Rave : Winning a Silent Auction Item

[cardinalkarp]

So last night me and my wife went to the Dog & Duds fashion show that was hosted by Tony LaRussa. It was a good time as it had an open bar and plenty of pretty good food that I was able to chow down on all night.

It was pretty cool to see the likes of Duncan, Wainwright, Pujols, Ankiel, Thompson and LaRussa walking around and chatting it up in their everyday attire.

Now for the title of my thread : Walking around looking at the silent auction items I found one that I really had my eye on, 4 Diamond Box seats (section 140 row E) and some pregame VIP Field Passes. I decided I would just keep an eye on them to see what range they would be going in. As the auction was winding down there was a good amount of action on them. I decided to throw in my bid about 10 min before it ends. A couple minutes later my competition goes over and out bids me We go back and forth in the last couple minutes and he decides to walk off right before it ends. I guess he just got tired of battling it out.

In the end I scored the tickets and get to select a game to go watch some BP and pregame stuff out on the field and do some picture taking a hopefully chatting w/ the players a bit!!

[Dillagii]

How much did it cost?

[TimeForGuinness]

Well played...and very awesome!

Take lots of pics and post on the board.

Congrats!

[clement]

That's great. Was this a charity auction for Tony's animal shelter?

[Swatcat27]

Nice CK...I hope you wore your 'miles is my superhero' T-shirt..

[cardinalkarp]

How much did it cost?

Surprisingly not that bad, $340 for everything. So pretty much cheaper than what you would actually pay for just the tickets themselves.

[cardinalkarp]

Well played...and very awesome!

Take lots of pics and post on the board.

Congrats!

I was planning on it.

That's great. Was this a charity auction for Tony's animal shelter?

I think it was partially sponsored by ARF but it was mainly raising money for local St. Louis shelters I believe.

[AdmiralKird]

That's a pretty good deal, especially since a good portion goes to charity.

[cardinalkarp]

That's a pretty good deal, especially since a good portion goes to charity.

That's what I thought. My wife wasn't going to let me bid over $400 though.

They had some really cool stuff though. The final two live auction items was a trip for 2 to the Espy's next year (all expenses paid) and I think that went for about 8k. The final item was that you got to go through a day w/ Tony. You were able to help him make out the lineup for the game, go through all the managers duties for the day (sit in Tony's seats, whatever that means) and then you get a game signed ball and lineup card. That went for 10k.

[ThatGuy]

Wow, that's awesome. I'm extremely jealous. Like TFG said, take lots of pictures and tell them all about your friends at GRB.