Friendly Advice: You Should See The Dr

Posted on March 16th, 2009 8:12am by Evan Grant
Filed under Evan looking silly, Self-promotion, Texas Rangers
Possible winner

Possible winner

Definite loserr

Definite loser

Can you spot the differences in these two pictures?

Well, here’s a little help: The one on the left includes a couple of fine Dr  Pepper products and a smile (they just naturally go together). The one on the right? No Dr Pepper; no smile. Also, the one on the left could make you a winner, if “winner” to you means getting to take the family to a Rangers game, hanging out with me and generally having a great time.

Starting today, as part of the Dr Pepper SportsSnaps promo, visitors to The Corner can upload photos of themselves and their families enjoying an icy cold Dr  Pepper at a sporting event (we’ll accept anything from backyard badminton to spring training to a Stars or Mavs or Rangers game, but no lawn darts; that’s just plain dangerous). You can upload the photo right here, but there is also a real pretty ad with the link on the right hand side of the page.

Once a month, we’ll pick a winner who will receive a four-pack of tickets to see a Rangers game this season with Yours Truly as host/tour guide/Dr  Pepper fetcher.  It will be fun. I promise. But in order to win you should remember this old bible story:

A poor, elderly man prayed daily that the almighty would allow him to win the lottery.  Over and over, he said his prayer, hoping that one day it would be answered. Week after week passed and nothing. Frustrated and poorer than ever, the man spoke directly to the heavens: “God, why don’t you answer my prayers.”

And God answered: “Listen, work with me here. You’ve got to at least buy a ticket.”

The moral of that story (I think it’s old testament):  You can’t win if you don’t enter

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18 Comments to “Friendly Advice: You Should See The Dr”
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  • Galatoire @ March 16th, 2009 at 9:20 am

    Evan, I have a family of turtles. People say we’re a little slow but we don’t take offense. So, what kind of a good time can we expect to have with you if we win? By the way, my turtles drink their Dr Peppers from bottle caps, not cups.

  • Triple Wildcat @ March 16th, 2009 at 9:21 am

    There’s no period in Dr Pepper.

  • Dr Pepper presents Batface McGee @ March 16th, 2009 at 9:29 am

    I can’t wait to enter this contest.

  • Evan Grant @ March 16th, 2009 at 10:03 am

    @Triple Wildcat: Thanks. Now fixed. All periods only at end of sentence. Period. End of story.

  • Quadruple Wildcat @ March 16th, 2009 at 10:37 am

    Evan- Looks like you missed one…

  • Evan Grant @ March 16th, 2009 at 10:44 am

    @Quad: Got it, I think.

  • Goyo @ March 16th, 2009 at 11:20 am

    OT:

    So Evan, does Rupe have options remaining?

  • Evan Grant @ March 16th, 2009 at 11:56 am

    @Goyo: Meant to respond to your email, but got caught up in Justin Smoak musing. No, Josh Rupe does not have options left. Rupe and Dustin Nippert are the option-less pitchers in camp. For those not as well-versed in baseball terminology, the Rangers would have to expose them to waivers (and they’d have to go unclaimed) this spring before they could be sent to the minors.

  • MikeYoungFan1992 @ March 16th, 2009 at 6:28 pm

    “mr” grant, when the devil pays you for writing this kind of worthless drivel, do you get direct deposit, or do you get checks with his signature on them. If it’s the checks, i’d really love to see a copy of them, just so i can die with the horrible knowledge of both satan’s signature and hard evidence that some fool actually pays you to do this.

  • bill powell @ March 16th, 2009 at 7:05 pm

    Evan, consider the source and skip the rest.
    real fans like you,

    duds dont

  • bill powell @ March 16th, 2009 at 7:10 pm

    how many winners will there be?
    only one a month?

  • Evan Grant @ March 16th, 2009 at 9:11 pm

    @Bill: I believe the rules call for one a month. But I am available for birthday parties, weddings and bar mitzvahs as well.

  • Evan Grant @ March 16th, 2009 at 9:13 pm

    @Mike: We use direct deposit, sorry.

  • Inkara1 @ March 16th, 2009 at 9:14 pm

    Any chance I could win the tickets to the game and trade in a couple of them in return for airfare from California? That, or maybe you could meet me in Bakersfield for a game there.

  • GhettoBear04 @ March 16th, 2009 at 10:28 pm

    Evan, your shirt in those pictures is truly horrendous. But my, what tasty looking drinks.

  • Evan Grant @ March 16th, 2009 at 10:51 pm

    @Inkara1: If you win, we’ll work on the details. After all, life is baseball (and Dr Pepper); the rest is details.

    @GhettoBear04: I have far, far more horrendous drinks. That is a silk Sunshine State shirt from the fine people at Jamz. I have a Texas shirt by Reyn Spooner that features a map of the State of Texas on the front. And with my ample belly it makes for quite the topography. As Gerald Laird once stated: “I didn’t know Texas was so hilly.”