The Drake

Life After Pitching

TWO-SEAM FASTBALL with the bases loaded must be as precise as a bow-and-arrow cast on a tiny creek, surrounded by trees and bushes. A curveball that time-travels (from twelve to six) possesses the same delicacy as my trico, floating daintily over a brown trout on the Gunpowder. The wings of that trico, now drooping in soggy disappointment, remind me of the familiarity of

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