Ben Fichtenbaum
ESPN Digital
DAILY SPORTING GAZETTE
July 12, 1924
“Gentlemen of Good Karma Witness Baseball History”
Yesterday’s contest at the ball grounds will be spoken of for years to come, not merely for the prodigious grand slam that sent the faithful into raptures, but for the spirited pair of fellows spotted in the grandstand, who brought as much cheer as the ballplayers themselves.
Messrs. Henry and Walter, known about town as “the Good Karma Boys” on account of their sunny dispositions (and perhaps a wink to the up-and-coming firm, Good Karma Brands, who sponsor their favorite ball club), were seated near the third-base line when fate and fortune struck.
Henry, in his dapper flat cap, kept the scorebook as neatly as any clerk, while Walter, ever the optimist, had been predicting a grand slam since 1921. Lo and behold, the heavens smiled upon him in the third inning, when the mighty slugger sent the ball sailing clear over the fence, straight into history.
The uproar was so thunderous, one would think the modern marvel known as “radio” had broadcast the moment nationwide. Why, if such contraptions as ESPN (the Evening Sporting Press News, as the lads jokingly call it) ever truly come to pass, no doubt these two smiling gents would be the first faces seen beaming out from it.
A photograph was indeed taken—two friends, shoulder to shoulder, smiles broad enough to outshine the scoreboard itself. It is said that when fortune favors a man, one needn’t look further than the company he keeps. And in this case, with the spirit of Good Karma and the promise of a grand slam, these two have become legends of the bleachers.