Remembering Nick...a question for HH

That if you want the Adenhart jersey, buy it from the guy on eBay.

This is a touchy issue…Because, yes, they’ll make money, but look at it this way: They know that Angel fans want to remember him. Look at it as a good thing for our fanbase…

But, it’s your decision, and I think you’ll get plenty more comments…

Are the patches available from the Angels website?

The guy selling it might be a douchebag for the profit he is gonna turn. People like us however are buying them becuase of the love for our team and the pain we feel about this loss. Losing Nick was like losing a family member, the only difference, is that when a family member dies we get stuff handed to us in memorium. We have to search for Adenhart jerseys and other assorted memorabilia. I’ve been putting money aside myself for a jersey, and it will be my first Angels jersey. I will wear it with pride because the seller might be an asshole, but I’m buying it for the right reasons.

As diehard fans, we get emotionally invested in our team and thus emotionally invested in the players. Even though we don’t have any real relationships with them, we tend to pick our favorites and not-so favorites. And of course with that love, we notice things beyond just how they perform on the field but little things that tend to make us root for that player even more. I.E. Rivera sniffing his bat, or how Napoli never buttons the top of his jersey, etc.

That being said, after Nick, I was pretty shaken up. However, after seeing Weaver go out there and pitch that awesome game, I noticed the “NA 34” written in sharpie on his hat. I promptly busted out my sharpie and did the exact same on my halos hat. Obviously this was something Weaver did in rememberance of Nick and to help him cope. By writing that on my hat, I was doing the exact same.

 I felt this small gesture was an good way of dealing with it. It didnt involve any money. It was something my favorite angels did and barring a logo change, it something that will always be on my hat which I sport proudly, in a town full of Bo Sux and Skanks fans.

We all deal with things differently but I just feel that by going out their and buying a jersey, you are contributing to someone taking a monetary advantage of a tragedy and two, you look like you are trying to compete with who is “sadder” and willing to do “more” to prove they miss Nick. Get it?

The guy n eBay is going to do the whole job for you, the embroiderer is going to make you do some of the work for the same results. The guy on eBay is an embroiderer who s selling you convenience and marketing himself more efficiently – if anything the old school embroiderer will “profit” more from the transaction than the eBay guy.

Get the jersey you want. Who cares if the guy turns a profit? Every jersey sold of any player, living or dead, turns a profit. He’s selling a product that you want. He’s not profiting from a tragedy, he’s profiting from those who want to pay homage to a player who was the victim of a tragedy.

Suppose he didn’t die and went on to become a superstar. Is it wrong to sell the jersey of a superstar player and turn a profit on all of their hard work etc.? That money isn’t going to their families. People make money off of ballplayers every day. I don’t see why death suddenly re-arranges the principles of capitalism. Shit, as I type this I’m sitting beneath a poster of John Lennon flashing me a peace sign that I’m almost positive is a bootleg. Should I feel remorse for buying it? ‘Cause I don’t.

Your heart is in the right place in your desire to honor, dare I say, one of our own. Don’t worry about the motive of the seller. Hell, I think it’s actually cool that he’s made it easier to get one.

Find a mom-n-pop shop and give them the business. The guilt you might feel over letting someone profit from this tragedy will be ameliorated (first use ever on HH?) by helping someone hold off Wal-mart for a couple more minutes.