i did go to the game last night
with my father (when my mother told him i was going alone, he decided to go). sadly, it was my 13th game of the season, which meant that i jinxed them and they lost 8-3.i did, however, buy the twins tank top from the twins wives that i had been thinking of buying. it's very cute, just plain with 'twins' outlined in rhinestones. they had three colors, red, navy blue, and black. i was standing there debating the color and size when an older gentleman with a big happy voice asked me what color i was getting. i turned and said, 'i'm thinking i like black.' and there was tony oliva! (i know most of you don't know who he is, or why that's super cool, but he's a former twin [60's and 70's], who's great enough that his number [6] is retired and everything.) and here he was just asking me what shirt i was going to get! he replied, 'oh, i like black. black is nice. i would get black.' and when my dad saw who it was he got all excited and tony asked him how he was doing and shook his hand and all that.
so of course i bought the black one, and i now call it my tony oliva shirt cuz he picked it out for me. (hey, it's not every day a girl gets to have an all-star choose her clothes for her.) :)
posted by melilotnfosco | 4:06 PM
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wow! good for you! and good thing you decided to go anyway! :) (even if it did mean your dad decided to go after all;) ...now you're famous! :) (well, you sure have a lot of famous friends anyway!:)
and you said i wouldn't comment... :P
i figured you'd comment, but i also figured you wouldn't have anything to say.
but look! you did! and you're so excited for me! ;)
and i Am famous :)
:P -- sorry about all those exclamations; i should've edited better, i guess! ;)
wait a minute... are you saying my comments are often shallow??
no, i just know that i can always count on you to comment, and that you will not disappoint me, even if it's something i care about but you don't
i think that's such a cool story - although i think rhinestone tank tops are trashy and that the wives should show more class...maybe someday you can class them up a bit ;)
and it's really great that dad got to meet tony oliva (who was AL batting champ, just like joe mauer)
i'd say thank you for saying i could class them up, but i think you just insulted me by saying i bought a trashy tank top
i'm sure you'll look hot in it :)
i wasn't insulting you. i said you have class.
uh-huh
oh, and yes, that is joe mauer next to tony o
i told a couple of the old ladies at work this today (one of whom is a huge twins fan), and they were super really impressed :)
i THOUGHT that was joe's arm! ;)
cuz it's so woo-woo?
uh, sure (i was just teasing;)
sad news - while i have gotten several compliments on my shirt, it appears to be a jinx, as they lost the game i bought it at, the game i wore it to, and the game the day that i wore it earlier in the day.
update - it continues to be a jinx. i wore it after a game one day, figuring that then there was no way they could lose. they lost the next day. and this year, hobbitsister saw a woman wearing it grocery shopping one day, and we lost, and i saw someone wearing it at a game in kansas city - which we then lost. seriously people, we need to burn the tank tops!
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