You feel closer to the team then you do back home. You can talk to the players. You can talk to the coaches.

Baseball in this setting is much more intimate.

I come down here just to go to these games.

At least. But I was there. Jim is my witness.

You can say that. But I need a lot more than three weeks to get ready.

I was asked, 'Are you worried about bringing it home?' No, I've got $500 in the thing. If it turns into a smoking heap, I don't care. I know a guy who crashed this Subaru; they put it on top of two trash cans and left it there. You go home, pick up the Thrifty Nickel, find a four-cylinder junker and offer them $300 for the thing. Weld up the trunk and go racing.