If you know me, you know I am a not a Sports Guy. Nonethess, here is MY BRUSH WITH GREATNESS.
I was in the Denver airport annoying decent people when a Mother and her young daughter sat down next me. The daughter had a dish of ice cream and I - never one to miss a chance to make a new friend and to eat ice cream - asked her if she brought me one. She giggled but declined to share, much to my disappointment and I told her I didn't want her icky ice cream anyway. As the conversation continued, she introduced me to her little doll, "Fancy Nancy." Naturally, I inquired if "Fancy Nancy had ants-ees in her pants-ees," which sounds better than it reads and caused her great delight and I was required to repeat it many times. Her Mother said they were traveling to San Francisco to see the little girl's Father. I thought, "How sad - the little girl has to travel all that way to see her Dad."
I asked, "Where does he work?" and she said, "He plays for the Colorado Rockies." And just to confirm what a Sports Guy I am, my first thought was, "Oh, he must be playing at Candlestick Park." You know Candlestick Park. It is where the San Francisco Giants played - IN 1999! Since then, they have made their home at AT&T Park, still along the waterfront, but closer to downtown San Francisco.
Knowing my Manly-Man friend Ken Baca of Denver and my best friend/professional sports writer, Rick Chandler, would be interested, I asked her what her husband's name is, so I could dazzle them.
"Todd Helton," she said.
"Todd Hilton?" I asked.
"No," she smiled "Helton."
Apparently, he's quite good - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Helton
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My family took a cruise of the Caribbean about ten years ago out of Ft. Lauderdale. When it was over and we were waiting at the gate at the Ft. Lauderdale airport we noticed this tall older man standing next to this very pretty young woman. It was a father seeing his daughter off on a flight. I kept looking at the guy, grey hair slicked back, ruddy face, large nose and whispered to my wife, "Is that Joe Namath?" She wasn't sure.
When two seats become available they sit down and the guy is wearing shorts. One look at he multiple scars criss-crossing those knees answered the question.
Serendipity is kinda cool when it involves someone you have idolized. Now how do I get this to work with Nicole Kidman?
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