captain_napalm
07-19-2005, 02:47 PM
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I came across this, while looking up Wild Bill Hagy (been on a nostalgia kick)
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Baltimore Sun Article Link, "Character Study" (http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-sp.os5021jul21,1,3077992.story?page=1&cset=true&ctrack=1)
Shaking things up
No single character in the age of the modern, Camden Yards Orioles has parlayed his sideshow shtick into what Marc Rosenberg has - a second career as motivational speaker, auctioneer and life force with his own Web site (http://www.lemonadeshakingguy.com) and marketing DVD.
We are talking about one of the ballpark's most dynamic, successful and spasmodic vendors, the Lemonade Shaking Guy. Here's a wiry and wired man of mind-spinning energy who hustles lemonade - "Shake it, baby!" - and provides Rip Torn-meets-Robin Williams slapstick as he goes through the stands. One fan described him as "a rooster on acid."
Rosenberg, who has been shaking and selling lemonade at Orioles games since 1996, has received exposure beyond his Camden Yards gig on television and in national publications. His client list for public appearances, private parties and motivational talks continues to grow. People hire him to bring energy - and a pretty good schpiel on teamwork - into a big room, a conference or convention.
At Camden Yards, only a small percentage of customers go old-fogey on Rosenberg, asking that their lemonade not be shaken. Most want to see his act and gladly pay for his gyrations.
And while Miguel Tejada may have been the only Oriole to go to the 2004 All-Star Game, he was not the only Baltimore performer in Houston. Rosenberg went, too, as part of an 11-member all-star vendors crew - our own Lemonade Shaking Guy at the big dance.
His employer, Aramark Corp., gave him an all-expenses-paid trip to the game and assigned him to work the crowd behind the third base dugout.
"It was in Minute Maid Park, so I had to use Minute Maid bottled lemonade," he says. "But I shook it anyway and did my thing, full-throttle, pedal to the metal. Oh yeah, baby!"
I came across this, while looking up Wild Bill Hagy (been on a nostalgia kick)
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Baltimore Sun Article Link, "Character Study" (http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-sp.os5021jul21,1,3077992.story?page=1&cset=true&ctrack=1)
Shaking things up
No single character in the age of the modern, Camden Yards Orioles has parlayed his sideshow shtick into what Marc Rosenberg has - a second career as motivational speaker, auctioneer and life force with his own Web site (http://www.lemonadeshakingguy.com) and marketing DVD.
We are talking about one of the ballpark's most dynamic, successful and spasmodic vendors, the Lemonade Shaking Guy. Here's a wiry and wired man of mind-spinning energy who hustles lemonade - "Shake it, baby!" - and provides Rip Torn-meets-Robin Williams slapstick as he goes through the stands. One fan described him as "a rooster on acid."
Rosenberg, who has been shaking and selling lemonade at Orioles games since 1996, has received exposure beyond his Camden Yards gig on television and in national publications. His client list for public appearances, private parties and motivational talks continues to grow. People hire him to bring energy - and a pretty good schpiel on teamwork - into a big room, a conference or convention.
At Camden Yards, only a small percentage of customers go old-fogey on Rosenberg, asking that their lemonade not be shaken. Most want to see his act and gladly pay for his gyrations.
And while Miguel Tejada may have been the only Oriole to go to the 2004 All-Star Game, he was not the only Baltimore performer in Houston. Rosenberg went, too, as part of an 11-member all-star vendors crew - our own Lemonade Shaking Guy at the big dance.
His employer, Aramark Corp., gave him an all-expenses-paid trip to the game and assigned him to work the crowd behind the third base dugout.
"It was in Minute Maid Park, so I had to use Minute Maid bottled lemonade," he says. "But I shook it anyway and did my thing, full-throttle, pedal to the metal. Oh yeah, baby!"