As you may recall, IT IS HIGH commenter Above Average attended Wednesday night's perfect game, with his UNVAVERING sign of Yankee positivity.
Here is his report:
It was really something special.
It is a tough sentence to write, and likely harder for some to read and believe but it was very a magical night in Oakland.
My sign was sneakily snatched away by security after a
sudden and distracting BUMP (I was impressed by their masterful.
pick-pocket-like technique) and carefully stored somewhere hidden away in the
bowels of the coliseum.
AA
AA,
ReplyDeleteyou should have "Unwavering" put on your tombstone (or crypt.)
AA: You're gonna live forever
ReplyDeleteYou're gonna learn how to fly
You're gonna make it to heaven
Light up the sky like a flame
Seriously, El Duque will induct all of your holy artifacts into the IIHIIFIIC Hall of Fame, the UNWAVERING sign, the scorecard, your underwear, everything. Duque will bring out the UNWAVERING sign when there is dire need of an intervention.
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ReplyDelete@ ArchA - Winny deserves Unwavering on his tombstone more than I do as he was the initial inspiration but I'm sure it can be shared if either of us wind up having a tombstone and/or a crypt.
ReplyDelete@ Hummer of God - that scorecard was one of the official scorecards being kept by a "worker" next to the Yankees dugout. It was whisked away into the cold, Chipotle* darkness of the Yankees dugout.
@ Doug - In answer to you question in the previous post (my apologies for the delay), the sign was taken away from me because it was determined to be a "visual distraction" to those "VIPs" sitting behind me in the "Diamond Level".
And even though it was small, and I was being very discrete - it simply had to be disappeared.
*Chipotle - while waiting to enter the ballpark, a van pulled up to the loading dock/player's/diamond level entrance and offloaded one of the largest delivery orders of Chipotle I have ever seen. When asked where the order was going, the straining, Volpe-sized delivery guy stopped pushing his flat cart, turned, smiled and loudly proclaimed, THE YANKEES!
It left everyone in my group wondering if the recent Yankees woes came from excessive pre-game burrito-loading.
Or maybe......maybe that Chipotle order was the secret behind the Perfecto.
AA, may I suggest that since you are originally from that small town in CT and not far from NY, you and Winnie get adjoining graves in the Cemetery of the Unknown Yankee Fan and share the letters. Have one tombstone on the far right with the word Unwavering and the other tombstone on the far left with the word Positivity. I will pay for the perpetual care of the shrub and flower maintenance so that those words are never obstructed.
ReplyDeleteAA - Thanks. At least they gave it back. If you find your way to NYC for the game you should bring it and we will all sign it.
ReplyDeleteHoss,
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I actually had something else in mind for mid-season but sure, after I've finished it. End of next week most likely.
If you want to do the first draft this time I'll be happy to react off it.
I picture a big, pinstriped mausoleum. Big enough for all of us.
ReplyDeleteDoug, due to time limitations, it is all yours this year. Or whatever else you want to do. I look forward to it!
ReplyDeleteAnd AA, what's with the green wrist band? Was that required to get into the good seats?
ReplyDeleteNext they'll want facial recognition, as in "Minority Report."
HC - the wrist bands have removal tabs that are collected for each adult beverage you request.
ReplyDeleteBut the A’s staff are getting really good at implanting the temporary micro chips into our necks (we’re told that they dissolve in our system within 72 hours and are passed in the urine) without too much pain or discomfort.
And Doug - if I am able to make the hike back east for the EVENT there’s a good chance that I’ll be bringing UNWAVERING swag with me.
ReplyDelete@East of East Haven Carl - even though your idea is a great one and I am humbled and touched by your offer and generosity - I already have detailed plans in place for my exit.
ReplyDeletePerhaps if the resurrection works we can discuss it.
The wrist band looks like it has 7 bullet holes. My congratulations on that, if you achieved 7 drinks in the first couple of innings.
ReplyDeleteOr was 7 bullet holes just another Wednesday evening in Oakland?
Hoss,
ReplyDeleteSorry to let you know, but the gubmint already keeps tabs on you like you wouldn't believe. Unfortunately it's the PRC.
The US has two sets of my iris scans and China controls the remote access to my security cameras. Fortunately for me, the world will end before they come for me, being a nonentity in the grand scheme of things.
...but if the death barge gets this technology, I fear we may all be banned forever from the Yankee stadium mall and theme park.
As colonel kurtz said -- the horror!
Ruf, I’ve been kicked out of better places.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of out, no Rizzo tonight. He is “day-to-day” softer being hit in the elbow.
In Yankee Universe, the day is a biblical day, so anything from 24 hrs to a billion years.
BTR, are amongst the hoi polloi attending the Sterling lovefest in August?
ReplyDelete...are YOU...
ReplyDeleteDamn these tiny keyboards !
this is great. glad you got to see a historic game, Above Average.
ReplyDeleteI am pleased and flattered! Now to shake my ass!!
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