[Groop] They DID it!!!

[Chris Schechner]

Congrats, Chipper!


on 12/13/08 12:08 AM, Larry Steller at mrgrooism at yahoo.com wrote:

> OMG!!!
> 
> I got an email from an editor at the Schmapp online travel guide saying
> that they wanted to use one of my pictures from my Flickr page in their
> online travel guide. I said sure, what the hell, it's a cool pic! It's
> me in a Hawaiian shirt during th All Star Game Rehearsals at Yankee
> Stadium.
> 
> See, for the game's broadcast they needed to rehearse the Opening
> Ceremonies for the cameras, to get timing, angles, etc. down pat. As a
> funny coincidence, on three different days, three different people who
> I didn't know each randomly assigned me to stand in for Chipper Jones
> of the Atlanta Braves. What are the odds, right? Funny thing is, his
> real name is Larry. too!
> 
> Here's where my built-in Weirdness Magnet comes into play, as if that
> coincidence wasn't enough! I captioned the pic to say "...playing Third
> Base for the National League, from the Atlanta Braves, Chipper
> Jones!!!"
> 
> Well, they used the pic in their ATLANTA Travel Guide to illustrate
> Turner Field! They think I am Chipper Jones, and that Yankee Stadium is
> Turner Field! How hysterical is that!?
> 
> Here's the link: 
> 
> http://www.schmap.com/atlanta/introduction_history/#p=17210&i=17210_54.jpg
> 
> 
> Click on the pic to go to a larger version on my Flickr page.
> 
> -Larry "mrgrooism" Steller, Master Mendicant
> 
> "I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity." Edgar Allan Poe
> 
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