She shook her head no. Just day campers, lucky children clad in fluorescent t’shirts with bubble letters, could walk around the track outlining the baseball diamond. Not students? I asked. Because in two weeks – No. No. No. I stared…
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We stood below the steps like high school runners at district meets. Someone else can stand in the bleachers and drink Gatorade plucked from the boosters’ cooler. 17-year-olds wore socks mid-calf that showed the city skyline. Several children carried baseball…
Play ball. Stretch and drink Red Bull. “Hello? Is it me you’re looking for?” – the only landline left in America. Get ready! Get ready! A ninth-inning walk. Ghosts. by
For you will remember if you stayed or not. When the others clap and cheer. When they carry golden bobbleheads around, and half-full cups of beer. It’s easy to stay when the sun pours over the top of the highest…
At first I found my base. And a former Cardinal, Colby Rasmus, who signed baseball cards when he had a minute. Last year’s AL batting champ, Jose Altuve, took his swings. That’s him on the left. I watched the first…
I’ve been watching the lights shine from the stadium. Most of it looks safe. It’s the place next door that looks menacing: It’s got a beast, a bam and boom, after all. But in the first place, there’s hope. Men…