Johnson throws perfect game....
sittin' in a local restaurant, actually, it's so full we are having our
dinner in the bar area.......
you know the kind, with the multiple tv's up on the wall, some tuned to
the news, some to sports, one even turned to a 'Friends' re=run, God
Help Us.
anyways, Randy Johnson is pitching for the Arizona Diamondbacks against
the Atlanta Braves ,in ATlanta.
Johnson is unhittable......and the wife is murmuring something about how
good the food tastes and her coworkers......"uh-huh", I murmur.
She asks, "are you listening to me?"
"RAndy Johnson is pitching a perfect game", I answer. She pretends
interest, "That's ni-ce"...the sarcasm as thick as the gravy on the
chicken fingers......
"check please?" and "bring me a doggie bag?"
when we get home, I hunker down in front of the tube.....it's the
seventh inning, and Johnson is still intact on the mound.
"six more outs", I say out loud.
"So, what's the big deal?" she asks.
now, she understands baseball, but the momentous occasion of a perfect
game is lost on her.....as if by request, a banner comes on the bottom
of the screen, explaining that the last perfect games were a decade
ago.......and the rarity of the feat.
she plops down beside me, almost slurping her coffee, like she got a
sudden burst of testosterone, I swear, i thought she scratched something
right then......
anyways, 3 more outs........
the Atlanta crowd is now standing, cheering on the opposing
pitcher,.....good baseball fans there, Atlanta is a baseball savvy
town.......
the wife is caught up in the game now, "how many strikeouts does he
have?"
"and you're sure no one has reached base?"
Johnson gets his perfect game, Atlanta responds in proper respect and
adoration, even if he is the opposing pitcher, great fans, those Atlanta
folks.....I applaud , here in my little home as if i am standing down
the 3rd base line.......the wife grabs my arm "He Did It, He Did it
"!!!!
Much Respect to RAndy Johnson, for a rare feat, and baseball
immortality, and for being a catalyst of bringing the opposite sexes
together in a rare moment of mutual enjoyment and exhiliration, indeed,
perhaps all over the baseball world, everyone stopped and nodded their
head in respect.
in the interest of fair play, the wife has asked me to accompany her to
the next viewing of the world ice skating championships......hmmm?
what the hell is a quadruple lutz anyways? is that anything like 'the
perfect game"?
Randy Johnson, future hall of famer, and i watched his perfect game, May
18, 2003.
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