Alright, here’s the deal. Every season, I tell myself I’m gonna catch more Orioles games. Then life happens, dates slip by, and bam! I missed that sweet giveaway day or the cool theme night. Seen a few folks online talk about saving the Orioles’ promo schedule, but just saving it? Nah, it ends up buried in a folder on my laptop. Forgot to check, missed it anyway. Total fail.
So, I decided enough is enough. Gotta make this schedule physical. Something I gotta see on the fridge every darn day. Pulled up the official Orioles website on my laptop – took a minute to find the actual “Promotional Schedule” section, gotta scroll and click around a bit. Found it!
Hit that print button. Easy, right? Wrong. First go, disaster. Printer decided it only wanted half the page – cut off the whole last few weeks! Grrr. Loaded more paper, checked the preview real careful this time. Second try… better. Got the whole schedule. But it printed landscape? Like, sideways? Super awkward to tape up. Deep breath, time for round three.
Dug into the printer settings this time. Hunted for “Portrait” mode. Got that selected. Printed it one more time. Success! Mostly. Still ended up with one tiny corner a bit blurry, ink was fading, but hey, readable. Good enough for me. Perfection is the enemy of getting stuff done, I always say.
Next step: Making it look nice on the fridge, not just a sad sheet of paper. Grabbed my trusty yellow highlighter.
- Went through each home game.
- Highlighted the ones with the cool promos – the bobbleheads, the shirts, especially the garden gnome (love that guy!).
- Added little stars next to the games I really wanna catch with my buddy Mike.
Then I grabbed my favorite spot: right in the middle of the fridge door. Took not one, not two, but three pieces of tape because the edges kept trying to curl up. Slapped it on there. Fridge magnets wouldn’t cut it; this needed to be permanent until November.
Job done? Almost. Grabbed my trusty Sharpie. Wrote a big “NO MISSING PROMOS!” right at the top. Because, let’s be real, I need that visual kick in the pants. Even my partner saw it later and was like, “Oh, that is actually handy.” Maybe they’ll stop teasing me about missing Hat Night last year. Probably not, though.
Key takeaways? Find the schedule right now. Print it immediately, even if it takes a couple tries – check that preview! Stick it somewhere you cannot ignore. Highlight the stuff you care about. And tape that sucker down good. Do this right after the schedule drops, before you forget. Feels good knowing I won’t miss the Garden Gnome game now. Simple trick, massive payoff.
