A Day on Yawkey Way

Last Saturday in Boston, before our celebrated visit to The Last Hurrah, we all stopped by the Yawkey Way store for some RedSox gear. For the first time, we saw Okajima Ts. I had tried to buy Susan one for mother’s day, but they weren’t yet in stock. The gal on the other end of the phone assured me they were on the way. After all, he was only the best reliever in baseball over the first two months of the season. Anyway, John and I each bought one. (Michael opted for Youkilis, recognizing the importance that Youk’s ethnicity would carry in his new home town of Miami. )

Only a few hours after we bought the two Ts, Okajima was called on to pitch in the second Diamondbacks game. And the Sox then came from behind to win 4-3 in ten innings. How many innings did Okajima pitch? Two. And what’s his record after earning the win? 2-0. So there it is. We buy two T-shirts, and on that very same day, in fact only hours later, Okajima pitches two innings, and earns win number two. Could this possibly be a coincidence? I don’t think so!