|
 What's
worse than four crazed idiots on a golf course? (Or at a bar, for that
matter. Or at a softball game. Or in Vegas. Or...well, you get the
picture)
How about four crazed idiots dressed up as
giant dead presidents sprinting around a Major League Baseball field
between innings?
And those four crazed idiots just might be
Kenny, Barney, Matt--and myself.
That's right: The four of us may be getting the
chance to run in the President's Race. At RFK Stadium. On the field.
During a Washington Nationals game. In front of 25,000 people. On
television.
For those of you who don't know, the Nationals
have started doing a takeoff on the
Sausage Race at
Brewers games in Milwaukee. Instead of giant sausages, though, the Nats have
four very scary-looking ex-presidents (or rather people dressed
up as scary-looking ex-presidents, but the description would be
accurate for the four of us). The goal of the President's Race is very simple:
Just try to beat the other three presidents as you run down the right field foul line, past the visitor's dugout, and
finish up somewhere close to home plate--all the while carrying
a huge foam head on your shoulders as thousands of fans vigorously cheer you on or
boo the hell out of you. Fun, yeah?
And just why did they choose us? Well, they
didn't actually choose us and nothing's definite yet, but our friend
Stephanie who works for the Nats (her job during the games is to count
pitches--seriously) is trying to set it up. Last week, we went to see a
Nats game and I casually (i.e., "drunkenly") mentioned to Barney how
cool it would be if we could run in the race. One cell phone call later
and the wheels were in motion. They usually have staff people do it,
Stephanie said, but I guess with the season winding down all the
staffers are tired of sweating their eyes out in those hulking costumes.
So maybe it's our turn to sweat our eyes out. We'll see...
Oh, and in case you're wondering: there just
may be some trickery afoot during the race, if it happens for us. Although
I'm not at liberty to disclose any details at this point in time, I can
say that you'd be well advised to keep tabs on SportsCenter over the
next two weeks. |
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