Speaking of which...my closest friend today is someone I went to school with 40 years ago, and now today we work together. He is casual baseball fan who somewhat follows the Phillies but has never been an Orioles fan. Well...he went to his first O's game the very night that Eddie hit his 500th homerun. And guess what? He was the final destination for the path of that homerun. If you pause the video at around the 15 second mark, you'll see my friend with the ball raised getting hugged by his wife. He was whisked away by security and met Eddie after the game. Eddie gave him 2 signed bats, 2 signed jerseys, and other items in exchange for the ball. All of this while I'm watching at home. I didn't realize until the next day who caught the ball.
I mean...this is like Blizz tracking snowstorms for 20 years and never seeing a flake, and then he leaves the area and Marysville gets 3' the day after he leaves. Pretty much how I felt. Yeah, I was sort of jealous: