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What a weekend...

Submitted by Kevin Kelly on May 17, 2012 - 9:40am

This weekend was why I am a sports fan. This weekend was why I work in sports.  The weekend started simple enough.  Texas A&M baseball had a home series against San Diego State.  While I was in school I rarely missed a home baseball game.  Now I follow as many as I can via a radio app on my smart phone.  Saturday afternoon around the fourth inning I realized Ross Stripling had a no hitter going.  There are few things in baseball that I enjoy more than watching a pitcher once he realizes he is working on a no-no.  He lost the perfect game in the third but managed to complete the no hitter.  He faced the minimum, as his one walk was caught stealing. What a game!

Putting Things In Perspective Through A Song

Submitted by Tracie Hitz on May 16, 2012 - 10:24am

When I was back in Kickapoo for Mother's Day on Sunday, my Mom handed me a pretty hefty check to give to Zac for Humayliation.  She wanted to make sure her money was added this week because Old Hat's good friend, Jeff Champeau, is matching donations through Friday up to $1,000 - a truly generous gesture that we all admire.

Listen to the Music

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Submitted by Jake Schwartz on May 15, 2012 - 9:53am

Hello everyone! I hope you had a fantastic mother's day weekend. I spent mine volunteering at the University of Oklahoma Baseball series. While helping out the OU Marketing staff, I learned quite a bit about the flow of the game, through the music and sound effects.

Friday's game had been rained out, so we had a doubleheader on Saturday, starting at 2PM. Normally when I volunteer I just help out with the in-game promotions, whether it's throwing out t-shirts, picking out the Whataburger Fan of the Game, finding someone to finish a movie line, you know, the standard stuff. The first game went into extra innings, where OU beat Baylor in the 10th inning. Half way through the second game, I asked Jamaal, the Assistant Director of Marketing at OU who's in charge of baseball, this:

"Could you teach me how to do the music?" 

I'm not saying it was aliens but...it was aliens.

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Submitted by Jared Stanley on May 14, 2012 - 5:38pm

There are tons of places I'd love to visit before I die. Egypt, Angkor Wat and Sacsayhuaman are just a few of the places I hope to visit someday. The place that tops my list however, is Pumapunku in Boliva. 

Blast From The Past

Submitted by Dustin Schmidt on May 10, 2012 - 8:25am

Old Hat is gearing up for NACMA and a busy summer. I'm doing the same on a personal level as I get ready to take a bit of vacation time next week.

One of the things I'll be doing is participating in the wedding of a friend who happened to attend school at one of the institutions we service here at Old Hat. I had a great time last year sending him iPhone pics of all the places we were shooting on the University of Notre Dame's campus.

Hooray for NACMA

Submitted by Jessica George on May 8, 2012 - 9:36pm

The NACMA Convention is quickly approaching and I am so excited to be going this year! Last year we had just welcomed our second daughter a week before the convention, so unfortunatly I wasn't able to make it. Newborns are so needy. I've been fortunate to attend NACMA numerous times as both an attendee while I worked at UCSB and TCU, and also as a vendor during my time with XOS/JumpTV/NeuLion. I'm looking forward to being able to meet with a lot of the clients I currently work with as well as chat with past colleagues and friends. Since I'm in the Greensboro Old Hat office, I can't to see a lot of my great co-workers from the Norman and Chicago offices! If I'm lucky, I may even get to witness Zac karaoke in person. Fingers crossed.

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