San Jose’s 9th Man Blog

I have just added a new feature to the web site.  It is a trip planner and it’s located under the “Visiting Fans” section of the web site.  The purpose of the San Jose’s 9th Man Trip Planner is to make the travel accommodations easier for any visitng fans.  Oh yeah, fans who also reside here in the Bay Area can also use it for their day-to-day traveling.  The trip planner is powered by Google Transit and gives you a schedule, route map, approximate trave time, and cost comparison to taking your own vehicle courtesy of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.  Take the trip planner for a spin today and see how traveling throughout the Santa Clara Valley can be a lot easier.

I have closed the first two surveys for 2008.  Let me tell you it was a close race throughout the entire time.  The final results for the 9th Man Viewing Party host will be posted once I have confirmed with the venue.

For the 9th Man Road Trip, the winning city that gets to see a sea of SaberCat fans arrive is Phoenix.  That’s right the 9th Man has spoken in a very close race that the 9th Man Raod Trip for 2008 will be to the Arizona Rattlers game in Phoenix on Friday, May 9th.  Information on the travel arrangements will be made and posted up here on the 9th Man web site as well as e-mailed through the 9th Man E-News.  So if you haven’t subscribed to the 9th Man E-News, click the above link “Join the 9th Man” and submit your information.

Now if you have plans on going down to L.A. for that game, we encoourage you to represent in class and show So-Cal how a champion represents their team.  For the trip to Arizona, you can also make your own arrangements if you would prefer.  I am going to work with the Rattlers organization on getting group rates and seats.

Thanks for everyone who voted.  Final results for the 9th Man Road Trip were tallied as:

Arizona Rattlers - Phoenix, AZ - U.S. Airways Center  =  49.2%
Los Angeles Avengers - Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center  =  45.8%
Utah Blaze - Salt Lake City, UT - Energy Solutions Arena  =  5.1%

Cruise on over to the 9th Man Store to get all the latest 9th Man Gear plus warm hoodies and sweatshirts to help keep you warm.  After all the winter season has finally rolled in with a thunder this week, and there sure will be more storms to handle.  So click the “Shop Online” link above and get your 9th Man Gear on.

Here on the official web site, sanjoses9thman.net, people have been voting for where they would like to have this upcoming season’s 9th Man Viewing Parties. A 9th Man Viewing Party is where the fans of the defending ArenaBowl XXI Champion San Jose SaberCats come together to watch their team play while they’re on the road. Last season, Vito’s Cafe in San Jose hosted the viewing parties during the regular season and Britannia Arms in the Almaden District of San Jose hosted the ArenaBowl Viewing Party.For this season, I have left the choice up to you the fans and members of the 9th Man. Visit sanjoses9thman.net and click on the special Fan Zone image to go to the 2008 Survey. Here you can vote for two current surveys; 1) Where to have this season’s 9th Man Viewing Parties, and 2) Where to have this season’s 9th Man Road Game Trip.There are only two weeks left for voting, so go over and vote for your choice. You can vote once per every 24 hours.