This week's honoree is multiple-time champ Chris, for a weird but interesting response to my item about Paul O'Neill briefly being barred from the Blue Jays' locker room Monday by a guard who didn't recognize him.
I'm always a sucker for references to former Newsday food writers, in this case none other than Molly O'Neill, Paul's older sister.
I once asked Paul about Molly at Shea when the former was playing for the Reds. He grudgingly answered while eating a plate of locker room food of which his sister would not have approved.
Click below for Chris' winning contribution.
How 'bout this?
First, he goes out to right field and practices his swing when he should be getting in fielding position.
The Guard: "Nope, still not buying it."
Next, he gets called out looking, yells at an imaginary home plate umpire and proceeds to the dugout where he trashes the water cooler."
The Guard: "You're gonna have to do better than that."
Flummoxed, he sits down and pulls out an autographed copy of "Mostly True: A Memoir of Family, Food and Baseball."
The Guard: "Hey, you didn't tell me you were Molly O'Neill's baseball-playing kid brother......"
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I think "weird but interesting" is exactly what it said on my 2nd grade report card.
Thanks again for the kudos.