Vacationing
A quick one this week while we travel
Alix and I are on a barnstorming tour of North Carolina minor league ballparks … as I write this we’ve been to three games and seen: a walk-off extra-inning win, a home run that must have gone 500 feet, and a guy who caught a foul ball with his beer. Then drank the beer with the ball in it. Baseball is the greatest.
I’ll be back next week with a full newsletter … in the meantime, if you have any ballpark memories to share, drop them in the comments. And now, a reminder to BUY MY BOOK, which (very small spoiler) has a couple of baseball players in it:
DOGLAND is now available for preorder! You can get to many of the major bookseller sites through the Simon & Schuster page. I also have a deal through my favorite bookstore, Park Road Books in Charlotte—if you preorder DOGLAND through them, I’ll sign and inscribe your copy (or copies!) however you like. Jump on that deal here:
Thanks so much, y’all. See you next week.
One more story. I went to a game at Johnson City, TN that same year in 1990. I walked up to the ticket office and asked to buy single ticket. The very nice lady looked up at me and said, "Oh honey, you don't have to pay a thing! Budweiser has purchased all the tickets today and they're free!" I thought, "how nice!" and walked over to the concession stand. It only seemed appropriate that I return the favor by grabbing an icy cold Bud before the game started. "One Budweiser please.." Quite surprised to have the young man say, "Oh, I'm sorry, this is a dry county. You can't buy beer here." Still cracks me up. If memory serves, I bought a 6-pack later that evening...in Bristol, VA.
Happy trails and three cheers for the guy catching the ball with a beer!