Yesterday I went to “Eh”-merica to participate in one of that nation’s favourite favorite pastimes–Baseball. There was even a Grand Slam! Sport events are definitely a window to the past. The painted faces, the random yet choreographed dancing, the emotional rollercoaster of success and defeat. The street meat. Urban tribal rituals.
It was beyond entertaining. I was back in Chris Pirillo’s city (spent some time there in January at a blog conference). Seattle Mariners played the Boston Red Sox. Love Boston. I used to watch the games with a friend of mine who has the same number of game superstitions as Wade Boggs. Boggs and Clemens were my favourite players of all time. I hardly watch baseball now, but I do have an unwrapped box of baseball cards from the ’90s, which according to the box’s advertising includes a Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card.
That was yesterday. Today was Czech vs. Canada — World Hockey Championship. Canada’s game, we lost. But there was beer drinking before noon, and who doesn’t love that?