Quo Vadimus


Saturday, April 19, 2003

 

Classic Names, first in a series. #001: Lawless J. Barrientos, Jr.

Classmate: 3/84 (Rocky Mount[ain] Elementary) to 6/88 (Mabry Middle School).
Teammate: Spring/Summer 1984, Roswell Recreation and Parks, "Dixie Youth" baseball league, 9-10 division. Team name*: Bullets.

Sr.

*Fast-forward to 1988, now in the 13-14 division (deeper fences, more obnoxious parents). Team name: Black Sox. It was bad enough to be named for a team notorious for scandal (though also kinda cool; my attempts to get "Shoeless Robbie" on the back of my jersey were refused by the "team mother" despite a clandestine rooftop meeting in which lunch was supplied), but then there was the hat. A cheap, half-plastic-mesh-y legend. Black with the sins of our namesakes, the front featured two letters, in all their white-script glory: BS.

posted by Linus | 12:34 PM

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