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Post#1 » by HookShotHibbert » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:25 am

Hopefully this topic is acceptable to start. I have been to approximately 15 games this year with Dunthreevey. Late last week, he got a call from someone with the Pacers organization offering him tickets to tonight's fan appreciation game. We go collect our tickets this evening and were pleased to see they were lower level. We scratch our appreciation night "lottery" tickets and I am the lucky winner of a Pacer's team yearbook!!! Now granted this isn't one of the jerseys which they were giving away. But it is more than what I had before the game. Plus the player survey answers are amusing. Pacers top the evening off with a win. That is enough to send me home a happy man.

But the appreciation wasn't over. After the game, players began throwing their autographed shoes and jerseys into the crowd. Just when I think all the items have been given out, from the corner of my eye I see a shoe flying out from the tunnel area. All of the sudden time goes into slow motion and all I hear is Dunthreevey yelling GET IT! GET IT!.......I end up colliding with the gentleman next to me and the shoe tumbles into a seat. I fumble in front of him and snag it up. I ended up with on of Steven Graham's game worn autographed shoe.

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Post#2 » by Dunthreevy » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:27 am

Helluva game, hell-u-va game!

Funny how you had that premonition about getting an autographed jersey before the game and you end up getting this.
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Post#3 » by JazzItUp13 » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:49 am

wow! That is awesome! what a nice auto on it aswell! Someone said a lady got JO's game jersey...*sigh*...I need one of those for my damn collection!
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Post#4 » by glasket » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:50 am

Sounds like you guys had a good night.
What is more important is that the pacers, as an organisation, seem to be very committed to winning back the fans and this is a huge positive step.

This time around I am actually excited for the offseason as we will have a decent draft pick and also some moves are bound to happen with our new management.

Now all I have to push for is this fan appreciation extending all the way to Australia.
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Post#5 » by HookShotHibbert » Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:59 pm

JazzItUp13 wrote:wow! That is awesome! what a nice auto on it aswell! Someone said a lady got JO's game jersey...*sigh*...I need one of those for my damn collection!


Yes, Jermaine gave his jersey to some older lady (60+ years old) whose son was helping her beg for it. He also brought out a box of shoes probably 10 pairs and signed them and gave out.
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Post#6 » by JazzItUp13 » Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:30 pm

lol 10 pairs? dang....he was saving those for the playoffs ;)
haha...I'ma beg em for a jersey next time i see em...maybe offer some $$$...I need one for my collection damnit! lol
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Post#7 » by Dunthreevy » Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:03 pm

I'm still jealous!!
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