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If Your Heart Never Breaks, You Aren’t Doing It Right

August 10, 2009 – 6:59 am

It’s not the memory of her that lingers, it’s the memory of wanting and not having. The years have transformed her into a song character, a reminder of a former life. These are gifts beyond anything I could have imagined.
I was less interested in baseball then. It always hovered at the edge of consciousness, but [...]

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California Fall League Report: Lancaster at Lake Elsinore

November 8, 1999 – 12:00 am

After fighting through some nasty traffic to get out of San Diego, my wife and I arrived at the Lake Elsinore Diamond in the 2nd inning of the season finale. This game was everything that my first California Fall League experience wasn’t: well played, well attended, and, well — more like an actual baseball game.
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