Saturday, June 20, 2009
RAY OF LIGHT. [6-19-09]
Mets v Tampa Bay Rays
6-19-09
Tonight, the Mets Welcomed… the members of the Downtown Little League Association. I am fond of the Downtown Little Leaguers because these are city kids, they are tough and street-wise, but put them on that field and they are happy as clams. Especially darling was watching a particularly young group of them leaving the field, all of whom decided they needed to jump over the foul line, but they weren’t leaping like Oliver (RIP) or El Duque, they were hopping with both feet. Some of them were so excited by the idea that they were going to do this that they were hopping down the warning track before they even got to the foul line. Only the crankiest of curmudgeons wouldn’t get a little softened up by that sight.
Of course, I am finding this charming and adorable and worth mentioning now because the Mets won. The Mets won a game! They played well and won a game! Dear god in heaven, we needed this win. Every single last one of us.
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