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September 03, 2005
The Curse of Griswold?
This past Wednesday, I wrote:
I wonder if anyone else thought what I was thinking when that fan ran on the field. Did Kay and Justice on YES not speculate that those were the cremated remains of a person - just because they didn't want to go there? (I'm not saying that I know they were ashes - I'm just guessing at this moment.)
Well, now, thanks to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, we know:
This is why John Griswold made the promise.
He promised to take his mother to a Yankees game for her birthday, which falls on Aug. 31 -- this past Wednesday.
Yankees versus her beloved Mariners?
She'd love it.
Hours before the game, he made preparations for a night at the ballpark unlike any other they'd shared.
He phoned a bail bonds outfit and told them he would be calling later. He went to a tattoo parlor and got a tattoo of a cross with wings behind it. The cross sits on top of a heart flanked by roses and three letters, M-O-M.
Minutes before the game, he checked his pockets. In his back right pocket he had put his driver's license, his game ticket and a "Get Out of Jail Free" card from Monopoly.
During the game, A-Rod's at bat in the fourth was his cue. Griswold ran, holding the cup with precious cargo and a sign showing a picture of him, his son and his mother, and the words "ashes to ashes."
Griswold's mom, just 62, died the day after Valentine's Day when her heart gave out.
Now, her son faces charges of criminal trespassing, a misdemeanor, for keeping his promise. He goes to municipal court this afternoon.
And, the Yankees have not won a game since this event. Couldn't this guy just have been a good Griswold and gone to WallyWorld instead?
Posted by Steve Lombardi at September 3, 2005 10:44 AM
Comments
Nah, just a mediocre Yankee team with way too many pitching injuries. Maybe September will be a re-run of April.
Posted by: Don at September 3, 2005 02:20 PM