Archive for 25. July 2008
Cooperstown Bound
25. July 2008 by Orioles Fanatic.
I have started several posts in the last week, but haven’t been able to finish them. Really, it’s not right the misery of our pitching. If we could have, like, just mediocre pitching, our bats could take us the rest of the way. But, nevermind. We all know that. What more can we say except that we’ll keep bleeding orange, and one day, everything will come together, I hope with most of the members from our current team. At such point, we will hear the beautiful singing of angels and I will be sitting in the stands watching every game in person. (This fantasy is entwined with my Lotto fantasy that I’ll have to save for another time.)
Last night, Jim Palmer and Gary Thorne interviewed Cal Ripken, Jr. and Eddie Murray in the broadcast booth. Learning that they will both be in Cooperstown served to mitigate some of my suffering that I am not in Baltimore on so many occasions this season when the Orioles are honoring the ‘83 team. Sure I didn’t get a Wild Bill Hagy t-shirt, but in three short days, I will have the honor of viewing Eddie and Cal from a great distance through a zoom lens during the Induction ceremony. And this year, perhaps the zoom lens will actually work, and take pictures, unlike last year during the Great Conspiracy of the Electronics to destroy the last threads of my sanity and have me permanently institutionalized. They didn’t win. But it was close.
Will I meet Goose? I haven’t heard a reply from the guys who claim to be friends with him, and as my luck runs, it would be foolish to assume that I should hope for anything other that enjoying the wonderful gift of being in Cooperstown during Induction weekend. Truthfully, that will be plenty enough for which to be grateful, especially considering my husband, who had no intentions of ever returning to Cooperstown, agreed to come with me. (I think he may actually be on the verge of becoming a fan despite grumbling tonight, “You’re not planning to watch the game again tonight, are you??” Yes, I handed him the remote. What choice did I have? On second thought, his accompanying me to Cooperstown may work against me. How many points do I have to award and for how long? I’m just realizing that I didn’t completely think this through.)
Tomorrow will be the first time I’ve been to New York City in more than seventeen years. We’re hoping to eat in Carneige Deli, tour the Rockefeller Center, and walk the streets of Manhattan before we drive the rest of the distance to CTown. I know nothing will compare to last year’s experience, but this year will have a charm all its own. Namely, the ability to park a car without paying a small ransom or getting up before the sun to find a space.
If there is time or wireless Internet access, I will post at Nomadic Traveler. I’m temporarily turning over the chaperoning responsibility to you, dear readers, and I expect to come back to a winning team in time for the Ys series!
Happy weekend my friends!!
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