No, it’s not that kind of “special” you perv. The special which I speak of refers to the illicit pleasure of sneaking out of work early to catch a ballgame. On Monday I learned, by way of The Washington Post, that the daytime weekday baseball game in DC is no longer. For the remainder of the 2008 baseball season, weekday daytime baseball games shall cease to exist. Although I never go to experience this delight I am truly bummed out that I won’t get the opportunity to do so, at least this season. As for 2009, who knows? The very idea of knocking off of work early to catch a game and a few beers though has mass appeal to fans and baseball haters alike. Typically these games have smaller crowds and more die hard fans/alcoholics who think nothing of making a day of it. Who can deny the simple pleasure of a weekday afternoon spent in the sun drinking ice cold beer and whiling away the hours in front of a baseball diamond? Plenty of other cities here on the East Coast still maintain this tradition but for now DC is no longer one of them. I suppose I could trek the 45 minutes up to Baltimore to catch my beloved team but it’s just not the same as walking down the street and catching the train to the park. This time honored tradition will continue on in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, even Denver but it died in DC and so soon after we got baseball back. It’s a true American tragedy if you ask me. So, if you live in any of the aforementioned cities or are visiting and get the opportunity to attend a game, make sure you take advantage and think of me while you imbibe the frostiest of brews. In my head I will be right there with you.

PLAYLIST

THE DEATH SET-Negative Thinking (don’t sleep on this. check the vid Top Hat posted! i know i’m gay!)

AVAIL-all (richmond va’s finest!)

SOURVEIN-dirty south (drug addled whiskey soaked violence from cape fear)

WITCH-all (j mascis’s “other” band. check it if you dig good “stoner rock.” god i hate that term.)

THE SAINTS-prodigal son LP (like the pogues if they were from australia in the early 90′s.)

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