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3/13/2007 Alright I know it's been like a week since we were at Varsity Letters, but I really need to bring this up. I'm not exactly a seasoned vet when it comes to publicity so excuse me if I'm acting like a n003wb here. This was a big deal for me. First of all thanks to Carl at Gelf Magazine for bringing us to this thing. I probably shook his hand and thanked him 3 or 4 times throughout the course of the night, but he really hooked us up. He did an awesome job hosting the event and didn't even kick us off the mic when we (probably) doubled our time allowance. Dan Shanoff's entire reading had me roaring. He flew through it, too. If he was reading at the pace of all the other guys there he probably would've had 30 minutes of material. Definitely the most star struck night of my life and he was a big part of it. Also he thinks we're almost good enough to make his coveted list. Will Leitch is now officially my bro. Like straight up. Not only did he get the crowd pumped up for us during his time to speak but he screamed cheers for us the whole night. Really put a huge smile on my face. We're all huge fans of Deadspin here and it meant a whole lot to us. He read from the glossary of his upcoming book (to be released by June 2015, perhaps earlier) which I hope to God will be titled "The Ballad of Ron Mexico". He's afraid the title is a little too far out there, so if you get the joke shoot him a line. Matt Ufford was the big surprise to me for the night. I really didn't know what to expect when I met him, but he was one of the nicest guys there. He had three great pieces to read from, one of which provided an ex-Marine's eyes during 9/11. He's also one of the guys over at Kissing Suzy Kolber if any of you guys are into football. Greg Prince and Jason Fry at Faith and Fear in Flushing have got to be two of the most hardcore fans I've ever MET! Jason was one of the guys who came out to the bar we were led to and he was just as great as the rest of the guys. I know it sounds like I'm just shooting the same bs praise out, but these are good people. He also had a great blurb defending people who reference their favorite team as "we", which totally kicked ass. I don't know why Greg didn't come out I think the Mets were playing or something. I didn't get a chance to talk to Henry Abbott, which is pretty much a shame. He was recently bought by ESPN and I wanted to congratulate him on that. Maybe someday I'll muster enough basketball talk to fill an e-mail and I'll let him know then. Lastly I want to thank Jon and B for really making this happen. I started doing these silly Dugouts on a whim and I still feel like I'm just kind of along for the ride. They're seriously two of the funniest people on the internet and I'll slap you 'till you know this. They're the backbone of this thing and I owe a whole lot to them. Oh and I guess if you're reading this and supporting us that's kind of cool too. Here is a Dugout about Mr. Loria trying to mess up the Marlins season!
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