Well today was my first day in Arizona, it was an off day so i hung out with one of the guys and we went to the mall in Scottsdale. we were goin around lookin at stuff. Well Whittleman decided to get his girl a purse. And this is where the name of this discussion comes in.(We're dressed in like workout clothes, because we were lounging around all day, so no one would suspect we had any money and we were basically ignored in all the stores.) He goes to get the purse its like $175 or somethin, and its little wallet thing that goes with it, which is like $70. Well he gets up there, and the lady goes " you do know how much this costs right?" and he says " yes i know" then shes like " are you sure you wanna spend money on this, you might could use it better on something else" Well you should have seen the look on her face when he pulled about $500 in cash out of his pocket and said " yes i'll take it" she was like " well what do you boys do for work?" and we said we were ballplayers, and she says " well, you sure dont dress like ballplayers, figured you would dress a lot nicer" Right around this time, a group of about 10 girls came around and started asking us about baseball and such, the same girls who had not paid us any attention earlier in the day. We were then followed for awhile inside the mall by the girls. The attention was cool, but we knew they were only after money. so this is where i learned my first off the field lesson. ** Dress down and you attract less attention from groupies. Dont know why i decided to post this, but im bored in a hotel room. Hope you like reading it!
Posts: 227 | Location: Panama City Beach,Florida | Registered: February 20, 2003
dont flash money around you will get less attention from cash loving girls and you never know someone might bop you over the head and take ya wallet too.
be careful what you write, an online diary was deemed to funny and extrememly embarrassing for one minor league team so says the teams GM.
If you are talented and cute groupies will buy you food and drinks
Posts: 1469 | Location: USA | Registered: January 22, 2004
that's a good lesson to learn about dressing down . . . always interesting to see how people are treated when they think you don't have money.
just read your other post about signing the contract. . . way to go! Enjoy all the opportunities and have fun!
"How bad do you want it? How bad do you need it? Are you eating, sleeping, dreaming with that one thing on your mind? How bad do you want it? How bad do you need it? Cause if you want it all You've got to lay it all out on the line" ~ performed by Tim McGraw written by Jim Collins/Bill Luther
Posts: 204 | Location: Georgia | Registered: June 28, 2005
Mary Ann * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged." Deuteronomy 31:8 [8/21/08]
Posts: 3937 | Location: Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight ... | Registered: January 02, 2003
AHS: Keep the posts coming! I hope you are bored in your hotel room a lot, so we get to read much more of your experiences as you make your way to the bigs.
