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Normally I only end up writing about major news in the professional sports world, but today I’m going to stick in some personal experience. Last night I attended a birthday party of the best variety. 30 of us rode from Bowdoin College to Portland (about a 30-minute journey) on a bus fitted with a variety of cheap, cheap beer. We then proceeded to sit outside the Portland Sea Dogs stadium waiting (drinking) until gametime before entering the complex.

For the first time in my life, I got to be a part of those drunk people at a baseball game. And it was glorious.

Highlights included one friend challenging the Sea Dogs mascot to a dance-off, and with half the stadium (around 8,000 people at the game) watching, a four-round show between the two ensued, good enough to make the judges on “America’s Best Dance Crew” proud.