Who is John Galt on Pittsburgh Pirates scoreboard

Posted by richrobinson 11 years, 8 months ago to The Gulch: General
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I was wondering what it cost to put a message on the scoreboard at PNC park where the Pittsburgh Pirates play their home games. For $38.50 I was able to put "Who is John Galt" in theaters Sept 12th on the scoreboard. It will show in the middle of the 4th inning. The Pirates do this as a way to raise money for local charities. I was able to select the game so I picked August 26th when we play the St Louis Cardinals. Should be a sellout. Hope people pay attention.

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  • Posted by richrobinson 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I was limited to the number of characters my message could be. I used all of them. I wanted to be brief anyway so it would be easy to read. I think the official name is Atlas Shrugged part 3 Who is John Galt?.
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  • Posted by $ winterwind 11 years, 8 months ago
    What's the official name of the movie? The wizard and I were talking over this idea [no well-attended games in the near future, drat!] and were undecided over whether we'd put Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt, or Who is John Galt? I figured that the haters would make a point of attending if they knew it was Atlas, and the wizard figured that people would go "Oh! a movie! We should go!" but if it's advertised as Atlas Shrugged, and they're looking for Who Is John Galt, some of their tiny brains would be confused.
    Since few of you have tiny brains, have you any thoughts?
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  • Posted by richrobinson 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It's possible they are trying to remember the book. I run in to a lot of people that ask me about it and then remember they read it years ago.
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  • Posted by richrobinson 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Excellent. I wear my shirts to work. Most comments are positive. The few negative ones have been petty. I like finding like minds.
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  • Posted by $ winterwind 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I'm always curious about the people who glare. I know most people are non-confrontational, so I'm not surprised they don't' say anything, but I just wonder.
    Maybe it's not a glare, it's a tummyache.
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  • Posted by $ winterwind 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I think more than a few - I know whenever I'm at a game people do pay attention to the scoreboard - an alternate form of attention, maybe?
    Congrats on a brilliant idea!
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  • Posted by richkinley 11 years, 8 months ago
    On a lesser note, I wore my "Atlas Shrugged - Now Non-Fiction" t-shirt to the Lost Oak Winery (Burleson, TX) last Sunday. There weren't 35,000 people there, more like several hundred. Received several positive comments, and a couple of glares.

    A couple of folks asked me about it, as they didn't know Part III was in theatres next month.
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  • Posted by richrobinson 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I was surprised it was so cheap. I know it won't be on long but anyone familiar with AS will get it right away.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    When I was in college I talked my roommate into a road trip to the beach in NC. We practiced that comedy routine for the 6 hour drive, and entertained everyone around for the holiday weekend.
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