The Greatest Sports Day of Your Life
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by MegECass110
With the return of Jon Lester yesterday, I couldn't help but feel amazing. I tried to remember the last time I felt as good as I did last night, and then I remembered.
October 23, 2004. The greatest sports day of my life.
I was in Chicago with my mom to go to the BC-Notre Dame football game in South Bend. We got up, and it was pouring rain outside. We drove the 90ish minutes to Indiana and got in our seats, the rain drizzling. The game was ridiculous; back and forth it went, and it got too much for me with BC down 23-17 with 2:51 left in the game, driving the field with a 3rd and long. I proceeded to go to the bathroom, and on my way back to my seat, standing still in the concourse, I saw Tony Gonzalez, the BC wideout, diving in the end zone. He caught it. Touchdown Boston College. I saw all the BC fans going nuts, tears streaming down my mom's face. BC hung on-ND missed a field goal as time expired. 24-23. A great day as it was.
Made even better by the Red Sox in the World Series, Game 1 was scheduled to start in a few hours. 80% of the BC people were also sporting Red Sox hats. We left Notre Dame stadium chanting, "who's your daddy?" (BC had beaten ND 4 out of the last 5 times they met). We finally got in the car, turned on ESPN radio to listen to the start of Game 1. Just before getting back to Chicago, Papi hit a 3-run shot off Woody Williams. Things were looking fabulous.
We got back to the hotel, I changed into my Orlando Cabrera t-shirt, and we went to dinner. We had to wait, so we sat at the bar and I received scoring updates from the bartender. I put my phone away to refrain from checking the score constantly. By the time we got back to the hotel, it was 9-9 in the 8th. God damn it, I thought. It was all going so well.
I put my pajamas on, brushed me teeth and put head down on the pillow to watch the rest of the game. Not 2 minutes later, Mark Bellhorn shtoinks one off of Pesky's pole. Amazing. Red Sox win, 11-9.
The greatest sports day of my life. What's yours?
