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On how I learned to stop worrying and learned to love the (base)ball

Posted by olabner on March 9, 2019March 26, 2019 in Fan, Minors, Missouri State, Spring

“Oh? You’re working with the summer league up there?” a broadcaster asked. “No, I’m just … going there,” I said. Oh. Fairbanks? Beyond – to Bettles, pop. 12 on Wikipedia and 7 in reality. It’s a village 35 miles north…

fatigue, it’s true!

Posted by olabner on June 18, 2015April 27, 2017 in Fan

Beloved baseball, what has happened? Between me and you. I used to cherish our time together. It seems that time is through. It’s not that there is something else that I would rather do. It’s only that I’m working more…

How did this start?

Posted by olabner on March 15, 2015March 19, 2015 in Spring

It seems like August, when left fielders stand in the sun and wonder if they might hold dandelions in their fingertips. Perhaps they might wonder about blossoms unfolding. They might lose themselves in bloom. And forget the sun lining their…

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