What the hell is going on here? Derek Lowe was doing great. Why pull him and put Pedro Martinez in?! What a dumb move. An 8-1 lead is shrinking for no good reason.
Thursday, 21 October 2004 - 6:00 PM CDT
Name: Virginia L. Murphy
Toby,
I don't know if you remember me but I'm a friend of your Mom and lived in your Grandma (Violet Shapiro's) house in the late 70s. I haven't seen you since you were a little kid. I've been trying to get in touch with your Mom. I don't have her new phone # or email address. Hope you can help me out.
Best wishes from Seattle,
Virginia Murphy
Thursday, 21 October 2004 - 7:00 PM CDT
Name: Toby Petzold
Hi, Virginia! Yes, I will have Momma get in touch with you. And I can't tell you how [glad] I am that an old friend of my family's has found me in all of my foul-mouthed glory (especially as this isn't the first time I have subjected you to that particular problem, although you probably don't remember it).
This is as close as a 35 year-old man comes to the same kind of embarrassment that a kid experiences running into his teacher in public.
Please excuse my "passion;" I enjoy too much the freedom from being edited and censored.
All my best to you and your family.