The pleasure of having binoculars when you need them

7/15/08
sweet nothings
By Max J. Dickstein

The pleasure of having binoculars when you need them

Photo credit: Game Face

I'm binoculating tonight. I brought my lovelies and they're affording me enhanced views of tonight's game. The impressions of a television camera are probably better visually, but at least the points of view I choose through my binoculars are self-generated. Like when A-Rod and Derek Jeter were playing a very long-range game of catch from backstop (Rodriguez) to behind first-base (Jeter) before the game. Through my binoculars, I watched the ball snap from their hands, hang and drift in the stadium's pocket of air and then reach glove.

Dustin Pedroia just hit a deep fly ball to center to end the second inning. Joe Saunders is relieving Cliff Lee (2 innings, 1 hit, no walks, three strikeouts, 20 pitches, 16 strikes) to start the third inning. Scoreless tie.

Sarah Jessica Parker — SJP — up in here to announce an MLB cancer initiative. She's in tight black pants and she keeps swinging her left foot behind her right heel in an adorable way. I do not need binoculars to see this sweet motion, but I choose to use them.

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— Max
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