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| Jessie, me, Syd and Jody at this year's Team Banquet. |
It was a beautiful
cloudy and muggy thirsty Thursday at a Hagerstown Suns game. My friends and teammates, Jessie, Jody, and I
had really splurged and bought the $12 VIP seats, which placed us on the front
row of the third baseline. We were
enjoying heckling the other team’s third basemen and making friends with the
loyal sun’s fans. All was going
smoothly until the 6th inning, when we became the envy of the surrounding
crowd by obtaining two foul balls. Jessie received the second of these foul
balls and within minutes of receiving it had popcorn thrown at the back of her
head. The fighting instinct in her
kicked in and she immediately started making a minor scene. She wanted to know who threw the popcorn and
why Jody and I weren’t trying to fight them for her. Jody and I looked at her blankly and then
continued to watch the game. Jessie
wasn’t giving up though, after another 5 minutes of complaining about the
popcorn hitting her head so forcefully, a young lady comes and taps her on the
shoulder. As Jessie turned around the
woman started apologizing immediately, saying that her 4 year old daughter had
thrown the popcorn because she wanted the foul ball. At this point Jody and I turned around and
saw a small girl crying in the stands. After
the woman had left, Jody and I turned to Jessie and asked her if she wanted to
beat up the little girl now or later for her.
Needless to say, Jessie said there was no need for Jody and I to beat
anyone up for her now.
This is just one of the many memories that I cherish from my
college experience at the Mount.
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