MLB FanCave Concession Speech

by Dave Barclay

Hey Everyone,

As you may or may not know, I am officially out of the running to be in the MLB FanCave. I am mildly disappointed, but mostly very happy that I was able to make it to the final 30. This worked out way way way way beyond my most modest expectations and has been a real confidence boost. Here's a bunch of reasons why this really isn't that bad a thing, for me or for you:

1) The 9 people who are going to the MLB FanCave are awesome folks. I've met them all personally and they are some of the sweetest and most spirited fans of baseball you'd every be lucky enough to meet.

2) I'm don't have to worry about random passersby looking at me through the window while I watch baseball games. They will just be the local weirdos I know and love.

3) The 20 people who I met in Arizona who also didn't make it to the cave are also real all-stars, and would have been fantastic Fancavers. When I have a moment of self-pity, I remember that I am in very good company.

4) I can now go back to my original plan for the summer, visiting and rating (out of 6) all of Toronto's TTC stops.

5) I no longer have to abandon my wife, family and friends for life in the mean streets of New York, which I assume has not changed since the time of Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York


6) I still have a mountain of MLB clothing and things that the FanCave folks gave me in Arizona, which I can make a nest out of and not have to leave my house or bathe for several weeks. I have that option.


7) I can use my season's pass to go see live Jays Games.

8) I saw this movie once where someone moved to New York, and he ended up getting really homesick and he climbed the Empire State Building. Then a bunch of planes came and shot him until he fell down. I don't wanna be that guy

9) If you at all enjoyed the humourous content of my campaign, there are lots of options for you to see/hear/read more of it. For example,

- the podcast I do with my good friend Paul Frank, Sunday Afternoon Baseball with Paul and Dave (available on iTunes and here). The podcast will be starting up again in about a week as we release a Best of Season 1 and then we're going to have a live show close to the beginning of the season. Also, during the season we'll try and get some of the FanCave30 onto the 'cast.

- follow me on twitter and facebook for updates on where I'm doing standup,

- and there's also the vaudeville duo I'm in, Parker and Seville.

10) I still get to see the Jays win the World Series this year. Dave for Jays!

Thanks so much to everyone who voted, helped me make videos, came to voting parties, tweeted, posted on facebook, used word of mouth, and just made me feel very special indeed. And also thanks to the folks at MLB, who were great.

Yours,

Dave (for Cave)