Last night, I was lucky enough to get tickets to watch the Dodgers play the Giants. In addition to being a crazy game to be in the stands for (the hatred between the teams’ fans is pretty bad), this game had the added attraction of being the one where Barry Bonds might tie or break Hank Aaron’s home run record.
Barry didn’t tie or break it, the Dodgers won 6-4 (with a dramatic 8th inning homerun by Nomar Garciaparra), and it was a pretty good game.
Also of interest were the following observations:
- No matter how ready you think you are for a moment or how long you’ve been thinking about it, you will forget something. For Barry Bonds at the top of the 8th, the “something” was the zipping of his fly. As he warmed up in the on-deck circle, those of us behind him noticed his pants were flaring a little in a sensitive spot. After about two minutes, he did too. Oops!
- People are haters in different ways. Some hate Barry because they think he cheated. They heckle and remind us all of the debate about what it means to be a great athlete. Others do things like show up in blackface with a guy wearing a “Conte” shirt. The latter’s a statement wrong at any time and place.
Photos below.
Did they not get the memo that blackface was racist? I echo el Chavo, WTF?!?!
I watched the game at home and was texting my dad in the middle of it. I sent him a “Barry sucks” message and he asked why. I told him it was just what all the Dodgers fans said whenever LA and SF met up, but we also boo him when he’s at bat.
I think I wanted Bonds to hit a homerun. I’m sorta rooting for him. However, I’m more happy that Nomar hit a homerun and the Dodgers actually won a game against SF at home.
Asterisk posters are hilarious and get the point across. Blackface, WTF??
It seems that today he is at it again. I don’t support the Dodgers and don’t go to games unless I have free tickets and I hope Bonds breaks the record in Chavez Ravine just to say that LA was where it was broken.
Blackface in 2007? WTF?!?