Sox Fan Postcard From Seattle

by Chiburb on May 20, 2008 8:38 AM CDT

A lengthy love letter from the great Northwest. Snips, followed by the link to the whole must-read article.

No teenage girl on the day of her prom could have kept up with my own exuberance and adrenalized glee on a recent Friday: The White Sox were coming to town.

And they expected me to sit through work that Friday - a day whose minutes were lazier than Dali's clocks - and actually get something done. I got all of 45 solid minutes of work in that day, between baseball chat coffee breaks (killing time with my former South-Sider office buddy, both of us head-to-toe in the other team's gear) and sending out office e-mails with pictures of Osama bin Laden in a Cubs turban saying, "You can't get pumped about the Sox without hating the Cubs a little in the process!"
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I may have been the only Sox fan around in the left-field bleachers that Friday night, but I made my presence known. I literally out-cheered hundreds of Mariners fans (partially because I had something to cheer about) and even managed to kick my Miller Lite onto a Mariners fan in front of me when Thome hit his line shot to right field. I was quite appalled at how put-off she acted when it was I who mourned the loss of a perfectly good and freshly cold brew. Besides, I don't believe people should attend sporting events without expecting to get a little beer spilled on them.

http://www.beachwoodreporter.com/people_places_things/westward_ho_5.php#more

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Good stuff

That could so easily be one of my girls in 10 years.

by Landfill on May 20, 2008 9:56 AM CDT reply actions

I actually thought about you (and them) when I read it.

They’ll be sane Sox fans though. I suspect you won’t be posting ala that crazy parent on the right rail.

We shall reach greater and greater platitudes of achievment.

by Chiburb on May 20, 2008 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions

She belongs to you, Chi?

You did good. I can only hope mine turns out as eloquent and grounded. You must be proud.

I don’t even want to know how it was for you when she moved out there – must’ve been a tough day in your household.

I took the "under".

by winningugly on May 20, 2008 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions

Been encouraging a move for awhile

Sometimes they can get too comfortable in familiar surroundings and need to be pushed (so to speak).

Though I did make her call twice a day on her drive out!

We shall reach greater and greater platitudes of achievment.

by Chiburb on May 20, 2008 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions

Excellent

My two (now 11 and 9) are already making plans for where they are going to live. The older one wants to go to Boston or London. The younger one alternates between Arizona and two blocks away from me in Chicago. I’ve encouraged them both to go wherever they’ll be happy while also making it clear that I will be a complete wreck when they move away.

Tell your daughter I’ve given her piece to my girls and that she’s role-model for the next generation of expatriate girl Sox fans.

by Landfill on May 20, 2008 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions

Will do.

I know she’ll appreciate that.
And I really was thinking of the piece you wrote about your daughters as I was reading hers. Was it 2 years ago or last year? Time flys when one is almost as old as ballyb.

We shall reach greater and greater platitudes of achievment.

by Chiburb on May 20, 2008 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions

and yes, VERY proud!

We shall reach greater and greater platitudes of achievment.

by Chiburb on May 20, 2008 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions

wait, what?

i was in left field that game too (triangulated with family to meet in seattle for the series). i call shenanigans on her being the “only” sox fan in the area, unless she was in the lower part or something.

the upper part of the left field seats were crawling with sox fans and boy were the brews flowing. in other news, mariners fans don’t take too kindly to mock hat-throwing every time sexson’s up to bat. hehehe…..

she looks familiar. there was a cute skinny brunette sox fan as we were leaving the game making sure the world definitely knew where her allegiances lie.

by thatshortkid on May 21, 2008 2:55 AM CDT reply actions