NJ Tolls, Munch Mobile, and more... Great Success!

Last night's NJ Tolls Increase Extravaganza was one to remember. RT 280 won the Tolls Roads Race, we crowned a big hair champion, and we raised a sizable donation to the Newark Good Will Rescue Mission. Thanks fans! Those "tolls" will be put to a good use!

Also, be sure to check out the Munch Mobile's review of our ball park food. There are great pictures of the evening on their blog and there will be a printed article in the Star Ledger this week!

Promotion of the Day!

MinorLeagueDugOut.com has named tonight's NJ Tolls Increase Extravaganza the promotion of the day! They think it is going to be a blast - and you should too! Gates open at 6:05 - see you there!

North or South Jersey, Where's The Line?

NJ, our home. Home to pork rolls, "the shore", and Bon Jovi. But also home to an age long debate: where is the line between North Jersey & South Jersey??

This debate will be examined during tomorrow night's NJ Tolls Increase Extravaganza - fans, come and place your vote on the concourse! Also, be sure to check out NJ, The Movie and the accompanying blog on this topic. Our friends from NJ, The Movie filmed at our ball park last season! Be sure to check out the trailer as well.

Meet The Interns - Part I

The front office would like to take a moment to recognize our 2008 in-season interns! In-season interns are an essential part of our operation - and we are grateful to have an awesome crop thus far this year!

Roll Call!!

Eric Petersen, Community Relations Intern

Hometown: College Point, NY College: Manhattanville College
Favorite Teams: NY Mets, NY Islanders

Lauren Jackson, Event Marketing Intern

Hometown: Queens, NY College: Seton Hall University

Favorite Teams: NY Mets, Oak Raiders, Miami Heat, LA Lakers

Max Wyman, Ticket Sales Intern

Hometown: Warren, NJ College: University of Miami (FL)

Favorite Teams: NY Mets, NY Jets, NJ Nets

Mike Grassadonia, Ticket Operations Intern

Hometown: Santa Cruz, CA College: Seton Hall University

Favorite Teams: SF Giants, SF 49ers, Golden State Warriors, San Jose Sharks

Jeff Silverman, Accounting Intern

Hometown: Sleepy Hollow, NY College: Gettysburg College

Favorite Teams: NY Yankees, NY Jets, NY Knicks

Check back for some additional introductions! Thanks interns- keep up your good work, we have got a ways to go!

Day Off Adventures...

In minor league baseball, it is rare to get a day off in the middle of the season. With no home game scheduled for yesterday - the front office had a nice little day off in honor the Memorial Day holiday. Here's how the front office spent their few moments of freedom...

Chris Rivera: Kayaking in Toms River, NJ

Stephanie Rosman: Shopping in NYC with my friends and spending a good few hours relaxing in Union Square park.

Michael Collazo: Visiting my brother is south Jersey!

Eric Peterson: Made the close to four hour trip to Baltimore to see the Orioles take on the Yankees at the beautiful Oriole Park at Camden Yards. I had quite possibly the best ballpark food ever, a huge hot dog and crab cakes. To top it off the O’s won and I somehow managed to miss all holiday weekend traffic on the way back.

Stu Smilowitz: Visiting some friends in NYC and hanging out on their roof deck in the nice weather.

Vernice Benvenutti: I spent my day -off with my daughter and husband at a friend's BBQ in S.Jersey. Great Food, great fun, the pool was open but I'm not ready for a bathing suit yet! (no time to shop!).

Lauren Jackson: My parents came to visit in the morning and we went out to breakfast. They were nice enough to bring my roommate and myself some food for our room since the cafeteria at school isn't open in the summer. After that, watched some youtube videos with my roommate until a group of us decided to head to the city to hang out at the ESPN zone and grab dinner at BBQs.

Stephanie Wray: Yesterday on my off day I just relaxed and spent time with my family. We had a small barbeque at our house and I spent the day planting a garden and playing with my two dogs. It was a nice day to just sit outside and relax.

John Brandt: Left the ballpark and drove to Allentown, PA to meet up with my wife and kids. My son was in a 29 team Memorial Day Baseball Tournament for 12 and under. That's a lot of baseball!

Cheeseburger Eating Champion

...and we have a winner! Joel Podelsky ate his way to the championship title finishing 6 cheeseburgers in 10 minutes during last night's Cheeseburger in Paradise eating contest. Joel was awarded a complimentary luxury suite to a future 2008 Bears game...and a stomach ache! Thanks to all of our contestants who participated, and be sure to check out the Bears website for updates on how you can participate in future eating contests!!

Fan Cam!

Hey fans, Ruppert here. Just wanted to let you know how much fun I had seeing you all at today's great Drug Awareness Day! It was one of the highest attended games we have had in the history of The Den.

Here are some of my favorite shots of the day:

Me, of course...

with some of my admirers (don't make me blush!!)

giving the people what they want...me!!!

Thanks again to all those that came out - can't wait to see you again soon. Catch you on the flip side!

-Ruppert