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You know, when the Jays and Yankees headed into extra innings yesterday, with it being July 4th, I began to think back to that Mets-Braves game, back on July 4th of 1985 – where the two teams played 19 innings and the game ended at 3:55 a.m. (ET) on July 5th. I was dating a girl back then who came from a family of huge Mets fans and her kid sister, who was about 13-years old at that time, stayed up to watch the entire game and was fried the next day.
I must have had that on my mind, subconsciously, because I had a dream last night that my father and I were driving around in Charleston, South Carolina, looking to find “The Joe” because the RiverDogs were playing an extra inning game and we wanted to get there before it ended. But, we made a wrong turn, somewhere, and ended up at Fifth Third Field in Ohio – except, in my dream, the home team there was an A-Ball affiliate for the Cubs and not the Reds. (I was probably confusing it with the Daytona Cubs.) And, as luck would have it, there was an extra innings game being played there as well.
Hey, what can I say? I have really weird dreams – especially when suffering from pollen and/or mold allergies (and I have been outside a lot in the last three days).
In any event, then, this morning, I woke up and saw that the Trenton Thunder played a 14-inning game last night as well (at home).
Extra innings baseball to the north of me. Extra innings baseball to the south of me. Extra innings baseball in my dreams. Crazy, huh?
8 Responses to “WasWatching.com Water Cooler Talk 7/5/09”
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July 5th, 2009 at 9:59 am
This is more for the 7/4 Water Cooler but it would get buried there…
When I got home last night, I turned on the TV and it was still tuned on YES. I got to re-watch Rags’s 7/4 no-no vs. the Sawx and noticed something I had never seen before. In the top of the 6th, during Jerry Remy’s at-bat, the TV camera cuts away to the seats along the first base line for a moment and show a scruffy, scary-looking guy…WITH A HANDLE-JUG BOTTLE OF VODKA IN HIS HAND!
I’ve been going to Yankee Stadium since I was a little boy in the 80’s but I guess I was too young to pay attention to my surroundings like that. I guess back then, bringing in a gallon-sized glass bottle wasn’t a big deal. Today? You’d be renditioned to a secret CIA prison in Eastern Europe and never heard from again.
July 5th, 2009 at 11:14 am
I remember in the late ‘Sixties and early ‘Seventies fans like myself could bring in bags of edibles and potables. One time I was sitting near this kid—he must have been 12 or 13—who was guzzling down a plastic quart bottle of orange pop while puffing away on a cigarette. He was also clearly unaccompanied. I also remember this one guy who brought in a sort of “picnic basket” and wolfed down fried chicken and biscuits throughout the game. Personally, I’d bring in a little gym bag loaded with goodies. And they were alright with it, so long as it didn’t contain any glass or cans.
July 5th, 2009 at 11:29 am
MJ wrote:
hahahahaha i would have had so much fun at the stadium if i was around for that…too bad people are so uptight these days
you know what woulda been cool? If Hughes still sported the glasses he supposedly needed, and started coming out to the wild thing music when he walked out of the pen. (Im watching major league on dvd as we speak, that’s what made me think of this).
July 5th, 2009 at 11:33 am
@ Corey:
LOL, yeah Corey, I’d love to see Phil come out with the glasses a la Ricky Vaughn in Major League. Great movie.
July 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
@ Tresh Fan:
Tresh, that’s a very funny image. I can’t even picture someone bringing in a picnic basket of food these days.
Well, i guess I better get ready, I’ve got another Joba start to attend this afternoon. I will see where I can smuggle my gallon-sized jug of cheap vodka. LOL!
July 5th, 2009 at 11:43 am
@ MJ:
haha have fun bro
July 5th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
I had a dream that a hamburger was eating ME!
July 5th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Could have been worse. At least it thought you were tasty.