Reading Rainbow
A few trades, a few releases, all will be discussed on the next podcast. I can’t steal my own thunder. That would be like Thor fighting the Hulk, totally counterproductive.
Courtesy of a contact at Nationals Park, comes this heartwarming story… awwww.
On my way to work the Nats game yesterday I saw this little girl ( 8 to 10 years old ) with her parents on the subway. She wanted her parents to get seats in the Red Porch area or in right field above the out of town scoreboard so that she might catch or get a hold of a home run ball.
Unfortunately the Red Porch area is mostly sold out due to multiple partial season ticket holders and most of the good seats above the out of town scoreboard in right were taken by Phillies fans.
During the national anthem I noticed the little girl and her parents ended up getting seats down the 1st base line almost 2 sections back. The best she could do at this point is get a foul if she’s lucky. Not very good odds considering the number in attendance.
In the bottom of the 1st inning on the very first pitch by Jamie Moyer, Willie Harris crushes a ball over the out of town scoreboard in right for a home run. A Phillie’s fan gets hold of the ball and tosses it back onto the field.
The second base umpire runs out and gets the ball from mid right field and then tosses it to the ball girl down the 1st base line. The girl then jogs over to toss the ball into crowd like usual and guess who ends up with it? In a sea of hands with adults this same little girl from the subway caught the ball. She got her home run ball in the most unimaginable way ever.
So thank you Mr. Anon, for your contribution to the morale of the site. I appreciate the story and the input, please keep them coming. It is like the dog that adopts some tigers - right now its all cute and stuff. But in 10 months the tigers will have to be removed before they eat the dog. My head is on a swivel and my eyes are on you sir.
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