A Dream Come True

NP: Big Pimpin (Unplugged) -- Jay-Z and the Roots

Just a quick howdy to all y'all and to share word of a blessed event. Last night, about two hours before the Atlanta-Braves-America's-Team were to take on the Florida Marlins, I was standing in the first row of the left field bleachers heckling players and trying to catch a home run ball during batting practice, when John Thomson of the Atlanta-Braves-America's-Team through a ball up to me in the stands. I have been trying to catch a ball at a sporting event since I was like 4 or 5 and have been unable to score anything. No foul balls or home run balls at Braves games or batting practice, no foul or home run balls at any Appalachian League games in JC or KPT, and none of the foam footballs and basketballs that the D-B cheerleaders would throw out in high school. Finally, John Thomson, my new favorite baseball player, allowed me to come away from a game with a ball that I did not have to pay 4 bucks for in the gift shop in aisle 127. Heck yeah.