Tomorrow, Friday, Aug. 25, 2006, was supposed to be “Basil Night” at the baseball field in Columbus, Georgia. But it ain’t so:

Friday night was the scheduled “Fan Night” for the promotion the Catfish were running to have a night named after a fan. And I strongly suspect it’s not me.

But Basil, a true Catfish fan, will be at the game, eating their hot dogs, and honoring whoever they decided to honor instead of Basil.

Meanwhile, we have our own memento, the baseball we won, autographed by all the Catfish players. (We don’t have a suitable trophy case for it, but it looks pretty nice on a bottle neck for now.)

Tomorrow night will be “Basil Night” in our home, and we’ll be right there with him at the game, in our hearts. We would not eat hot dogs on a Friday… but we’ll eat catfish tomorrow in Basil’s honor.