A letter from Mike aka @MetsFAIL
Shannon, a bit late for this, but a story from Baltimore you might find interesting:
My fiancee went down to Baltimore to catch a couple of the games. She is a Yankees fan, I am (obviously) a Mets fan (I know, I know), so we caught one game from each series.
We were at the Saturday Mets game, sitting 10 rows behind the Mets dugout.
In the bottom of the 8th inning Nick Markakis hit a foul pop that was coming right for us. we tracked it, tracked it, and saw it was going to land just behind us, and a bit to the right (towards home).
We turned to watch and see if maybe it would hit off some hands or something. Looked like it was about 4 seats away. Comes down, no one catches it, and next thing you know I am looking to the right at my fiancee holding her nose with both hands.
I ask her if she is ok, she says yes, but next thing you know, blood gushing everywhere.
The ball broke her nose!
I yell for the ushers/medics, they come running down and start treating her. After a little while they take her to first aid, she gets a nice ovation as we head out.
We realize we never got the ball, or should I say whoever got it didnt have it in their heart to give it to her. This is (what ticked) my fiancee off the most. She was more upset about the ball than her nose (especially since she may get a nose job out of the deal).
Skipping over some unnecessary details, I email someone in the PR department of the Orioles asking him if there is anything he could do to get a ball signed for her. Â He emails me back saying when the O’s are back in town they will talk to Markakis.
During this time, my fiancee got a follow up call from the nurse at first aid at Camden Yards, checking up on her. My fiancee tells her about not getting the ball, and the nurse says she cant believe no one gave it to her. A few days later she gets a package in the mail… a signed Nick Markakis ball, with a letter from the O’s declaring it a authentic autograph. It wasnt the PR department that sent it, it was the nurse!!
I thought both the effort of the PR department and what the nurse actually did was very classy, especially when they knew we werent Orioles fans.
Thought you of all people might enjoy this story.
Looking forward to one day meeting you at Citi
Mike (aka MetsFAIL)
Very cool, and I hope she’s doing OK. Â If you see a fat guy in a Mets Stars & Stripes jersey tonight, that’s me. Â Come say hi!
