Tim Kawakami has a nice interview up with 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh about his love of baseball, including his connection to Athletics manager Bob Melvin, his lust for foul balls, and one messy childhood story. The Harbaughs went to a Cleveland Indians game when Jim was about 5 years old and his brother (Jim Harbaugh has a brother? Who knew!?) was about 7. The kids joined an extremely long line to meet and take a photograph with a player after the game:
Jim Harbaugh peed his pants to meet a Cleveland Indians player
Jim Harbaugh is serious about baseball. Pants-peeingly serious.
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Anyway, I know we entered the field from the first-base side, just to get a picture with him. Just to get a Polaroid picture.
And I had to go to the bathroom really bad. So I had to make a decision: Me and my brother were like 20 people from actually being able to go on to the field and take a picture with [the player] right by the first-base bag.
And it was either go to the bathroom and not get a picture, or do it right there in my pants. So I chose to go in my pants and my parents have this picture of a big ring right here (points to an obvious place on the front of his pants).
I just want that picture for some reason. I really want that picture.
1. Yes, all of us would also like to see that picture.
2. If you think Jim Harbaugh doesn’t unabashedly wear a diaper now for efficiency purposes, you underestimate Jim Harbaugh.
3. You think Harbaugh just wears those Dockers khakis because they’re attractive? The man’s got his reasons:
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