The one screen showing a Toros game has the largest crowd. Chad Gaudin, for- mer Giant and Padre who in 2013 drunkenly groped a 23-year-old woman’s breast while she was on a gurney in a Las Vegas emergency room lobby, blows the save. Toros come back for a 9-2 win sparked by Martin’s triple. The ten people still watch- ing celebrate.
Ticket frenzy Ley and I go to a nearby Gasmart-owned Pemex station same night after midnight to buy tickets for Game 6. The gas atten- dant gives us receipts and tells us we better get to a Pemex gas station (owned by Gasmart) early to pick up our tickets. We meet at 9:00 a.m. to drive out to Estadio Gasmart. Ley’s worried about a line. I’m not. He bites his tongue.
Diego. I kneel to rest my body. An old man next to me suggests that I fellate him while I’m down there. People wear hats
representing southern California sports teams. Dodgers, Padres, Angels, CSU Long Beach and SDSU. A man behind me wears a Giants jacket and a Padres hat. One young family — mom, dad, and son — are decked out in black and red Toros gear. A guy in a Monster
More dancing ladies — tacos de ojos — the Mexican slang equivalent of eye candy.
When we walk into
the parking lot, I count about 400 people already in line. More than a thou- sand likely came after us. People dressed in OXXO, nurse, electrician, con- struction, and landscape
maintenance uniforms yell at suspected scalpers. (The official policy was ten tick- ets per customer, though some had bought dozens through various channels.) Many people had arrived at 5:00 a.m.
By 10:30 a.m., scalp-
ers are re-selling tickets for Game 6 and 7. Painted on a concrete wall, a peanut advertisement read, “R U Nuts?” I wonder. Plenty cut in line. Ley leaves for work in downtown San
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Truck drives by with music on at full volume and yells, “Toros, Campeo- nes!” and the crowd cheers as he speeds through the parking lot to the chagrin of parents. At last, I exchange
my gas station receipt for Game 6 tickets and bought Game 7 tickets. I had waited nearly six hours. I later learn many waited longer only to be told the
game was sold out. Before leaving, I
walk around a bit and run into a Toros grounds crew employee, Albert. He speaks English well. “Where are you from?” I ask.
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nardino,” he said. “But I got into some trouble a couple of years ago and got deported.”
So close... We arrive two hours early for Game 6. The plan is to tailgate beyond the left field fence for Game 6 equipped with Ley’s grill: a tire rim upon a rusted rolling stand. As the lowering sun
illuminates Cerro Colo- rado, and Toros take batting practice, we grill beef for carne asada tacos, washed down by beer. The atmosphere
surrounding Game 6 is
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