That’s one way to get the ballcaps
From the Boston Herald‘s Clubhouse Insider blog, Jeff Horrigan details the extent to which ESPN’s Dick Vitale will go to get a baseball cap: ESPN basketball analyst Dick Vitale just threw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to this afternoon?s game between the Sox and the Pittsburgh Pirates at McKechnie Field. His appearance in a ...
From the Boston Herald's Clubhouse Insider blog, Jeff Horrigan details the extent to which ESPN's Dick Vitale will go to get a baseball cap: ESPN basketball analyst Dick Vitale just threw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to this afternoon?s game between the Sox and the Pittsburgh Pirates at McKechnie Field. His appearance in a Pirates cap and jersey reminds me of the time a few years back in Sarasota, where the local resident (he lives in Bradenton now) was visiting Ed Smith Stadium for a Cincinnati Reds spring game. Naturally, Vitale was wearing a Reds cap that day, telling everyone that he?s a lifelong Reds fan (just like he?s telling everyone today he?s a lifelong Pirates fan). Well, some of us happened to walk by his car in the players parking lot and noticed five or six different caps in his car for teams that play on Florida?s Gulf Coast. Since then, I have heard him tell fans and media at Devil Rays, Yankees, Phillies and Red Sox game that he (wearing the appropriate hat each time) has been a long-time fan of that home team.
From the Boston Herald‘s Clubhouse Insider blog, Jeff Horrigan details the extent to which ESPN’s Dick Vitale will go to get a baseball cap:
ESPN basketball analyst Dick Vitale just threw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to this afternoon?s game between the Sox and the Pittsburgh Pirates at McKechnie Field. His appearance in a Pirates cap and jersey reminds me of the time a few years back in Sarasota, where the local resident (he lives in Bradenton now) was visiting Ed Smith Stadium for a Cincinnati Reds spring game. Naturally, Vitale was wearing a Reds cap that day, telling everyone that he?s a lifelong Reds fan (just like he?s telling everyone today he?s a lifelong Pirates fan). Well, some of us happened to walk by his car in the players parking lot and noticed five or six different caps in his car for teams that play on Florida?s Gulf Coast. Since then, I have heard him tell fans and media at Devil Rays, Yankees, Phillies and Red Sox game that he (wearing the appropriate hat each time) has been a long-time fan of that home team.
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and the author of The Ideas Industry. Twitter: @dandrezner
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