anyone who remembers what Memorial Stadium was like, I’m essentially trying to recapture it, if only for one night.

OK?

Now that you’ve digested that, here’s a more comprehensive breakdown.

We are trying to sit in the left field and/or Eutaw Street areas. Buy your tickets for those sections!

What is it?
An event to wrest control of our beloved Camden Yards from the clutches of Red Sox Nation, if only temporarily.

This is not a “protest”. It isn’t about Peter Angelos or Mike Flanagan or Jim Duquette. It’s about the guys on the field who play hard in a Baltimore Orioles uniform. They deserve better than playing extra road games every year on account of (there, I took it out) Red Sox and Yankees fans invading our city. What’s more, the city itself deserves better. Why should local bartenders and waiters and vendors have to suffer the indignity of those fools with the funny accents walking around like they own the joint?

Simply put, it’s not right. So for at least one night we aim to restore balance as best we can.

When is it?
Saturday, September 8th

What’s the plan?
You, me, and everyone else we can convince are going to buy tickets to the September 8th game (buy tickets ASAP! Left field or Eutaw Street!). Come gameday we will don our Orioles colors (I’m going to have a t-shirt design for us — more later) and meet before the game at one of the local Camden Yards establishments (more later) for some fun and frolic. At game time we’ll head to our seats and cheer like madmen for the boys in black and orange. Then after the game we’ll head out and spend some more money in another local establishment.

All the while we will be making it clear to the Invaders that they are not welcome in our stadium. Like I said in the original post: if they insist on coming down here we need to at least get them out of thinking it’s a vacation.

This means we will engage in the following:

– Vigorous rooting for the home team
– Taunting of Red Sox fans
– Taunting of Red Sox players
– Generalized boisterousness and revelry

We will not engage in the following:

– Violence of any kind
– Messing with anybody’s kids — kids are way, way, way off limits
– Messing with anybody’s wife or girlfriend, unless said wife or girlfriend initiates an activity that calls for taunting. In such cases the taunting will be more mellow.
– Activities that are likely to get John Q. Law involved. I’d rather not see anyone getting kicked out of the stadium, and I definitely don’t want to see anyone getting arrested. This means no throwing things at people, no abusive language, etc.

Let me be clear: The Loss Column does not endorse any illegal activities in association with this event!

All in all the idea is for this to be a fun and positive event, but one with a message.

Click Here to buy tickets online, or call the O’s at 1-888-848-BIRD. Once again, left field and/or Eutaw Street are the targeted locations.

Email me (editor (@) thelosscolumn.com) with questions, messages of support, to let me know you’re coming, etc.