Smell, the people who know these things say, is your strongest sense when it comes to memory. And that adds up: Those sugar cookies from even long-distant holidays are pretty much stuck in your head. So is that distinctive aroma emanating from every middle school locker room. For your Field Correspondent, one of the earliest and strongest memories is the smell of cigars trapped in the humidity of the Colorado River bottom in downtown Austin, Texas. It was my first baseball game, featuring the Austin Braves of the Texas League in the early 1960s. We were relatively new to Austin, and my dad probably was curious more than anything else. Somehow, I got to go along. All of the other details are lost in the haze of El Roi Tan cigar smoke, but it launched a long-term interest in baseball, including the minor leagues.
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机译：嗅觉，知道这些事情的人说，在记忆中是你最强烈的感觉。这会增加：那些甚至长期假期的糖饼干几乎粘在你的头上。因此，每个中学储物室都有独特的芳香。对于您的实地记者，最早和最强烈的记忆之一是陷入科罗拉多河底部德克萨斯州奥斯汀市中心的湿度的雪茄的气味。这是我的第一个棒球比赛，在20世纪60年代初，拥有德克萨斯联赛的奥斯汀勇士。我们对奥斯汀相对较新，我的父亲可能比其他任何东西都好奇。不知何故，我得走了。所有其他细节都丢失在El Roi Tan雪茄烟雾的阴霾中，但它在包括未成年联盟的棒球中发起了长期兴趣。
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