112: No Ordinary Fan

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

History, Society & Culture

4.9 • 40.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Nothing came between Don and his boys - especially on game day.

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0:00.0	This is the way I heard it.
0:01.0	Back in 1979, long before the dogs and dings and chirps and pings of a billion
0:13.2	pagers polluted the air.
0:15.5	Back before texts and tones and vibrating phones kept us all chronically connected, an
0:21.1	ordinary man could sit in the stands of an ordinary ballpark and watch his favorite
0:25.9	team play without fear of electronic interruption.
0:29.3	But Don was no ordinary fan, which is why he found himself tethered to a monstrous, electronic
0:36.6	leash, much bigger than any smart phone and much harder to turn off.
0:42.8	The harassment began when Don's agent called him at home on Game Day.
0:47.9	Don, it's Ronnie.
0:49.4	I just read Bobby's script.
0:51.0	I think it's a winner.
0:52.9	What's today, Ronnie?
0:53.9	Uh, Tuesday?
0:55.7	No, Ronnie.
0:56.7	Today is Game Day.
0:58.0	You know, I don't talk business on Game Day.
1:01.8	Twenty four hundred miles away, Ronnie rolled his eyes.
1:05.0	Why were the most talented clients?
1:07.2	Always the most difficult.
1:08.6	Sorry, Don.
1:09.6	I didn't know your boys were playing.
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