i've mentioned before that i listen to a local sports/tomfoolery radio station here in dallas called the ticket. well a few weeks ago, one of the evening drive hosts declared on-air that the mavs were now his favorite local team, displacing the cowboys i believe.
mark cuban (the owner, if you're a sports ruh-tard), happened to be listening and instantly tweeted that the host, corby davidson, could be his guest at an upcoming mavs game.
i thought that was the coolest thing ever and really enjoyed hearing corby talk about what all goes on from that vantage point during a game.
anyway, fast forward to last week. well, back up first. mark cuban is known for answering most, if not all emails. i have emailed him things in the past and have usually gotten a response. i've always thought that level of access completely sets him apart from other sports owners.
so last week i had the idea to email him and beg to sit next to him at a game. below is the email thread.
from me to him -
Mr. Cuban,
If I promise not to whip your ass as much as Corby, can I be your next courtside guest?
I don't have a radio show from which to broadcast the greatness of the Mavs, but I'll certainly shout it from the top of my office building.
Maybe even write it on my whiteboard. That mass media reaches literally 5s of people.
Sincerely your MFFL,
Mark Pletcher
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his response:
nice try :)
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next, me:
but what if I get a 3/4 size calvin booth tattoo on the back side of my body?
after all, wasn't it his put-back that moved the mavs past the jazz back in 2001?
(note - calvin booth was a backup center with the mavs in 00-01 and then again in 04-05)
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his turn:
it was. And since he is 6 11, a three quarter size tattoo covers your whole body.
I will cut you some slack. if you get a tattoo of calvin booth on your face, you can sit next to me :)
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back to me:
on my face would interfere with my chris anstey ink.
best running big man in the league.
(note - chris anstey was an australian center/forward who played for the mavs from 97-99. when the mavs got him, then coach don nelson called him "the best running big man in the league". he was basically a bust.)
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him:
mj
can you put 2 at will call for the Pacers game for Mark Pletcher?
mark, pick em up an hour before the game.On me.
have fun!
(note - mj is someone who works for him)
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now tell me that's not the most awesome thing. rather than getting annoyed by me (i guess he still might have), he hooked a brother up with some tickets. the game is this coming friday and i have no idea where the seats are, but since (a) they are free, and (b) they give me a cool story to tell, i don't care where they are.
and he'll still get his money by all the drinks i'll buy at the platinum level bars.
so in closing, jerry jones and his band of underperformers might get most of the attention around here, but mark cuban has tiger blood and adonis DNA. he's also an F-18, bro.
GO MAVS!