This Tuesday marked the three year anniversary of Kelby Tomlinson playing left field for the first time. I note this every year now. This game, among hundreds of games over the last few years, stands out in my memory, though I didn’t get to watch very much of it. Matt Cain hit a double! It was also one of the cruddiest days of my adult life, as I was attending my grandfather’s funeral.
But I suppose that’s how we remember anything after a certain point. Associations with memories make certain days stand out more than others, and certain baseball games stand out more over the course of a series of long, miserable seasons.