In Reply to: Re: semi OT: UCLA baseball locked out of Jackie Robinson stadium posted by Dr.Bruin on September 26, 2024 at 10:36:37
oh, yeah. Almost got killed one day walking down to Lot 11 to my car. Walked past Jackie Robinson (with whom my mother attended UCLA) and heard the crack of a bat and someone yelled "Duck!"
Of course when you hear that and you're in a group of people walking along, you can either drop your head or look around (there was a classic comic years ago in which the characters kept yelling "Donald, Duck!" and half the time he'd hit the ground and they were only calling to him to say hello and the other half he'd look around and get hit smack in the chops (such as they are in a duck).
Anyway, at least I stopped walking and the line drive passed within a foot of me directly in front right at head height.
Oh, yeah - I remember that very well sisty some years ago, DB