Here's a play from my journal: Two men on, Lewis triples. Now the defensive coach reports that Lewis had been removed from the game back in the third. He wasn't impressed when I told him the other coach had not reported the change. But no problem, I said. We put in a pinch runner for Lewis, counted the two runs — and told Lewis to go sit down.
It was Sunday, July 6, 1957. The game was played in an adult men's league. Life was simple, then. And wonderful: I was just 20 years old.
But, as Bob Dylan told us, the times — they changed.
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