I remember dropping him off there for the first time.
The song"My Old School"is about being busted for marijuana while attending Bard.
Fagen, Becker, and Fagens girlfriend, Dorothy White, were all handcuffed and arrested during that raid.
The lyrics tell a story of Fagan’s bitterness towards the school and local police.
“I was smoking with the boys upstairs when I heard about the whole affair.”
And, “California tumbles into the sea, that’ll be the day I go back to Annandale.
“Further rubbing it in with,” And I’m never going back to my old school.”
I couldn’t help wisecracking.
“I feel bad for these kids…”
My son asked,“Why?”
“What the fuck are they gonna wear on Halloween?”
The Red Sox were in the World Series, facing the Rockies.
They were up in the series 3-0 and looking to sweep.
Dylan and I figured we could go just about anywhere to watch the game.
Dylan was 14, a freshman in high school, and a big Red Sox fan.
My other two boys, not so much.
We were staying at a Holiday Inn, and only a couple of channels on the TV came in.
I couldn’t believe it.
The hatred ran deeper than I thought.
It was the perfect spot to listen to game 4 of the World Series.
The reception was great.
Dylan and I went inside and loaded up on snacks and soda before the game started.
She was okay with it.
We were going nuts!
Dylan and I were high-fiving each other and chanting,“Sweep!
That’s when we had to use the bathroom.
I asked the woman behind the register if there was one we could use.
She broke the rules and let us use one markedEmployee Bathroom.
Manny Delcarmen got the final out in the sixth.
Despite being just the two of us, we decided to do theWaveand duplicate the ballpark experience.
It was quick, went down without a hitch, and we laughed our asses off!
Delcarmen got one out before giving up a single to Cory Sullivan.
Tito Francona removed Delcarmen in favor of Mike Timlin, who struck out the next two batters swinging.
Dylan and I could taste it.
Hideki Okajima got one out in the bottom of the eighth before giving up a single to Todd Helton.
Then Garrett Atkins went deep, tightening up the score at 4-3.
Dylan and I were going crazy.
The Sox fell behind the Yankees in the 2004 ALCS 3-0, but came back to win the series.
We didn’t want to take any chances…
He brought in his closer, Jonathan Papelbon, asking him to get five outs.
Pap delivered in the eighth, getting two outs to end the inning.
I didn’t want him to miss the game.
Then he flat-out overpowered Seth Smith and got him swinging for the final out.
World Series Champs again!
