BOTTOM OF THE 4TH and we’re up two, but they got guys at first and third, two out. We were out of the inning but Palmer dropped a third strike and threw the ball into right field trying to get the runner at first. From the dugout I can hear him muttering, “Fucking stupid, fucking … Continue reading Coaching
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AT 9:30 PM ON A THURSDAY, Skip’s phone rang. Not his cell phone, but rather his office phone, the phone only the sales guy from Rawlings ever called. The ring interrupted the lighting of a cigar. Not a Cuban, but a decent one nevertheless. Six games into the season, it was a bit early for … Continue reading Skip, Prez and The King of Dirt