If you are a Columbus Crew fan of any duration, you probably knew Randall Sims -- and found his love for the game and the club infectious.
Randall Sims found dying to be “fascinating and fun and interesting” and he spent many, many, many months engrossed in the process. As the world closed in on him like a camera shutter, his focus seemed to sharpen, and he marveled at the vividness of it all. Man, what a wonderful life.Sims waged a long battle with cancer. For the last year, he was supposed to be dead by the end of the week. Finally, it was last week. Sims was 65.of any duration, you knew Sims.
Sims had bottles he bought at COSTCO or Sam’s Club in the hatch of his Toyota Prius. He bought cheap stuff in quantity, not for inebriation, but for wider diffusion. The first Hell is Real rivalry game between the Crew and FC Cincinnati in Columbus is illustrative. On that day, Aug. 10, 2019, Sims’ Prius was a beacon for Cincinnati fans. Anyone who walked by his parking spot wearing blue and orange was invited to raise a cup.
If you have the program from the first Crew game in 1996, framed and hanging in your bedroom, and you’re a Black & Gold face painter with a Black & Gold checkered flag for a cape, and you got married in the Fairgrounds parking lot before Crew-San Jose Earthquakes game in 2008, you’d probably say, “Randy Sims, yeah – that dude is really hardcore.”
Modern fandom can make for a roiling sea of discontent. Sims was like a lighthouse. He combined his love and knowledge of the game with a natural optimism that attracted players, players' families, coaches, front-office staff, you name it. I was often envious of Sims’ access, and I will always admire the way he protected his sources.
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