As of Friday, 5:20 p.m., Jim Ansel writes that we have 14 players planning to show up at 3:30 this Sunday (6/13) at New Scotland field for the Capital Division (an over-60 division, but that's a loose 60, some late 40s have been spotted there) game.
So, as an inducement to get four more guys - or six or eight more - I make this offer:
Anybody who shows up on Sunday, June 13th, will get the chance, both rare and remarkable, to taste my latest twist to the two gallons of lemon water I usually bring.
Now, its lemon-lime water!
What a concoction!
What is lemon-lime water you ask?
OK, secret recipe here, it's lots of water with ice cubes and a bunch of cut up lemons and now! a bunch of cut up limes!
The tasting is free!
Cups provided, so you wont have to drink out of your hands.
In fact, the first sampling of the new lemon-lime water last week brought forth huzzahs! and hoorays! from the Pirates dugout, along with assorted other noises.
Jim Dalton and Jim Ansel both had names for the new mix. I dont recall exactly what they called it, something like "Albany Miracle Sludge and Champagne Water," but both were convinced that if we put it on the market, something remarkable could happen!
Remember, beat-up bubble gum became Big League Chew and made a millionaire out of Jim Bouton, Mr. Ansel noted.
And he praised the cups, too! The perfect size he said. And they are, they're 5-ounce cups. Turns out 3-ounce cups are too small, they're what your dentist uses, and 7-ounce ones are borderline beer cups, and take forever to fill.
Jim Ansel also said the cups' colors - red, white and blue - were very patriotic.
Which led to the general question floating up and down the dugout: where does one get them?
At Price Chopper: they're revitalized Dixie Cups.
For a year Dixie had stopped selling 5-ounce cups, a puzzling move, leaving players the rough choice: a mouth-swisher cup (3 ounces) or a gulper (7 ounces.)
But the five ouncers are back! 100 cups for $4.99 - which is to say patriotic perfection in paper.
So, come, y'all.
All the lemon-lime miracle sludge and champagne water you can drink - until it runs out - plus, lets not forget, baseball.
Just make sure you contact Jim Ansel first. anseljamesc@gmail.com
He's the numbers guy in addition to the perceptive praiser of patriotic paper cups.
-Mike
-- Edited by mikehart on Friday 11th of June 2021 06:12:40 PM
