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May 31, 2005
Geeks and Baseball
I went to the San Antonio Missions game on Friday and was disturbed by what I saw. It was "Star Wars Night" and as much as I like Star Wars, I know enough that when I became an adult it was wierd and slightly disturbing to dress up like the characters in public (or even in private). There were over twenty adults and about a dozen kids dressed up as different characters with a ratio of about nine males for each female. Almost all the males were dressed like Jedi and even the Missions mascot (a six foot tall jalapeno pepper) was dressed up like a Sith. At one point the whole lot of them gathered in front of home plate and at another point between innings they all stood together on the visiting teams dugout. I was impressed by the guy in the very accurate Boba Fett costume (OK I was impressed by the costume, not the guy wearing it) and I think I can understanding dressing up as a Star Wars character in public a bit more if you are wearing a mask.
Dressing up like Star Wars characters in a non-movie theater public event is a step lower on the geek hierachy than going to a Star Wars movie dressed up as a character.
The game itself was not that great. The Mission's starting pitcher gave up four earned runs and one unearned run in the first three innings. The high point of the game was the ninth inning when the Missions were down 6-0. They scored two runs with two outs to make it 6-2 with the basses loaded. The next batter hit a good line drive that was caught by the right fielder, but they came very close to erasing a six run deficit with only one out left in the game.
Posted by Pete at May 31, 2005 10:31 PM
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