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| Ryan Doumit on stage at PirateFest 2010. |
PirateFest:
Doumit takes questions, greets fans
Jan. 31,
2010 -- Ryan Doumit greeted his growing legion of fans, took questions from the audience during a team Q&A session
and posed for pictures and signed autographs during the annual PirateFest at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.
The
indoor baseball carnival ran from Jan. 29-31 with Doumit's public appearances scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.
On
Saturday, Doumit joined his team mates on stage for a Q&A. When he and Paul Maholm were asked what it was like to become
the team's veterans in the clubhouse, Doumit took the microphone first.
"It happened kind of sudden," the
catcher said of the trades of 2009 that cleared the clubhouse of veterans and left him, Maholm and Duke the "old timers"
or "old salty" as Doumit called it. He said players that held that status when he came up - like Jason Bay and Xavier
Nady - set a good example, and one he hopes to carry on.
When the whole team was asked about superstitions with the game
of baseball, Doumit said during his turn that he keeps things the same on game day - from where he keeps his catching equipment
and batting helmet, to playing a few games of cards with Pitcher Ross Ohlendorf before gametime.
Another fan asked the
players what the enjoy during their down time, and Doumit said he's quite the movie buff. Some of the most recent flicks
he's seen: "Inglorious Basterds" and "The Invention of Lying."
The players were also asked what
teams they followed as kids. For the Moses Lake, Wash. native, Doumit said it was the home team, the Seattle Mariners.
The starting catcher also made the rounds with season ticket holders during a visit to the VIP area and gave a radio interview.
He was scheduled for two autograph sessions, the last scheduled session Saturday and the first session of Sunday's activities.
He greeted fans presenting baseball cards, the bobblehead in his likeness given out to fans at the PNC park game April 18,
2009, and jerseys. He posed for pictures with fans of all ages during autograph time as well.
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| Doumit gives a fan back the bobblehead he just autographed. |
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| Ryan Doumit on Pirates Caravan in 2009 |
See Ryan Doumit at PirateFest Jan. 30-31
Jan. 18, 2010 -- The annual indoor baseball carnival at the David L. Lawrence Convention
Center in Pittsburgh will feature Ryan Doumit two of the three days this year.
In the scheduled autograph sessions, Doumit
is scheduled for 5:30-7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 30 and from noon - 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31.
The annual event includes
autograph sessions, games, player-fan interaction and the opportunity to buy game-used merchandise and the latest in MLB licensed
clothes and accessories.
Keep in mind that the autograph schedules are strictly adhered to, and the autograph line can
last for hours (as in reaching a point in the winding line that says the wait averages 2 hours, or 3 hours, from this point).
If you plan to get Ryan's autograph, get in line in plenty of time.
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| Dejan Kovacevic photo from minicamp 2010 |
Back in
business for the 2010 season
Jan. 18, 2010 --
Just 13 months ago, Ryan Doumit was signing a long term contract with the
Pittsburgh Pirates and his fans were considering that the Christmas present that would keep on giving - for three to five
years.
By fall, after a season in which the starting catcher missed 73 games to a broken wrist and surgery to heal it, and
a very much publicized falling out with the manager, Doumit's name was bantied around at winter meetings as a potential
trade, but that never came about.
Last week Doumit was present and accounted for at mini-camp, one of the four catchers
reporting. Setting the tone for Spring Training at the Pirates' facilities in Bradenton, Fla., reports from MLB.com say
Doumit's name is written in pen as starting catcher with a battle for back-up.
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