When a longtime friend of mine in Bremerton, who I have recently been calling the “Oracle of Illahee,” said he was taking the seven-year-old son of a friend to a Mariners game, I was excited for both of them. I was also a bit nostalgic. I suggested that if he was willing, to write about their experience. He did that, including memories of my son, George. Let’s read what he has to say: