Exactly 40 years ago, I was pitching a night game near Lake Forest, IL, when the umpire looked at his watch and yelled "TIME OUT". He said we're all going inside to watch the astronauts get out of the lunar lander and walk on the moon.
So both teams took off the spikes, and everybody crowded into the adjacent building and sat on the floor staring at a 13" TV. Walter Cronkite was describing what was going on, then Neil Armstrong got out on that little ladder, said his famous words "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" and jumped down to the surface of the moon. WOW! We were all mezmorized watching Neil walk around on the moon's surface until the umpire yelled "Play Ball", and back we went to finish our ballgame.
I hope you remember where you were that special night.
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