Meaningless Encounters I've Had with Legends of Baseball.

Legend of Baseball

David Price

Date:

Jan. 20, 2011

Location:

Tampa, FL

The Inside Scoop: Our daughters went with their drama class to view a theatrical production of "Beauty and the Beast" last week, so my wife and I had an unexpected night alone. She asked if we had any wine and I was all like "No, sorry. We're out." And then she got all in my grill and goes "Wanna go get some?" And so I'm all like, "Okay." She was finishing some work so I walked to the little convenience mart around the corner from our condo. I walked in and the place is empty except for the dude that works the counter, some tall dude with funky jeans and me. I browsed the wine section - they don't have much of a selection because it's a convenience mart. But I picked up a bottle of red something or other and got in line behind the dude with the funky jeans. The reason why I noted his jeans is because he was like real tall. Like his butt came up to my eye level, so it was almost impossible to not notice his funky jeans. He was talking to the dude behind the counter about baseball or something. Finally - finally - the tall dude took his bag and left. The dude behind the counter pointed and said "How about that. Did you see that?" And I was like, "What?" "Did you see who that was?" "No. Wait, is he like on the Rays or something," I asked. And the dude behind the counter said "Yeah, that was David Price, he lives around the corner from here. So do a few of the other Rays." So that like blew me away, to be that close to a baseball legend and his funky jeans. Once I got out of the store, I Wikied "David Price" because I honestly had no idea who he was. I guess he's a pitcher or something. Technically, he's not a baseball legend. But he is my neighbor and that's what really counts in life.