CLEVELAND • The clock was ticking and Cardinals lefty Randy Choate was getting close to being late for pre-game pitchers’ stretch, but, see, there was a tractor beam to avoid and these bee-like ships swirling toward him and … and … he had just button-mashed his way to 100,000 points.
He stretches every day.
How often do you have a shot at 200,000 points on Galaga anymore?
“There is a pause button,” a voice offered.
Holler.
Choate paused the game, mid-sweep, and returned later to finish off a 212,000-point round of the 1980s classic arcade game.