Take one superstar outfielder, put him in the on-deck circle, then add a heckling fan with relentless taunts. As each plate appearance comes up, the heckles get worse and begin to go both ways, from fan to player.
Situation out of control?
Not really. By the end of the game, everybody in the section was laughing.
The outfielder: Ken Griffey Jr.
And the fan? He posted a blog entry about it on MySpace. With photos.
A hilarious story!
UPDATE: Since posting this, the story has been careening around the blogosphere and has now landed on ESPN.com: “Griffey’s gesture wins Dodger fan’s support”, which also gives more behind-the-scenes info from Griffey’s perspective. A class act, that guy.
Thanks to SOSG for pointing to the ESPN story.
UPDATE 2: And the story is now captured for posterity in the unfortunately titled “Notes: Griffey likes hitting in three-hole” on the Reds’ MLB.com site.