A July 27 game between the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers featured a few minutes of pointless delight. Chris White, a Marine veteran, made the unusual decision to remove his trousers and shirt, brandish his Stars-and-Stripes-themed underwear—silkies is the military term—and sprint across the outfield. He broke at least one security guard’s tackle, gave 42,000 people a laugh, and surrendered peacefully.
Why did he do it? “If I can make you laugh for at least five minutes, then you’re not thinking about that dark space that you can potentially be in,” White said afterward. “And if I can gear it toward patriotism, to me, I consider that the holy grail.”
Utterly senseless and delightful. Well done, Marine.
