Grand Theft Softball

Nahant locals are defined as agro. Agro is actually defined as "of or belonging to the fields or soil" and has been used to define locals of certain burrows as being aggresive and territorial. Locals in Nahant are all of these things. There is no visitor's center, and not a public parking spot past the Entering Nahant sign. Nahant is sometimes referred to as "Lynn Island", and very often when a Nahanter describes where they are from they say, "Nahant, you know, right next to Lynn". Its not that Nahant hates Lynn, Nahant hates everybody, it just so happens that Lynn is the closest bordering rival. Often times people from Lynn come to Nahant to borrow cans and bottles or maybe a bike or a car. However this usually is a bad idea, not only are the locals agro, but there is only one way in, and one way out. This mentality was on full display during the summer of 2007 when an unsuspecting foreigner (when I say foreigner I mean from another country, not city or town) came into Nahant to borrow a bike.

Originally written in May 2007:
An unidentified black man was seen riding on the handle bars of another unidentified man coming inbound on the Nahant Causway. A Nahant resident and firefighter saw the individual get dropped off at a Nahant home shortly after. The man proceeded to enter the garage at Nahant Road and grab a beautiful new ten-speed. Big mistake. As he peddled out of the drive-way with a smile on his face and a brand new bike, the Nahant resident started his chevy silverado and began his pursuit of the felon. The unidentified man had been down this road before, he knew what to do, peddle ,and peddle fast. Peddle is what the man did, and little did he know, in this town, it may have well been for his life. The Nahant resident jumped the curb in front of Captains, positioning his truck perfectly, and the felon t-boned the new ten-speed straight into the bed of the truck. Dazed and injured from the crash he took off on foot. He ran down Spring road as a crowd of 75-100 Nahanters screamed "get him, get him". An off duty State Police officer ran bare-footed and shirtless down Spring Road tackling and apprehending the mercenary. Bruised and beaten the felon cried out "But I only stole one bike!" Well, that ought to teach him.

Lynn however, has been known to come over to Nahant and steal a softball game or two, and even a title. The two-time defending champion Brickyard has made a living out of stealing softball games in Nahant over the past two years.

Brickyard, with their new ace on the bump, known only as Jim, was throwing his trademark high cheese, striking out four Galaxy batsmen on the night. R. Moleti struggled to find the strikezone, and walks coupled with some poor defense led to the eventual demise of Galaxy. The Galaxy lineup was puzzled at the plate and could only muster two runs on the night. The Brickyard strung hits together in the second, fourth, and fifth, each a three run inning. The Brickyard played some good defense behind their new ace and cruised to a 10-2 victory.