Thanks to Facebook and, more specifically, Pirate Chat on Facebook, I have made the acquaintance of a gent named Tim Baker and his wife, Maryellen Kelly (aka "Mrs Season Ticket Holder") in the past year. Tim is a season ticket holder for both the Pirates and the Penguins. His seats at PNC Park are primo - first row at the end of he Pirates dugout. No less a Pirates personage than Frank Coonelly himself refers to Tim as the "Mayor of Section 20", so that gives you an idea of Tim's bona fides as a Pirate fan.
Because their seat location is right by where the Pirate ball boy sits, Tim and Maryellen have developed a knack for snaring baseballs as they come out of play, which they then give to young kids who are sitting near them. However, over the years, they have accumulated a bit of excess inventory of baseballs at home, and that leads me to my Halloween story.
If you were a kid in the Baker neighborhood last night and you came to their door, you were confronted with a large wicker basket and given your choice of the following treats: Reese's peanut butter cups, Kit Kat bars, or a game used major league baseball. Pick one.
How cool is that? Tim reports that kids were running down their driveway exclaiming to their parents, "they're giving away baseballs!" and that the parents were ooo-ing and awe-ing even more that the kids were.
A class move by Tim and Maryellen! Wish they had lived on my street when I was little!
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