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An ode to Wiffle Ball: SGF to the Death vs. the City, Sandlot League semifinals

Posted by olabner on July 19, 2017July 19, 2017 in Wiffle Ball

It looked – well, not too rocky for the SGF to the Death team that day They had not five but four but they were ready to play The fifth was climbing 14ers, somewhere west of here The rest said…

Photo gallery: Kolten Wong’s July rehab assignment in Springfield

Posted by olabner on July 12, 2017July 19, 2017 in Minors, Photos, Springfield Cardinals

Kolten Wong flew with the Baby Birds for a few days this month. Flap, flap. He chased popups at full-speed, and joked with his teammates. by

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Baseball meditations for natural disaster recovery

Posted by olabner on May 8, 2017May 30, 2017 in College, Fan

A few days after writing the last post I drove a couple of hours south, planning to spend two days writing and living in a tent. River Pretty is a retreat held twice a year, but I’d never been. Feverish from…

I have returned to Cardinal Country.

Posted by olabner on August 17, 2015April 27, 2017 in AL, NL

I have returned to the center of the universe. It isn’t a bridge in Fremont. It is a place where the newspapermen write of Pete Kozma’s glove and Randy Choate arm. It is a place where the other state team;…

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