It dawned on me today. One thing I miss about living in the US is having men, especially older men, call me "Don Larsen". Whenever they do that, I know instantly that they are a baseball fan. Aussies do not know anything about baseball, except that it has been reported as being extremely boring. So they do not know who Don Larsen is.
I suppose my Uncle Don gets it more than I do, seeing that he has the same first name, and his last name is only different by one letter ("son" versus "sen").
When this mistake happens, it always opens up a great coversation, which I've always liked.
For Aussies reading this, Don Larsen is the only baseball pitcher in history to have pitched a perfect game in the World Series, which he di on October 8, 1956 during game 5 of the World Series.
2 comments:
Do you look like Don Larsen or are these older men just hard of hearing?
Neither. It is simply that my name is so similar to "Don Larsen" that they can't help but think of the baseball player.y
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