Net54baseball 9th Annual National Dinner- Friday August 5th

[Leon]

To all concerned,

The 9th Annual Net54baseball Dinner will be held on Friday, August 5th, the week of the National. I will have an RSVP thread within 3-5 weeks of the dinner. It's too early now. It will be at the Embassy Suites Ohare. (across the street from the National). If ya'll remember the stir fry stations and multiple bartenders, that is what we are doing again. All members of Net54baseball are invited. regards

[Taxman]

Thank you Leon...missed this last year.

[nolemmings]

This is very good news. Thanks for getting this back on track Leon.

[E93]

Happy to hear the tradition is returning. Thanks Leon.
JimB

[tbob]

Great news! Look forward to renewing acquaintances there

[Jewish-collector]

FANTASTIC NEWS !!!! Thank you for bringing it back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CMIZ5290]

Thanks leon! Looking forward to it.

[Jaybird]

Thanks for putting this together. It will be great to finally put a face with an avatar.

[AndyG09]

Thank you, Leon. I look forward to meeting all the fellow cardboard junkies!

Best,

Andy

[bcbgcbrcb]

Sounds good, Leon, I'll be there. Thanks again!

Phil

[sox1903wschamp]

Super duper. I will be attending. Look mucho forward to it.

[Michael Peich]

Leon,

You da man! I'm in, Bud.

Cheers, Mike

[HRBAKER]

Leon,
Thanks. The return of an old friend, the Net54 Dinner!

Jeff

[Rich Klein]

I'm looking forward to this -- as this is the closest thing to an hospitality room this hobby has. If you have been around long enough, that was a beloved part of the hobby past

Rich

[jimivintage]

I haven't been to the National since 2007, but my heart is where it needs to be these days....can't wait to meet up with all of you again! It's been too long! Thanks so much, Leon!

[quinnsryche]

I am excited to attend. My wife even said I should go but she just had surgery and was medicated Does anyone know if Bruce (or one of his representatives) will be in attendance or is he banned from this event also
Sorry, don't mean to start anything, just joking!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by quinnsryche

I am excited to attend. My wife even said I should go but she just had surgery and was medicated Does anyone know if Bruce (or one of his representatives) will be in attendance or is he banned from this event also
Sorry, don't mean to start anything, just joking!

Actually, that is not a bad question. There is a handful of folks that have been banned from this board. I said all "members" are invited. When you look below a USER ID of someone that has been banned it doesn't say "member" it says "banned"....therefore they are not a member, in my mind. That being said I will make a case by case decision on those few individuals. If Bruce (or his brother Archive) want to come to the Dinner, and he won't spread little pieces of paper around the room saying how terrible I am, then he can come to. I imagine he will be back on the board at some point in the future too.

The way the Dinner got going again is by having one sponsor being the "Gold" sponsor and that sponsor is going to be Heritage Auctions. Make no mistake, it is still a Net54baseball dinner just as it always has been. Hopefully there will be other sponsors too but for right now it is being done due to Heritage and our other banner advertisers who pay money every month for their ads to be on the board. Without those banners and Heritage's sponsorship I am not sure we would have been able to get it done as six hours of open bar and food isn't too cheap for 175-200 folks. For anyone that has been to one of these you know it's a blast. I am looking forward to it. best regards

[Rich Klein]

Want to meet archive!

He/She has soo much hobby knowledge

Rich

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by Leon

Actually, that is not a bad question. There is a handful of folks that have been banned from this board. I said all "members" are invited. When you look below a USER ID of someone that has been banned it doesn't say "member" it says "banned"....therefore they are not a member, in my mind. That being said I will make a case by case decision on those few individuals. If Bruce (or his brother Archive) want to come to the Dinner, and he won't spread little pieces of paper around the room saying how terrible I am, then he can come to. I imagine he will be back on the board at some point in the future too.

The way the Dinner got going again is by having one sponsor being the "Gold" sponsor and that sponsor is going to be Heritage Auctions. Make no mistake, it is still a Net54baseball dinner just as it always has been. Hopefully there will be other sponsors too but for right now it is being done due to Heritage and our other banner advertisers who pay money every month for their ads to be on the board. Without those banners and Heritage's sponsorship I am not sure we would have been able to get it done as six hours of open bar and food isn't too cheap for 175-200 folks. For anyone that has been to one of these you know it's a blast. I am looking forward to it. best regards

Whether it's intentional or accidental, Bruce, et al., are no longer "Banned." They are back to being a "Member."


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