Today is Gordon Beckham's birthday. As has become tradition (twice = tradition, right?), I donated to the National Parkinson's Foundation in his name via his Out of the Park for Parkinson's charity. I'm also wearing my sparkly Gordon Beckham t-shirt. That's also a tradition of two years.
Given that his team got eliminated from playoff contention last night, I am not sure how happy his birthday is going to be. On the bright side I guess he probably won't be dealing with any quarter-century crisis angst; he's got enough to worry about, trying to figure out why things went so badly for him at the plate in 2011, and how he can turn that around next year.
I'm sorry for the negativity. This season was really bad, though. I'm glad it's over. I watched the last inning of the game last night, just to watch it end; Gordon walked, so he wasn't the final out or even really a factor at all in the end. That actually meant a lot to me at the time, I don't know why. (I think it has something to do with watching Jacoby pop out in his final at-bat of 2009. I don't think he was the last out, either. Maybe second-to-last.)
Anyway, I hope Gordon has a good birthday. I hope his teammates bring him cake, and that they win the game (meaningless though it is) and that twenty-five is better for him baseball-wise than twenty-four was. I hope that his birthday wish is to be extra awesome next year and that it comes true.
And I hope lots of people donate to NPF on his behalf today. It's a good cause and he's a good person, and the Sox just got eliminated, so let's help eliminate Parkinson's too.
(Fun fact: 25% of my posts since I rebooted this thing have been to wish Gordon Beckham a happy birthday. Seems about right.)
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