What Does the Rule Book Say About: How Old Is Too Old To Bring Your Glove to the Game?
I’m pretty familiar with the rules of baseball, but some of the norms and traditions seem to be throwing me off. So instead of sitting in the dark and wondering, I’ll be tossing these questions to readers every now and then. They’re not rhetorical; I really don’t know the answers.
Today’s inquiry is simple: is there an age when people should stop bringing baseball gloves to games? I saw a dude who must have been 40 the other day with a fanny pack and a first-baseman’s mitt, and it just looked strange. I don’t have any equipment to bring anyway, but I thought that I should know the deal.
Several healthcare professionals have warned that I'll have a heart-attack unless I seek help for my psychotic hatred of pro sports.
As such, since I work less than one block from Fenway Park, I decided that the only remedy is all-out assimilation. During the 2010 season I hit 43 home games, and have since been referring to the Sox as "we" and engaging in all sorts of other foreign rituals.
Stick with me through my struggle to become a Sox fan, as I force-chug hella beer to numb myself like strippers do before they hit the pole. This is no joke. This is for survival, and for my book, "How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Sox," which drops in 2012.
-Chris Faraone
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