Early Favorite for Most Valuable Fan

You know me: I don’t use the phrase “Eternal Hero of the Fightin’ Republic” lightly. But I’m calling Brooklynite Mitch Davie an Eternal Hero of the Fightin’ Republic. Why? Feast thine eyes …

It’s one thing to catch a bat in full helicopter mode with one hand. It’s another thing to catch a bat in full helicopter mode while, with the other, nobler hand, safeguarding your beer as though it were a Faberge egg, which in some ways it is. It’s still yet another thing to do all this while demonstrating reasonably good taste in wholesome, nutritious alcohol.

When I go to war with the dark forces that plague us — and it’s only a matter of time before I do just that — I want Mitch Davie at my side.

(Awkward fist-bump: The Seattle Times)