Atlanta Hawks Co-Captains - April 15, 2012

I received a call late last week from my local Atlanta Hawks rep.  As a way of saying thanks to the affiliates, teams that partnered with the Hawks for uniforms, he invited me and Noah out to the game Sunday Night.

All he said was bring the Jerseys & about an hour before game time, they would call out our names, we show or wear the jersey and wave to the crowd.     

Well it turns out that it was also Youth Sports Day.  As we they announce the different programs, we are wearing our jerseys and they announced Shaw Park etc.. Unfortunately there were about 16 people in the stands at the time.  Then they stopped us at center court, told us to turn around for some pictures.  All of a sudden, Dominique Wilkins, some cheerleaders and all the mascots from the Atlanta teams show up (Homer the Brave, Freddie, the Falcon, Atlanta, Silverbacks, Harry the Hawk, Skyhawk, Atlanta Beat etc), for a photo op.

I thought it was a cool experience and Noah had a blast.

We thought that was it and started to head up to our seats.  As we were standing in line for our food, one of the guys we just met, asks us if we can help him out of a jam.  Some of the folks they were waiting on, did not show up and he asked us if we wanted to be co-captains for the game.  We had no idea what that meant but we say "sure".   Noah is starting to freak a little bit & kept saying "What does that mean?  What do I have to do?
Anyway, back down we go and the jerseys go back on.  We head back out to Center Court for the pre-game rules, shaking hands with the refs, Joe Johnson, Josh Smith and one Freakishly tall Toronto Raptor. 

Noah is by the Toronto Raptor's butt

Getting his #2 Jersey signed by #2 Joe Johnson

It was an awesome Once in a Lifetime Experience and hopefully one that Noah will not forget.