Sooo..

the king of all things SUPER has been away for quite sometime from America's favorite baseball blog, MiLB's hottest blog and the South Atlantic League's longest running blog...Diggin' In to the Legends with meeeeee....SuperMario!

I'll do it again...as I have multiple times...I apologize for being away for quite sometime.

Lots of things have been happening around the good ole Lexington, K-Y as the 10th anniversary of Lexington Legends Baseball and Applebee's Park are just mere months away.

Major facility upgrades are in store at the Orchard...a brand new videoboard will be added in left field of the stadium...new signage will be seen throughout the Orchard for the new season....and many new smiling front offices workers and gameday employee faces will be walking throughout Applebee's Park come Friday, April 16.

One of those faces you won't be seeing hustlin' and bustlin' around Lexington's only professional team facility in 2010 is....MINE :(

As of Friday, March 5th 2010 @ 5pm I will no longer be working for YOUR hometeam.

A few blogs ago...I mentioned how I took on a part-time position in the off-season with Lexington television station, ABC 36...well just recently...the station offered me a full-time position as a news reporter that I accepted and will begin immediately.

I'm not sure what will happen with this dear ole blog of mine after I retire to stage left but I do want to express my extreme gratitude to each and everyone who I came into contact with while serving as the "DIRECTOR OF FUN" for the Lexington Legends. It's been a blast and I have enjoyed EVERY minute of everyday being an employee of such a great team and organization.

I thank EVERYONE for reading this bad boy of a thing we call "Diggin' In to the Legends" for the last three years and the only thing I can say now as I end the blog for the final time..

KEEP IT SUPER ALWAYS...FRIENDS!

-Mario OUT

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Hola Mi Amigos!

And for those that don't speak Spanish...Hi My Friends!

How's it going?

I hope EVERYONE is having a SUPER fantastic time as the winter season has definitely begun for most of us through the good ole USA.

The temperatures have dropped and the snowflakes have sprinkled and it for sure is brrrr-tastic! Ha!

But, as I type the hottest blog in the minor leagues as well as the longest running blog in the south Atlantic leagues...guess what??? Your main man, good ole SuperMario is reflecting on an awesome and adventurous time in Indianapolis for the 2009 Baseball Winter Meetings.

  You've read me talking about this for a little while...it's finally here. Major and minor leagues teams have come together for this 4-day networking, idea-sharing bonanza.

  I was asked by minor league baseball to kickoff this year's meetings by serving as a guest speaker to talk about how we do Community Relations down in Lexington. I chose the title of my 30-minute presentation as "Directing FUN." Appropriate right? Ha! The room was pretty packed with lots of other GMs, promotions and community relations and job seekers who listened in to hear my presentation. It went well as I showed tons of cool pictures and spoke about all of our fun-filled programs and I ended the presentation with a video of in-game entertainment. I am so thankful for MiLB for thinking of me and even more gracious for the Legends management to allow me to be apart of this whole process.

Last Monday was the first day of the meetings and the first night the trade show opens up where tons of vendors (about 300) open up shop and tries to get all the teams to purchase their products for their specific club.

I was so excited for the oppurtunity to attend the meetings.

I took many pictures to try and document the week's event for you to see.

Check them out! 

Until the next time,

Keep it SUPER

-Mario

It's starting to look a lot like...THANKSGIVING!

I hope EVERYONE has a fantastic Turkey day and has safe travels whether it may be through the air or on the ground!

We'll chat it up again soon...sometime after this great day! I'm already full thinking about it!

until next time friends..

keep it SUPER!

-Mario

Hi Friends..

Thanks for coming on back to your favorite place in all the land...Diggin' In to the Legends with ME...SuperMario. You're locked into the hottest AND longest running blog in the South Atlantic League.

So how goes it?

I'm assuming EVERYBODY had a SUPER fantastic halloweekened, a few weeks back.

It's  been a couple busy weeks for baseball fans across the nation as all eyes were locked into the World Series as Yankees battled the Phillies. Storylines were definitely good one for this series. The Phillies...the defending world champs versus the winningest franchise EVER (as some people say) in all of baseball history.

Well, as we all know, the Yanks won and brought home the hardware for the 27th time. Shew! That team is definitely on a roll...a big bank roll can do lots when building a sports franchise...the Steinbreinners admit that. But, congrats to that organziation on a job well done clinching the series 4 games to 2.

In other baseball news...I wrote a few blogs ago how the Legends parent team, the Houston Astros let go their manger, Cecil Cooper and were in search of a new skipper...welll, it's official thay hired a new one and he's from within the Boston Reds Sox organization...his name, Brad Mills.

He actually has been managing in the minors for about 18 years and has been given the go-ahead to take the reigns of the Astros for the next 2 years.

Kudos to Mr. Mills...and, hopefully he can right the ship of the Houston Astros because we are more than ready to see some W's all across the board during 2010.

Speaking of new hires...it's official these days and was published in the Lexington Herald-Leader recently so I can definitely plug it right here in this blog....About a month ago, I accepted a position here in Lexington in the news department with ABC affiliate, ABC 36...Check out the link below.

http://www.kentucky.com/103/story/1000315.html

No fear though, I'm still going to be working for the Legends...just going to be pulling double at both places for the next few months....so that should be interesting, right? I'm excited...it's been a blast so far and I'm so thankful for the oppurtunity.

But, for now...that's all I got..

until next time,

keep it SUPER,

-Mario

Greetings from Lexington to one and all!

How's it going friends? I hope SUPER well.

Here at Applebee's Park, things are mighty busy in our Legends front office as we have begun the official countdown to season number 10 of baseball here at the Orchard. We are just about 6 months away from Opening Day 2010 which opens up on Friday, April 16th. Make sure you to stay logged onto our team website: www.lexingtonlegends.com. We'll have tons of updates about games, promotions, etc that will be announced all throughout the fall and winter.

So as I mentioned a few weeks ago, I headed down to the Promotional Seminars in New Orleans....this is where all the MiLB teams met and discussed cool and schweet ideas that worked for each team during the 2009 baseball season. It was a great learning experience and very impactful.

Well...guess where good ole SuperMario is going along with some of the other Legends front office members in December??...to the Baseball Winter Meetings in Indianapolis, Indiana...oh yeah...that's right! This is the only gathering of it's kind where people from all walks of Baseball will meet in one place at one time. People at this convention consist of club owners, front office personnel, league officials and just about anyone from the business side of the game whether from Minor League Baseball, Major League Baseball or internationally. I was even asked to speak during one of the days and explain to people exactly how we pull off the cool promotions we do here in Lexington. Can't wait...and I'll definitely try and blog form Indiana when that week comes.  

Besides all that goodness, that's all I have.

Make sure to check back often to minor league baseball's HOTTEST blog AND the south atlantic league's LONGEST running blog...Diggin' In to the Legends...I'll definitely try and update as much as I can...and pass along any cool or BREAKING NEWS that takes place within the Astros/Legends organization!

until next time

keep it SUPER,

-Mario

So...the big bad minor league baseball promotional seminar in NAWLINS was definitely a success. Tons of cool and unique ideas were shared PLUS I, good ole SuperMario got to meet and greet with some of the BEST of the BEST when comes to baseball so it was a great trade off.

Unfortunately, the Lexington Legends did not bring home the hardware in the "MiLB Best In-Game Promotion" with Media Mogul Madness. I'm sure though, when the final votes were counted, the Legends were a very close second. The promotion that actually won was the "Funky Feather" brought to you by our friends at the Great Lake Loons.

Check out the link here and see what it's all about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRb4zqeydHE

After watching, I'm sure you'll be able to see why they won.

Even though the baseball season has long gone, we here in the Legends front office are STILL mighty busy. We're hosting the South Atlantic League Fall Meetings coming up during the week of October 12th. For those of you who MIGHT not know what that means...Lexington is the host city for the fall meetings, where all the 14 teams in our league meet and discuss the 2009 season and plan, prepare and vote on items involving the 2010 season. Follow the Lexington Legends website for cool things from that particular meeting.

Make sure if you are not already...follow the Legends even throughout the office season by doing the following:

Continue to read the hottest blog in ALL of the minor leagues and the South Atlantic League's longest running blog...Diggin' In To the Legends with me...SuperMario!

Also, if you want to check these SCHWEET Legends related pages on the website! 

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www.myspace.com/bigl_legends:

 

twitter.com/LexieLegends

 

 

 

 

Until then..

keep it SUPER fans!

-Mario

The shake-ups are definitely starting to happen with the Houston Astros who are the major league affiliate of the Lexington Legends.

The Astros announced on Monday that Cecil Cooper, who has been with the team as manager since August 2007 was being let go. During his time as top man in Houston, the Astros have have had a so-so reign going 171-170. The Astros actually had 13 games left in the 2009 season but management felt the move was needed now. Dave Clark, has been tapped as interim manager to finish out the rest of the season.

Make sure to keep checking the blog to find out all the new developments with this story.

Good ole SuperMario is hitting the road to New Orleans in about a week for the 2009 MiLB Promotional Seminar. It takes place September 30th-October 3rd...teams from all over the nation will convene down in the Big Easy to share promotional ideas and good fun things that worked at different teams from every level. I'll be blogging and sharing pictures from down in those parts...so make you check out the HOTTEST blog as it hits the road to New Orleans.

Luckilly, we happen to be finalists for the 2009 MiLB Best In-Game Promotion for Media Mogul Madness. That's where we had media peeps from television and radio serve as our Legends Guest PA announcer during an 8-game homestand in July. Keep those fingers and toes crossed FO SHO as we look to hit a HOME RUN and bring home the award back to Lexington.

That's all for now...

but do keep checking back..

but until next time..

keep it SUPER fans.

-Mario

well hello there friends and thanks for checking out MY blog...Diggin' In to the Legends!

The 2009 season Legends baseball season has concluded and I tell ya what...it's kinda sad :(

5 long grueling months, filled with 70 home baseball games takes a toll on a person especially after a while.

But, while there were many ups and downs, highs and lows for our 2009 Lexington Legends baseball team, which is normal, the folks like me, inside the front office stayed on an incredible all-season long!

Going into this season, we were all well aware that the season would definitely present us with a few obstacles. The economy had the world all crazy-eyed and freaked out, but our staff went ahead and still kept at it, trying to make new sales...It was well documented that our 2008 Legends team had one of the worst years on field in all of minor league baseball...so many folks were leary as the 2009 season approached..

This willd and wicked weather impacted many of our games this year too...but, all in all...regardless of whatever adversity our staff faced, we kept on "truckin" and survived it all and made the best of it!

Take a look at a couple "preview" pictures from the 2009 season and reflect...I'll be adding some more soon..

I'll be vacationing soon so be sure to check back into this awesome blog right after Labor Day as I start talking to you about post-baseball fun-ness.

Be in touch soon..

until next time,

keep it SUPER fans!

-Mario