Van Pope

Anyone know if he is still with Amarillo this year?  Everything I seem to find on him is dated.

Reply-to:Pope plays third base for the Amarillo Sox of the American Association, the best of the independent leagues.  He is easily the best fielder on the team, and I think he will be back in affiliated ball before the season is over.Oh yeah, hes currently batting .349

 

Amen to that! Seems to have found something in his swing huh? Good job Van!

Pope plays third base for the Amarillo Sox of the American Association, the best of the independent leagues.  He is easily the best fielder on the team, and I think he will be back in affiliated ball before the season is over.

Oh yeah, he's currently batting .349

Reply-to:Heard a rumor that Van is back. Dont know where, when, or with whom. Anyone heard anything?

He was going to play for the Lancaster Barnstormers, then he got traded to play for the York Revolution!  Yay! Vanny's back!

Heard a rumor that Van is back. Don't know where, when, or with whom. Anyone heard anything?

Van has one of the biggest hearts someone can have, I kno from recent experience, so all of you jealous of him that feel to talk badly , you need to go get a life.... He still has it in him to be the best ball player.. and i have faith in him that he will be back on top of his game this year.

Van is not a dog at all he is a good person

I agree. Van's number one enemy is himself......

I still think he's the best defensive player around and could stack up against anyone. Too bad swinging the bat means so much.....

he is an old friend   he is the best i have ever seen    when he lets baseball be fun

Van is nothing but a dog. Plain and simple. Anyone who talks to him for more than 2 minutes can tell that he is nothing but a cheater. Of course he will promise you this and promise you that. But its not true. So girls save yourself some heart ache and stay away from that one unless you like to cheat yourself.

Yep.. Guess so.  =)

-M

LOL! I guess there's always next year? Maybe.....

Z

Finally made it out, to the ballpark, for another game!  Pope wasn't playing, but he sat at the front of the duggout for the majority of the game, & our seats were just two rows back from such.  I was finally able to catch his attention, & yell out the question about him liking raisin-cream pies... Took him a minute to catch on... Not really sure if he ever "got" it, & realized who I was either... ???  lol ... ... At any rate, it made for a fun scene.  =)

-M

lol

-M

Uh yeah there is a pic.

Z

I doubt there are any.

Z

hummm... that sucks

Are there any pics of u, on Brad's MySpace?

-M

Saturday

Z

Your lil "get together" on Friday or Saturday?

-M

Actually... I am busy on Saturday night.  My friend is coming in from CO, & we're going to be party-ing it up, at The Hole in the Wall, in Buckhead.

-M

ok, you will be getting them shortly. be looking on ur my space page. :)

Z

oh, yeah?  I'd love to... U just shoot those directions right on over!   =)~

-M

I'm having a get together at my house next weekend. Come on over if you aren't doing anything..... LOL

Z

Al, I'm about 3 hours from Gwinnett..... I wanted to watch a game before the season ended this year but it doesn't look good. I just bought a house and things got tight, if you know what I mean. I'm 25 as well :)

Z

Always     ;-)

 Where do u live, anyhow?

-M

So what if it doesn't work out between you and Pope? I mean you do have a back up plan right? :)

that mean he did?

-M

LOL  ummm... Huh???   U lost me.  :-P

-M

I'm going out to play!!  =D  Check in, here, later!

-M

so... What was said about me in the raisin, cream-filled pie conversation?   Hahaha... I am dying to know!  =D

-M

LOL! I'm about as low profile as it comes, M. Very low profile. :)

Z

:) we'll see.

Z

Look up "Thranimal" on either one of those sites... U'll see a profile pic.  U can decide what ch'u wanna do from there. 

 LOL     ;-D

Schafer is one of my "friends" on MySpace...

-M

Hey since you are not one for being discreet you should just put your number on here and I will call you.

Z

LOL! I don't talk to him all the time. As a matter of fact the last time we talked was two weeks ago and it was brief. Talked a little bit about raisin cream pies and a girl! :)....

Z

I am 25... & no, I haven't.  (lol)  Being his good friend, don't u think u would know if I had, or not?  Haha.. j/k

Didn't get back from Florida in time to make a game, & they were out of town again, this past weekend.  :-(   Boo!  They were out on the road for so long last month, I didn't even consider that they were going to be again.  LOL  I had my game plans all set, this past Sat, & found out 3hrs ahead of (whats normally) gametime, that there was no game to go to.   Hahaha   =P     Oh well.

-M

Well you haven't said if you got his attention yet? ..... How old are you? If you don't mind me asking?

Z

Yeah, definately.  =)   What we thought was going to be a goo thing, has turned out to be a Great thing.  Very convenient & moocho fun.

-M

What I wouldn't give to be that close to a park! I talked with a guy the other day that owns a restaurant in Cullman county, Al. He used to live across the street from Wrigley Field years ago. I was jelous. :)

Z

Yes & No.  I live in Alpharetta, but I spend a lot of time  in Lawrenceville, w/ my Aunt.  She owns a townhome that is w/in easy walking distance of the stadium.  Have walked to & from the games several times actually. 

Have been a nanny, this summer, to my two nephews.  Now that their summer is about to be over, I am looking at moving into the new apartment complex that is between the stadium & my aunt's neighborhood.

-M       =)

I'm guessing you live pretty close to the park??

Z

I got'cha.  Thats cool... just gave in to the "fad" recently myself.   lol

-M

For good reasons I don't have a facebook or myspace page. Well, for me it's a good reason anyway..... Good luck.

Z

(lol)  No, not yet... I have been on vacation for the past week.  Slight possiblility I'll be at Saturday night's game, but its more likely I'll be at the game on Sunday afternoon.

I totally get the whole, limited conversation in a blog environment thang.  I do appreciate the conversation we have shared thus far, idol chit chat an' all.   ;-)   Honestly, when I originally posted that first blog, I didn't really expect any response (much less, a legitimate one).

If u'd like.., feel free to look me up on FaceBook or My Space.  Ttyl     =D

-M

He is not taken- he just recently spilt from a serious relationship. 

He's very cute and charming, but trust me- dating is not what he is looking for right now ;)

So have you gotten your opportunity Maggie?

Z.

I never played passed highschool. Your name is ironic because I dated a girl named Maggie. I'm positive that you aren't the same girl but it just took me by surprise because I don't know but two girls with that name and you are number two........ In any other situation I would tell you everything I could about Van and myself but there is no way that could be possible in this case. So I guess the idol chit chat will have to do. He does know about the blog by the way......

U can't just say that, then leave me hanging... Why's my name ironic for u?  Do u play baseball as well?

And, so u know, despite putting up the 1st post, this seemed to be the only way for me to find out if he was "taken".  Kept getting a different story from the employees at the stadium.  I'm not some psycho-chick...  Always thought he was good-looking... When I caught a glimpse of his personality, that day at the park, guess u could say it really grabbed my attention.  Enough so for me to put myself out here like this.  lol    Being a good friend of Pope's, I'm sure he is aware of this blog by now. (which I am totally okay with)  What can I say... I've never been very good at being discreet.  Oh well, thats just "Me".   =)~

-Maggie

Thats cool.  ?? Are u referring to me?  U can't believe that I would be interested in dating him??

My name is Maggie, btw.   =)

lmao ...  Love it.  I'll give it a try.

I wouldn't exactly say that he knows who I am... I got his attention at a game one Sunday.  After a few, top of the inning, warm-up passes, he threw me the ball.  Then he was being all, super-cute w/ me... to the point where I had to tell him to concentrate on the game.  One of his teammates poked his head out & over the duggout, to see who Pope was flirting with...  After the game, I got Pope to autograph the ball for me, but he didn't offer up any conversation...

Still .. The best game I've attended. (and we lost)  lol

Thanks for the advise  ;-)

If he's already flirting with you and knows who you are than you should have no problem. Ask him if he likes rasin cream filled pies. The ones Little Debbie makes. You may think that's odd but it will get his attention. Trust me.

I would say very reliable.

I'm pretty sure he does not have a significant other..... He is a great guy.