One man cracked a ball with his bat. And he stared at the grass stretching from the outfield seats. Fans in Willie McGee jerseys held the sky for a second or two. Another man sprinted through the field below. Somewhere…
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I had sales to capture, and coffee to sell, and naps to steal. (Sometimes I start my day at 4 am.) I didn’t feel like cooking. I rarely do. I wandered out. And missed my bus. And checked the score…
The critic doesn’t count; however: Consider the St. Louis Cardinals against the Detroit Tigers. The game was 3-3 in the bottom of the seventh at Busch Stadium. Jason Heyward nearly homered down the right field line, just pulling the ball…
John Lackey kept throwing out baseballs, seemingly wondering what was wrong with them. Corey Kluber kept throwing out Cardinals. He didn’t entice them to hit meek grounders that he could field and toss to his first baseman. He didn’t get…
This one walked to the plate and knocked mud off his shoes, like he’d been digging for potatoes all afternoon and hadn’t changed yet. He didn’t care to wait under the lights for a minute longer. So he swung on…