I’d love to sell you some magic beans, a bridge in Brooklyn or tell you that I was able to make it out of the inning unscathed. But the next batter took a 2-1 inside fastball the opposite way for a single to score another run and put runners at the corners. Still no sign … Continue reading Pasttime – 23

The essence of immediacy, otherwise known as the need for speed, has infiltrated the game I love. Baseball is a slow-moving sport, similar to the Western wave of migration in the United States starting in the late 19th century after the War of Northern Aggression created a new breed of American, one dealing with the … Continue reading Pasttime – 22