Orange County Register

I saw the coolest thing at the Angels game yesterday afternoon.

And since it was sweltering hot in the stands, it was pretty amazing.

It happened at the top of the 5th Inning. The Angels were fading and the fans were melting. Suddenly, a guy in a Hawaiian shirt stands up in the upper view section behind home plate. He walks over to the nearest ice cream vendor and asks him,

“How much for everything in your cooler?”

The vendor then sells all of his ice cream for $150, and the guy in the Hawaiian shirt walks away with a boxful of drumstix and chipwiches. Then he turns to the crowd and says,

“It’s hot. The Angels are down by three runs. Who wants ice cream?”

The Guy in the Hawaiian Shirt starts throwing frozen goodies to anyone with their hands up. He does his best strike force imitation, hurling ice cream to grateful fans all over the section.

Until security comes and tells him he has to stop. No more throwing ice cream.

So The Guy in The Hawaiian Shirt starts handing out ice cream sandwiches and frozen malts until the entire contents of the box is given away.

Talk about good karma. The Angels respond with two runs. So in the seventh inning, The Guy in The Hawaiian Shirt,  whose name is Joe Vargas,  strikes again. He purchases and passes out another box of ice cream, making the fans in his section, not to mention another ice cream vendor, very happy.

Unfortunately, the second box of ice cream wasn’t enough to bring on a victory. But on a day when frustration on the field made fans hot under the collar, I thought Mr. Vargas was very, very cool.

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