#SendTheRunner is my hair brain idea to get some Kansas City Company to sponsor me to go to as many Royals ALCS and World Series (fingers crossed) games as possible. Why call it #SendTheRunner? Kansas City has the most stolen bases and often when someone steals they say send the runner. So, I thought that was cute.
Yes, I shaved. Yes, I am the guy from that long and stupid Royals MLBFanCave video. Why didn’t they pick me? MLB hates the Royals thats why it has nothing to do with the failed psych eval. That Doctor was a Quack I will have you know, like Brown is a school. It is a color so stop playing Doc.
Why me because it does me no good to send you. I would love to bring some friends from twitter (@KCRoyalman & @Koreanfan_KC just to name a few) along with me on the wild trip. I would even love to bring along a random contest winner (hint hint radio stations). I will even fly to Korean (if you buy my ticket Looking at you Korean Air) and make SungWoo’s boss let him leave work. We will be crossing the country with free tickets, Royals gear, Ribs, beverages, towels, rib bibs, and whatever else you have to give away to random Kansas City Royals Fans we meet along the way. Setting up KC Style tailgate parties in Baltimore and whatever NL city we end up in (fingers crossed) free for all Royals fan in attendance.
We can drive to Baltimore (car dealers of Kansas City) or we can fly (Airline Companies). Maybe you have a limo company and want us to arrive in style. Hell I will even take Amtrak and Greyhound if you guys want to pay. Maybe stay at a Holiday Inn, Motel 6, A Super 8, a Drury Hotel, Marriott, Sleep Inn, Comfort Inn, Red Roof Inn, Holidy Express, Extended Stay America, Dave’s No Tell Motel, or maybe even a Howard Johnson’s with a pool and free breakfast. We could even stay at your house if you want.
My pitch is this I am poor an creative and your company is rich and poor on creative. You could pay your media buyer and ad firm lots of money to make you a bad local spot that you will have to pay thousands for to get on tv once. You can pay to hire the radio voice guy to do a 30 second spot for you and will sound just like the arrive alive ad. Its up to you be original or fade into the ambient noise in our cars. Who is even going to be in their car during the game? It really is like throwing your money away. You might as well guy fat guys skinny jeans (which this fat guy will wear if that is what does it for you.)
OR
You could get me some tickets from I don’t know where maybe there is an oak tree with tickets on it.
(hopefully lower bowl just saying) and pay for me to get to the game ( maybe you sell a product from a pump that is over priced for no reason that could get us there) , have a place to stay, and a little something to eat ( like maybe a pizza from ________ and let me video it all with my new _______ phone. I will tweet, pin, post, stick, lick, paste, etc. You could also just get me the tickets and watch what stupid things I do to get food and shelter. It could be like the amazing race, planes, trains, and automobiles, and Bladerunner had a baby that likes baseball.
Why should you pick me? Well I don’t see anyone else offering and it is this idea or intern in pink shoes ( I own pink shoes but mine are better I’m sure) idea with the cat in a glove ad.
Trust me this is better than the cat glove. The cat in the glove is just dumb Bob stop pushing it! NO! ONE! Likes your CAT! NO! I am not buying a calendar of Mr. Zazzles for Christmas Gifts Stop! Asking!
I was born in 1985 the last time the Royals went to the World Series. I grew up at The K going to games with my Grandpa. I have been to several hundred Royals games in my life. I am the generation that was just old enough to have memories of good Royals team as a small child cementing our love for the Boys in Blue only to have to live through decades of teasing at the hands of our Cardinal loving classmates. I was once a mascot for Springfield Cardinals. I have been a baseball writer/photographer for baseball digest.com andI70baseball.com. I have great hair. I am a bubble off normal in a good way. I am the kind of stupid that people like to watch. I have a masters degree in sports admin. I own a camera. I have a flexible schedule. Did I mention I have good hair? I will dye it blue or cut it off if needed but that would be harsh. I was once ran over by a boat. I was in a TruTV pilot so you are not working with some random nobody. I also played Louie the Springfield Cardinals mascot in several local ad spots. I often do voiceovers of random peoples day at the mall while walking behind them creeping them out. I am cool I am listening to ___________ right now. Don’t you just love _______? I know I do.
So, Corporate Kansas City you can go hire actors and run one or two ads or you can pick me and have weeks of content online for less money. Call you buddies over at company x, y, z and p. Throw all of your slush fund marketing money in a bag and hand it to me so this can happen. The people of Kansas City, NO!, the WORLD! want you to #SendTheRunner
Last idea and Gates you get the first shot at this because those are your ribs I used. We send me to the game with a bunch of shirts & bibs like this and ribs and every time the Royals score I hand out shirts, bibs, ribs, coupons for ribs, and bottles of sauce.
All other KC BBQ places if Gates doesn’t say yeah in the next 3 seconds we can use your ribs but learn this you need more pictures of your ribs on a white background on google images. 
The Rally Ribs Bib a must have and marketing gold
So, if you are a TV Station, Radio Station, BBQ Place, A Brewing Company in KC hint hint, a carpet place, a cellphone retailer, a bar, a car dealership, an airline, the city tourist people, a small family owned bouncy house company or anyone selling anything in Missouri this is for you.
Please someone make this happen I don’t want to live in a box down by the river to be able to go to the games. That’s right I had to sell the government cheese and the Van.
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I went to Game 2,3,&4 of this years World Series while at the game in KC I was picked to play the mountain climber game, which was awesome. My dad and I were just sitting there and this dude came up talking about the game and we were like do we need to move and he was like no do you want to play. Dad pointed at me and that was that. I killed the game and won. I was told that there would be two prices one if I lost and one if won. The promo before the game was for a new car so needless to say I thought I might have a chance at a new car. The host asked me the three prices Frozen pizza, Milk, and Bananas. I nailed each damn near spot on. My guy moved up like less than 2 bucks. I was told I had the best score ever of anyone to ever play the game by the people running the game. The experience was awesome but the prize was well crappy as hell. I won and I was there waiting for my better price since I won. I saw a blue shirt and the guy that picked me was like you get something no matter what so I figured the shirt was that prize. I waited around for as a second staffer asked what does he get and then someone said give him that like they didn’t give shit or planned for me to win. I got a generic $5 giveaway shirt that they randomly throw into the stands. The thing didn’t even say World Series on it. No, car, no autographed ball, no World Series pin, not even a free Coke. The lady before me lost in striking fashion and got a $200 gift.
