| Sometimes I'll be watching a game and one
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| | There were no computers (and, no Instant
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| of the teams has a pretty darn good
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| | Messenger, thank God!), no cell phones,
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| catcher. I mean, he has a cannon for an
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| | no X-Box 360 and so on. What did we do,
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| arm, good size, quick feet back there,
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| | besides have to cut the grass? Well, we
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| blocks real good, and on and on.But
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| | played baseball, softball and sometimes
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| little things happen in games with guys
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| | football in the same day. We did this
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| like these and I sit there scratching my
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| | day in and day out and still had baseball
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| head thinking, "Why didn't he do this?
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| | games at night. We developed many
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| Or, why didn't he do that? Or, he had
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| | baseball "instincts", even as small kids.
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| him there if he would have just thrown
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| | Kids don't play pickup games in
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| it!" There can be a small list of these
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| | neighborhoods anymore. It's all
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| things that this "pretty darn good"
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| | organized now, down to the smallest
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| catcher does, or doesn't do. It's only
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| | details.Years ago, even though kids
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| recently that I think I realize why I see
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| | didn't play as many organized games, I
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| this type of thing today.Think back, you
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| | think on the average kids played more
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| older guys, when your video game was
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| | baseball.
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| Pong, or at the best, the original Atari.
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