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<\/a><\/p>\nRegular readers may remember that I have an Andola Dortch away (midnight blue) jersey. I had her sign it once before, with a silver marker on the blue fabric. The silver marker didn’t stand out very well, so I googled how to remove sharpie from fabric (it’s been a while…peroxide?), and my efforts were successful. So anyway, this was my last chance to have Dola re-sign my jersey. After the program, I went down to the court and asked Dola to sign the jersey, this time on one of the white numerals with a regular sharpie. She graciously agreed and we talked a bit about Janelle’s tearjerker rambling. I wished her luck, and she said thank you. Then I said, “I’ve watched you so long that I feel like I know you, but I don’t,” and she said, “Oh, you do.” I said, “Can I give you a hug?” and she said, “Please.” We hugged, I left, I fangirled out, the end. Dola fan for life! She could potentially play in Europe, but I’m not sure she’ll have anything other than dust in her knees when she’s 40 if she does (she might not anyway). <\/p>\n
Here’s her autograph:<\/p>\n
And here’s the jersey back in the frame:<\/p>\n Three weeks ago, I forced Brian to go to the Lady Rockets’ postseason program. Last year, I sobbed and sobbed at this event because it was an extended goodbye to the Jewie (N.B. Naama has been playing in Israel this … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"