Category Archives: Noise Nation History

Where does the Noise Nation fit in the whole scheme of fan categories for the Lehigh Valley Ironpigs? Let’s first look at the other two categories…

The IronPiglets
The IronPiglets are the Kids Club for the Ironpigs organization. Ages 12 and under can purchase a membership for $15 and receive the following:

• A ticket to three select IronPigs home games.
• 2 great plans to choose from
• Exclusive 2010 IronPiglets T-shirt.
• Limited-edition tin lunch box
• IronPiglets membership card.
• Monthly membership newsletter.
• One Kids Zone token for each Kids Club Day.
• Exclusive member events at all Kids Club Days.
• 3 free passes to the Lehigh Valley Zoo!

This is actually a great deal. You can sign your children up at the below link:
http://www.ironpigsbaseball.com/fanzone/kidsclub/

The Silver Pigs
This is new for the 2010 season and is limited to those 60 years and older.

For $25, a Silver Pigs membership includes:
• A Limited-edition Silver Pigs T-Shirt.
• A Commemorative Silver Pigs seat cushion.
• One Field Level ticket to Silver Pigs Club Group Night on Tuesday, August 31 when the IronPigs take on the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees!
• Invitation to Silver Pigs Club Bingo Night on the Club Level at Coca-Cola Park on Tuesday, June 22.
• Silver Pigs Club Group Tour of Coca-Cola Park on Tuesday, August 3

Another good deal. Those interested can get more details at the below link:
http://www.ironpigsbas/silverpigs/eball.com/fanzone

So we’ve covered the under 12 group and the over 60 group, so what about those 13 to 60?

The answer is the Noise Nation. Created by fans, for the fans.

Give me your Teens, your Young Adults… your Huddled Masses yearning to CHEER!

• Membership is free in the Noise Nation.
• TV friendly location behind the Oink-meter in right-center field.
• Group trips to other events. (Ironpig Away Games, Philly Force games, R-Phils games)

So if you are now asking yourself, “How do I join the Noise Nation?” The answer is simple. Just show up. You can find the Noise Nation at every game, just listen and you will know where we are.

Check out the Noise Nation online.

Facebook
Click here to view the Noise Nation on Facebook.

Twitter
http://twitter.com/NoiseNation

@NoiseNation

Reminder: The Horn and Bell, Noise Nation and the owners of this blog are not affiliated with the Lehigh Valley Ironpigs, Facebook or Twitter. Any cost for tickets and/or transportation is not provided for by the Noise Nation. Group rates may apply if a trip is planned and cost would be announced at that time.

If you haven’t noticed already, we have a new name and new look. For those who are thinking to themselves, “Who are the Noise Nation?” I will give you a quick rundown on how this all began..

Mid-season in 2008 I witnessed Les Walrond strike out 17 batters in one game. I kept looking around and just felt something was missing. I had no idea what I was looking for but I knew something was off. Days later, I am telling a friend about the game and it hit me. No one kept track of the strikeouts. You see these signs in many ballparks at many levels of play. The signs consist of simply a “K” for every strikeout achieved by the home team’s pitcher. If the opposing batter strikes out looking, (not swinging), the “K” is then placed backwards. I decided I was going to make a K sign and not just a K sign, I was going to add three more letters. Thus, the OINK sign in right center field of Coca Cola Park came to be. After a trip to the dollar store and a few hours of drawing, I was ready.

The first night I tried this was an absolute disaster. It gets windy out there in right field and I was not prepared at all. All my friends bailed on me so I was alone, frantically stepping and catching posterboards as they blew around. By gametime some passers by assisted and I got “OIN” hung up there and relatively stable. Carlos Carrasco was on the mound and he was quickly making a name for himself as a new pitcher in AAA. Several innings go by, a few K’s go up. A few more innings, some more K’s. Around the 7th inning a light rain begins. I stand my post and people stop and ask what I’m up to. Most just smile and walk away. In the 8th innning a friend finally arrives. He had been across the street at a bar and is less than coherently trying to tell me that I’ve been on TV the whole night. The OINK Sign was born.

From that sign grew the Noise Nation, there will be more to come in future posts…