Swingin' A's » MLB Fan Cave http://swinginas.com An Oakland Athletics Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:20:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Vote A’s Fan Vanessa Demske Into The MLB Fan Cave http://swinginas.com/2013/02/13/vote-as-fan-vanessa-demske-into-the-mlb-fan-cave/ http://swinginas.com/2013/02/13/vote-as-fan-vanessa-demske-into-the-mlb-fan-cave/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:04:56 +0000 Kevin Mendez http://swinginas.com/?p=5651 Vanessa Demske is a 25 year old San Franciscan who needs the help of fellow A’s fans to vote her into the MLB Fan Cave.  Athletics fans deserve to be represented in the Fan Cave by a knowledgeable, hardworking, creative, and die-hard fan who portrays the image of the fan base in Oakland, so vote for her. [...]

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Vanessa Demske poses for a photo at an A’s game. Photo courtesy of Vanessa Demske.

Vanessa Demske is a 25 year old San Franciscan who needs the help of fellow A’s fans to vote her into the MLB Fan Cave.  Athletics fans deserve to be represented in the Fan Cave by a knowledgeable, hardworking, creative, and die-hard fan who portrays the image of the fan base in Oakland, so vote for her. The chance to vote ends at 2 p.m. PST on Feb. 13. Vote here.

She has called home to Connecticut, Chicago, and many other towns throughout her life.

“My love of travel and adventure and the perpetual quest for something new is what led my friends and family to give me the nickname ‘Everywhere Van’ – which is the moniker I still blog under,” Demske said.

 

Although Demske has lived all over the country, she settled in the Bay Area and made the Oakland Coliseum her second home. Two years ago, after she made a pact with herself to only live in a place where she intended to stay, “Everywhere Van” did make one exception to her rule: “if the MLB Fan Cave selects me to move to New York City, I’ve got my suitcases at the ready.”
She started watching baseball as an objective fan and payed close attention to players rather than teams. Demske collected cards, joined a fantasy league, and even blew off her senior prom for Green Monster seats — she is definitely a gamer. Her love for the game did not stop there; she became fascinated with scouting, player development and advanced metrics as well.
Since nobody can explain how Vanessa Demske became an A’s fan better than herself, here is how it happened in her own words.
Demske: “I became an A’s fan in 2002, when the team was rebuilding from three major losses to large-market teams: Giambi to the Yankees, Damon to the Red Sox, and of course, a crushing ALDS defeat. This was the first year the Big Three – Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder and Barry Zito – really came into their own, and they became my personal band of superheroes, each bringing unique powers to the greater good. Zito was always my favorite, as his pitching repertoire and stirrup socks were old-school and his offbeat personality and “whatever, dude” interviews cracked me up. I love the A’s for their front office philosophies, their draft strategies and player development, their history, their style, and their always-colorful cast of characters.”
Demske applied to the MLB Fan Cave because of her deep knowledge and passion for the game, as well as her creativity and social media prowess. Follow her on Twitter (@vdemske).
“When the Top 52 was announced, I set off on a campaign that has led me down some pretty strange avenues – but, as I firmly believe – nobody became great by trying to be normal,” Demske said.
On her journey to become one of the 2013 MLB Fan Cave Dwellers she has created a lot of new experiences. Demske talked baseball with the people at the Humane Society, talked marketing and sports as a guest speaker at Sonoma State University, and also produced a video with some of the players wives — she admits she is married to baseball. Checkout the video below.

The rest of Demske’s MLB Fan Cave videos can be found at her Youtube channel. 
]]> http://swinginas.com/2013/02/13/vote-as-fan-vanessa-demske-into-the-mlb-fan-cave/feed/ 0 MLB Fan Cave 2012 A’s Fan Finalist http://swinginas.com/2012/02/10/mlb-fan-cave-2012-as-fan-finalist/ http://swinginas.com/2012/02/10/mlb-fan-cave-2012-as-fan-finalist/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:33:44 +0000 Joseph Lopez http://swinginas.com/?p=3900 Hey all you A’s fans, one of your very own has been selected as a finalist for MLB’s MLB Fan Cave 2012! Taylor Hensley is a self-proclaimed weirdo who loves baseball and more importantly, the Oakland Athletics. She’s been selected as a finalist and she needs your help to get to the MLB Fan Cave! [...]

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]]> Hey all you A’s fans, one of your very own has been selected as a finalist for MLB’s MLB Fan Cave 2012! Taylor Hensley is a self-proclaimed weirdo who loves baseball and more importantly, the Oakland Athletics. She’s been selected as a finalist and she needs your help to get to the MLB Fan Cave!

You can vote now for Taylor until February 22nd. Be sure to stop by her video submission on YouTube and check her out on Twitter as well. You can check out her video submission by watching the video below. Good luck to Taylor! May she represent the A’s fan base well!

Here’s the official word from MLB.com:

The MLB Fan Cave 2012 contest has been narrowed down to 50 finalists. Watch and vote for your favorite contestant videos below. From now until Feb. 22, you can vote for as many of your favorite videos as you want and spread the word by sharing on social media.

 

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