American Baseball and Mexican Food Bonanza

Well, the 2007 World Series has come to an end, and the Boston Red Sox once again emerge victorious. I am the first to admit my ignorance on sports, but after having baseball explained to me a few weeks ago during a Cubs game, I decided to exhibit some Masshole pride and follow the rest of the Series. After climbing out of a 3-1 hole against the Cleveland Indians in the American League series, the Red Sox went on to face the Colorado Rockies, which had come in with 21 wins in their last 22 games. Unfortunately for them, the Sox went on to massacre them in their next game 13-1, and the next 3 games didn't go much better. Let's hear it for a phenomenal sweep!

The foodie in me was much more interested in the "Steal a Base, Steal a Taco" promotion that Taco Bell was running. Basically, if a player stole a base during the World Series, Taco Bell would pass out a free crunchy beef taco (valued at 77 cents) to everyone in American (population 300+ million). The odds were looking pretty good, since there's been a stolen base in every series since 1990, and sure enough, in Game 2, Red Sox centerfielder Jacoby Ellsbury stole a base, earning America free tacos, and himself the nickname "Tacoby Bellsbury." Oh boy.

Since the promotion was held on Tuesday between 2 and 5 pm, I dragged a group of Feddies from work at 4:30 and we tracked down the nearest Taco Bell. Including ourselves, there were probably a dozen or so people mooching free tacos, and one or two who were actually buying something. Amusingly enough, as we got our free food, Taft got a text message (from an unknown number) that said "Happy free taco day!"

The next day was Halloween, and Haley tipped us off that Chipotle would be giving out free burritos. The catch was that you had to come dressed as a burrito, which basically meant wearing some sort of tin foil. Money and dignity are close substitutes for me at this point, so I readily agreed to burritofy myself for a free boo-rito. You'd be surprised at how much mobility is impaired after being wrapped in foil; we were having lots of difficulty navigating stairs. I think my robot dance got the added benefit of character realism though. And my veggie fajita burrito tasted (almost) as amazing as a Statler wrap.

As it turns out, Chipotle gives out free burritos fairly often for various holidays. I'll be keeping my eye out when leap year rolls around next year.