Fondest Monkey Dreams

If you will, please part the ever-thickening mists of time and think back to when we first met those blessed purveyors of miracles, Team Ghost Riders. If you were as moved as I was by what you witnessed — and indubitably you were — then you no doubt have been roused from sleep each night by a gnawing curiosity: Who is the patriot behind Team Ghost Riders, who have brought so much righteous joy to minor-league ballparks across this, the world’s only country?

Wonder no more, page viewers. Wonder no more …

I’m not sure if the quote is an original or something lifted from the Magna Carta, but it is surely among the greatest of all human utterances: “And in 1962 a little boy was born, and his dream and his goal was to own a monkey.”

Absorb it. Know it. Fathom it. Now repeat it: “And in 1962 a little boy was born, and his dream and his goal was to own a monkey.”