Have you ever read something that made a fond memory from your youth come rushing back so fast you feel like it’s current again? When I read that Rich “Goose” Gossage was admitted into the Baseball Hall of fame, memories from my Senior year of high school came flooding back!
Ahhhhhh, High School, those years that “most” people remember fondly. It’s not that I don’t have good memories of High School, it’s just that I honestly don’t have many memories period! I was your typical “wall flower” and on top of that, I was a band geek…LOL! I kept to myself and really didn’t have many friends. But, as most teenage girls, I had a HUGE crush on a very cute boy and his name was David.
David was your typical American boy, he loved fast cars and baseball, and his favorite team was the New York Yankees. (PLEASE don’t shoot me Christine…LOL) I had tried to garner David’s attention a couple of times during my Junior year, but I didn’t know ANYTHING about fast cars or baseball, so I went back to my wall and spent the year “observing” him…LOL! Over the summer between my Junior and Senior years of High School I spent as much time as possible learning about baseball and watching every Yankee’s game I could catch so that I would be able to at least know the players names and what position they played. I also started paying more attention to my looks and started taking the time to do my hair differently and even started wearing just a little bit of make up….LOL!
What I had done over the summer WORKED! The first day of school David actually said hello to me for the first time, without my having to do anything to get his attention. I gradually started talking to people I knew he talked to and would drop comments about how the Yankees had done in their latest game or what an awesome play a specific player had made. In time, David and I were “talking game” on a daily basis, and I couldn’t have been more thrilled in my life! He even “loaned” me his prized Yankees jacket one afternoon in class because I had mentioned that I thought the classroom was cold ;o)
Looking back now, I honestly can’t remember how the Yankee’s did that year. But the one thing I do remember was that David’s all time favorite player was Goose! So when I read that Goose had finally made it into the Baseball Hall of Fame, the first thing that crossed my mind was David and the Fall of my Senior year. If you’re wondering if David and I ever “hooked up”, the answer is no. My best friend at the time decided that he was “The Man” for her and since she was prettier and more popular, she hooked up with him instead. Turns out that was a good thing because shortly after graduation I found out that they were looking at diamond rings because she was pregnant….LOL! Better her than ME!
