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...patients had all wandered off and could not be traced. The health authorities stopped the tests in mid-June. Their verdict: inconclusive. That hasn't deterred the pharmacist and the ex-police chief, however. On June 2, Salang organized a free handout of V-1 at a Bangkok soccer stadium. It was a spectacle right out of a medieval plague tableau: hollow-eyed and ravaged by the disease, more than 4,000 AIDS sufferers limped onto the field or were carried on stretchers to receive a week's supply. For two patients, the dose came too late. Exhausted from negotiating...
...perhaps, ten minutes later when the hand lands on my shoulder. Usually this means, "Hey Buddy, could you pass this fiver to the hot dog guy," or if at Yankee Stadium, "Hey, Buddy, take that Sox cap off or I'll take it off for ya!". In this instance, I turn and see a man's face very close to mine, an expression between urgency and fright upon it. I'm surprised above all else. "Come," he says. "It was your daughter that was hit with the foul...
Sadly, I am no closer to understanding the stadium, the team, the fans, or the city. And I’m starting to doubt I’ll ever figure out why the fans root against the Yankees no matter what team the Red Sox are actually playing. And the whole Ray Bourque thing—I have decided not to waste any more precious brain cells on that...
...Some things about Fenway are just a little bit different. Where I come from, an usher is the 80-year-old man named Ernie at the movie theater who takes my ticket and reminds me to donate spare change to cystic fibrosis research. At Shea Stadium, where the Mets have languished under the roar of LaGuardia air traffic since the 1960s, all the ushers are brittle octogenarians dressed up in cute age-appropriate Mets gear—orange bow ties and suspenders. But at Fenway, the ushers double as beefy security guards, always ready to hustle up the bleacher stairs...
...Obstructed view seating is another puzzler. Some people are fond of citing Fenway Park’s meager 33,000 capacity and saying there are no bad seats. These people are idiots. There are seats in the stadium where there is a giant pole between you and home plate. This is called “obstructed view” seating and is quite bad for anyone who actually intends to watch the game. Yet since you are not actually in the bleachers, Fenway charges higher prices! This is almost as big a rip-off as those tiny cups of beer...