00 [ midnight rant

It seems like just yesterday I was in my loft over on Bulldog Lane, walking distance from the University, and right across the street from both the football & baseball stadiums-- good times.
...At the precise moment 99 became double 0, locals celebrated the occasion with an Artillery bombardment of Epic scale.
...Here are just a few fun facts of fast living in Fam Friendly Fresno circa 98-01...
At 43 years the daydream became actual...
0600...06 March, 00....walk to restaurant , pick up L A Times en route [ .25 ]
10 am....Pepsi Johnny Quick baseball tournament begins.... purchase ticket..[ $5.
attend game...[ Maybe 45 people are in the park
...spark up a number/ Doobie....no One else notices
After 5 innings--- service a few pools { gotta pay bills, your reporter is $elf employed.
Return home...grip & feed cat [ his Chuckiness--
1:30 pm.... return to park, that same ticket gets me into the next game....buy hot dog & Pepsi $4ish.
Maybe 70 others are taking in the Action...
No one says or shouts, ' hey batter batter- swing batter!"...but you can actually hear what it is that is being said among the players.
Guess eYe should mention, First rate ballpark, Division 1 NCAA baseball.
The home team , Fresno State, plays their games at 6 pm...but I don't attend for reasons I will not explain.
Skip a couple daze, and the weather is chamber of commerce gorgeous... again I spend $5...and walk into the park ...Notre Dame vs. the team McBob forgot-- Vanderbilt perhaps...I'm consumed with nostalgia.
...30 years prior & in 2 summers, eYe see Henry Aaron, Willie Mays, Curt Flood, Lou Brock, Roberto Clemente, Joe Morgan & Rusty Staub @ the Houston Astrodome 68/69...) Even better times
....to be continued....if possible