Following up on Chris's item on Rafael Palmiero...
The A's last home game this season was against the Texas Rangers. I have bleacher seats where, as you probably guessed, humanity's darker side sits.
The first time Palmeiro comes to bat, a guy a few seats behind me says in a voice loud enough to be heard across the bay, "Let's go, Boner."
There was a collective gasp for a moment. And then laughter -- horrible, derisive laughter that echoed throughout the right-field bleachers. "Whatever they pay that guy to endorse that," my dad says, "it's not anywhere near enough."
(Second most memorable Palmeiro taunting incident. He shattered his bat on one swing. "Just pop another Viagra, Rafy," someone shouted. Poor, inadequately compensated Rafy.)
