I spend my mornings frantically writing about college basketball, so I usually don’t think about baseball until the afternoon. But I do keep my eye on Twitter, so I had to take note when mi amigo Kyle Whelliston posted this tidbit:
“Ramdy Johnson performs exclusively for the Indianapolis Indians through a special agreement.” http://kyl.co/ul #zooperstars
I filed the link away for later, and I wasn’t disappointed. Ramdy Johnson is one of those fantastic inflatible zooperstrs that shows up at sporting events around the country. I’d seen Clammy Sosa and Harry Canary before, but never Ramdy Johnson. Obviously, that’s because I have yet to make it to an Indianapolis Indians game.
There are some really great ones: Cow Ripken, Jr., Ichiroach Suzuki, Nomar Garciaparrot and Monkey Mantle to name a few. And that’s just the baseball ones. My overall favorite may be Snail Earnhardt, Jr. – it works on so many levels.
I now feel kind of like a kid who wants to collect all of the Star Wars action figures, in a way. Except that I want to be able to say I’ve seen all of these genius inflatibles in action before I die (Kyle, who travels the country following mid-major basketball, will achieve this feat long before I ever could). It could be difficult to pull off: I’m not privy to their schedule, and there are over 35 different costumes roaming the nation as we speak. At least I know where to find one of them…
