Thursday, October 08, 2009
BOBBY V.‘S LAST GAME IN JAPAN.
My friend Deanna, who’s forgotten more about Japanese baseball than most of us will ever know, was at Bobby V’s last game in Japan, and has a writeup and photos, which is where that photo above was taken. (Also photos of the ‘Goodbye Bobby’ merchandise being sold, and him being thrown in the air by the Marines players.)
Deanne describing the photo:
(It’s actually from a few weeks ago—I didn’t actually see Bobby on Tuesday. At the time, I wasn’t supposed to tell anyone I’d been in Bobby’s office watching him sign a bazillion thank you cards that he was going to give to the fans, so I also didn’t post this photo then. And in case you were at the game over the weekend where he gave out thank-you cards to the fans, with a signature on it? That signature was real. It probably took him a month to sign them all. Next time someone says Bobby didn’t really care about the fans and was just putting on a show, I’m going to punch them.)
Seriously, how lucky am I? I think that’s the best thing about Bobby—he always made me laugh, except for this last time, when he made me cry.
We Mets fans can only hope.
We should get those Bobby 2010 shirts and walk around in them. Preferably at Spring Training.