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Thursday, September 16, 2004

Bean Ball 

Last night I joined Andrew (A.K.A. Rudman, Smilin' Andy Bean, Bean, S.A.B, Mssr. Andy) for a trip to Fenway to watch our beloved Red Sox face off against the hurricane-challenged Devil Rays. Bill Simmons, an ESPN columnist, once asserted that everyone has that one friend that keeps score of the game. For me, that friend is Andy Bean. When he went to get beer or go to the bathroom or get peanuts, I became the substitute scorer. I was a little nervous at first, then I got into it and gained some confidence...only to be informed next inning that I had screwed up the Tampa Bay side of the book by scoring their 3rd inning and 4th inning in the same column. I did, however, enhance the scoring by adding a spot to tally "Stand-Ups", for everytime someone needed to get in or out of our aisle. Last I saw, the total had reached 15, which Bean and I decided was unacceptable. Here are some other things that we decided throughout the course of the game:

1) Nobody will ever have a better nickname than Rocco Baldelli, The Woonsocket Rocket.
2) Few things are more annoying than the guy trying to start the wave in the middle of a key situation in the game.
3) Carl Crawford needs his own talk show. Pronto.

It was a good game and the Sox came out on top, 8-6. The game lasted over 3 and a half hours, so, as Bean rationed, "We got our money's worth". After the game, we left the park and went our separate ways, ending our man date with a firm handshake. I walked a few miles to Park St. to avoid the post-game Green line chaos, then I caught the midnight bus home from Davis. It was a long day, but well worth it.

I consider myself to be a fairly good speller, but I only managed a 17 out of 23 on this quiz. See if you can beat The Mestee.

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