Shea: I Always Wanted to be a SS
I always envisioned myself as a shortstop. So, getting to stand on the infield, and lean down like a ground ball would soon be coming, here in Shea Stadium, is a dream come true. I know some one saw me, and I don’t care, as I pretended to pick up a ground ball and fire it to first base. Sorry, but my fourth-grade self would never forgive me if I didn’t.
The dirt is wet, and seemingly more rock than dirt. I guess the ‘infield rock’ doesn’t sound as pastoral and American as ‘infield dirt,’ at this point.
Unfortunately, the bases have not yet been pegged down, otherwise I may have had to slide in to second, which would have probably gotten me kicked out, not to mention it would have ruined my pants.
Nevertheless, I can only imagine what it must be like to stand here, look up in to the night, the lights shining down and 50,000 people cheering in your face.
