May 28, 2006

Kismet

Barry Bonds hit home run number 715, passing Babe Ruth on the all-time home runs hit list.
The ball glanced off a fan's hands about 15 rows up and then dropped onto an elevated platform beyond the fence. The souvenir sat there for a few minutes before rolling off the roof to an unidentified man waiting for a hot dog, and he was quickly ushered away by security.
The idea that some guy ended up with a coveted home run ball while he waited in line for food, well, it amuses me. Firstly, that it ended up in the hands of someone who obviously was either oblivious or didn't care that Bonds was coming up to bat soon, and secondly because I imagine this poor oblivious guy being rushed away and going, "Hey, can I just get my food first?"

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