Thursday, August 30, 2007
SAFE AT HOME
A friend invited me to attend Wednesday night's Yankees-Red Sox game.A tough call, but I had to decline.
I was OK with my decision.
Then I saw that Beckett and Clemens would be pitching.
I was a little less OK with my decision.
I was having a pretty good day at work.
And then they started coming.
Email after email. Picture after picture.
I figure, judging by the picture, the seats were 6 rows in, along the third base line.Good seats. Really good seats. Great seats.
I was a lot less OK with my decision.
But then, as I watched the game while writing the 11pm news (and sending unprintable responses back), it dawned on me.
Sure, I could have been in great seats watching baseball's greatest rivals play on a perfect night at a storied ballpark.
Sure, I could have seen a future Hall of Famer and the game's best pitcher this year face off.
Sure, I could have been there when Youk's late home run made it tight late in the game.
But I elected to be right here at NBC 30, to serve you, our loyal viewer.
I elected to perform my job to the very best of my ability...to keep you, our loyal viewer, informed of important developments in your hometown, your state, your country, and yes, your world.
I was more than OK with my decision.
I felt good, I felt fulfilled, I felt pride.
And as I sit here conveying my deep sense of personal satisfaction to you, I have just one simple question.
Is anyone actually buying this line of &%#*?
Yeah, that's what I thought.
Posted at 12:23 AM by Gerry
7 Comments:
I feel so special.
Oh, but you are.
It is probably best you stayed home anyhow....:)
I figured you'd be chiming in.
(She's a NYY fan.)
But now, on the 10th, we're (the SOX!) sitting sweet. Red Sox Forever. Oh, hi Gerry!I Bruce sold out the Civic Center in less than an hour......he keeps getting better, and my first experience seeing him and the band was so many (1974) years ago. I hope you can go, but it's one of those no-win decisions you'll have to make.....an 11pm newcast and a concert that won't end until then.
There will be a complete review from me when the times comes....the morning after. With a huge smile. Bruce concert number 55. I guess I'm keeping one year ahead of my age with that number.
Hi Peter...
Saw him the last time he was at the Civic Center. The man can still bring it, and apparently, so can you!
Who knows Roger may retire at the end of the season.
Then mid season decide he wants to come back to Fenway one last time!!!
So you might get to see a Hall of Famer after all.
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