Baseball

“There’s always a second chance, another pitch, another opportunity. You can’t dwell on your last at bat. You’ve gotta get ready for the next one, the opportunity in front of you.” As soon as Ryan said those words, my memory flashed. I ...
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I used to be an email friend with W. P. Kinsella, the author of Shoeless Joe, the book which inspired the movie Field of Dreams. A number of years ago, after describing to him a couple of my ideas for baseball stories I wanted to write and ...
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Sundays are for doubleheaders. And God said, “Let them play baseball.” And they did. They played and laughed and it was very good. Even in the sleet and snow and with frozen fingertips. Harper, Atticus, Brennan, and I tossed a ball after ...
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I felt sorry for Cupcakes. Not only did Cupcakes have to deal with ridiculous Springfield drivers, but our agreed upon date for a game of catch fell on the morning after an even more ridiculous April snow with a wind chill in the ...
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My friend Chris and I celebrated today's fifty-degree calm before the April snowstorm on the softball field. Chris is passionate about softball. He’s a switch-hitting southpaw who has played every year since 1992. “Except for 2015, that ...
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