Life is Good: Nachos in a White Sox Helmet<\/p>\n
The only thing better than seeing the Chicago White Sox christen their home schedule in person at cozy and getting-better-with-each year U.S. Cellular Field was seeing the 5-1 opening triumph over the Tampa Bay Rays with the accompaniment and nourishment of a nacho helmet.<\/p>\n
The White Sox are, maddeningly, rarely first in the standings but have a tradition of leading the league, or at least pacing it, when it comes to concessions and sartorial courage and this season they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re combining those pursuits by offering \u00e2\u20ac\u201c for the ball park bargain price of $11.50 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a generous serving of nachos served in a faux batting helmet replete with the dignified Sox logo.<\/p>\n
The helmet is different from regulation headgear in that it appears to offer no cranial protection as it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s constructed out of a durable but hardly unbreakable plastic which is suited more for holding nachos than cradling your cabeza.\u00c2\u00a0 The nacho helmet also stands apart from those donned by Paul Konerko and brethren in that the top of the helmet, which serves as the bottom when it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s being used as a food receptacle, is flattened so that your bowl\/helmet can easily be placed on a flat surface for convenient access and dining pleasure not just during your time at the old ball yard but, hopefully, for many years to come.<\/p>\n
It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a nacho helmet.\u00c2\u00a0 And it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s better than Christmas.<\/p>\n
The line was long at the nacho helmet booth as intrepid South Siders knew that spending the fifth inning standing in a queue would be well worth it if a bucket size bowl of nacho chips, lettuce, fresh cheese, salsa, hot peppers, sour cream and guacamole awaited them.\u00c2\u00a0 The wait was a little longer than expected, though, because demand \u00e2\u20ac\u201c unsurprisingly \u00e2\u20ac\u201c began to exceed supply and we were told by one of the kind concessionaires that there was plenty of pork but they were out of beef and chicken and so there would be a 15 minute delay if you desired those delicacies on your nacho helmet heaven.\u00c2\u00a0 One gent, directly in front of me, became frustrated and bowed out, perhaps to buy a bratwurst and eat it out of his glove.\u00c2\u00a0 The rest of us had no problem whatsoever with pork and a few fans even observed that the only difference between ballpark beef, pork and poultry is likely the labeling.<\/p>\n
As soon as I bought my nacho Sox helmet I began to feel\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6well\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6better about myself.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s true.\u00c2\u00a0 I had nachos.\u00c2\u00a0 In a baseball helmet.<\/p>\n
I got many looks walking along the concourse with one hungry chap inquiring as to where I had purchased such a delightful comestible and when I returned to my seat I was greeted like a hero because, really, wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t I?\u00c2\u00a0 Another member of my group had also purchased a nacho helmet and being more civilized, or maybe just not as hungry, he ate his like a salad using a plastic fork.\u00c2\u00a0 Certainly a divine creation such as a Sox nacho helmet deserves the respect and care of a utensil but I chose the more tactile approach and kept my fork in my pocket and, holding the helmet with one hand, dove in with the other.\u00c2\u00a0 What happened next?\u00c2\u00a0 Edwin Jackson struck out a few more Rays.\u00c2\u00a0 The Sox tacked on two insurance runs in the eighth playing bang-bang, run-run baseball and, by the ninth inning, I was easily able to wipe the helmet completely clean with a napkin.\u00c2\u00a0 The White Sox won and I wore my helmet \u00e2\u20ac\u201c my trophy, my pride, my victory, my happiness \u00e2\u20ac\u201c all the way home on the train.<\/p>\n
I did have some help eating the nachos but the helmet, the glory, the religion and reward were all mine.\u00c2\u00a0 And always shall be.\u00c2\u00a0 The season will unfold how it may.\u00c2\u00a0 The White Sox might have the best offense in baseball and a cold spring \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the pork in my nachos kept us all warm in 39-degree weather \u00e2\u20ac\u201c could give way to a hot, promising summer and maybe a rousing fall.\u00c2\u00a0 But I ask, honestly: if you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a year of well-played baseball wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you settle for hot-pork and nachos in a would-be hat?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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