1:34:32
Crash took off at dawn.
1:34:35
Said he heard there might be
an opening for a catcher...
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in Asheville
on the South Atlantic League.
1:34:40
A woman should be so strong
that she's not affected by such things.
1:34:44
lt wasn't the first time
l went to bed with a guy...
1:34:47
and woke up with a note.
1:34:49
At least the son of a bitch
left me breakfast.
1:34:54
You have to respect a ballplayer
who's trying to finish the season.
1:34:58
At least,
that's what l told myself.
1:35:01
Baseball may be a religion
full of magic cosmic truth...
1:35:05
in the fundamental ontological
riddles of our time...
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but it's also a job.
1:35:11
Come on, Meat.
Throw me that weak-ass shit.
1:35:16
You ain't gettin'
that cheese by me.
1:35:18
Bring it.
1:35:23
When Crash hit his 2 4 7th home run,
l knew the moment it happened.
1:35:28
But l'm sure nobody else did.
1:35:29
And The Sporting News
didn't say anything about it.
1:35:34
"Full many a flower is born
to blush unseen.
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And waste its sweetness
on the desert air. "
1:35:40
Thomas Gray.
1:35:42
Or William Cullen Bryant.
1:35:44
l don't know.
l get 'em mixed up.
1:35:46
Anyway, my attempts at housekeeping
were feeble as usual.
1:35:50
l sometimes
get easily distracted.
1:35:52
Funny thing was
l stopped worrying about Nuke.
1:35:56
Somehow l knew
nothing would stop him.
1:35:58
The world is made for people
who aren't cursed with self-awareness.