I thought I would carry you into the weekend with a humorous little story.
With Spring in the air, my household has the Professor back watching his beloved baseball, most particularly the Washington Nationals.
Last night, as I sat quietly occupying myself with work, my mind wandered long enough to catch a glimpse of the game. I noticed the Umpire reaching into one of the two satchels strapped across his waist. “Boy,” I said to the Professor, “How many balls can that Ump carry?” Well, I should have known that would spark a conversation of some magnitude and open up an impartment of knowledge from my resident expert.
“Well,” he began, “Each of those satchels holds about five baseballs. But the ball boy changes those satchels out just about every at bat, so the ump never has to worry about not having enough. By the way, Miss Writer…” he continued, “those bags are not called satchels, they are called scrotum bags!” I shrieked with laughter, “That’s ridiculous, ha ha who ever came up with that!” There was no response from the Professor, the crack of the bat had taken his attention.
I let it go and returned to my mind wanderings eventually making my way to my studio. Now, maybe it was my naiveté or maybe it was old fashion curiosity, but don’t you know I found my fingers on Google. Those satchels are called Equipment Bags or plain ole’ Ball Bags.
The Professor fed me a line of bull. Damn, he got me again!