D. Scott Campbell hits the big 4-0!!!

After college, Scott and I seemed to move here, there and everywhere, but the one constant thing when I visited him was that original Nintendo Game System coiled up somewhere near his old TV. We'd untangle it, plug everything in, and blow on the cartridge. There was only one game that we'd play - SNK Baseball Stars. For my money, still the best video game ever made.

Our contests were almost always nail-biters, with the Blacksox or Warriors making a valiant charge in the 9th to reverse the outcome. Inevitably, someone's dreams would be horribly crushed, when one of us struck out with men on base, or tried to stretch a single into a double.

And oh my, what curses spewed from our mouths! Swears, variations of swears, even a few multi-word phrases that would have made Redd Foxx blush. Born in an eruption of heartbreaking agony, howling laughter soon eclipsed the anger which had generated these vile words, because as they passed our lips, it was sometimes the first time either one of us had ever heard them! Good times.... Let's play two!

- Kristian Gustafson

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