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Field Of Dreamers |
| Section: LIFE / SPORTS |
| Author: Steve Salerno |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1993 |
| Size: 3,218 Words, 19,206 Characters |
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It's a perfect day for baseball, a crisp and cloudless break in San Diego's winter rain. One would expect the manager of any team to thrill at being the recipient of such meteorological fortuity. But at this moment, the manager of the Vista Cardinals, Jeff Kemper, is feeling more beleaguered than blessed.
For the past quarter-hour, Kemper has been attempting to communicate to his middle-aged players the nuances of the time-honored run-down play, wherein the defensive team seeks to retire a runner who has been trapped off base. Alas, the guys have contracted an acute case of the giggles; they are, after all, in a sport where irreverence is indigenous. And so, despite the 50-ish temperatures, sweat has begun to bead on Kemper's furrowed forehead as he kneels in the midst of the ragtag g...
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...ny D, or one of the small handful of others capable of causing injury to life and limb, such triumphs eclipse a score of two-run doubles against sore-armed wanna-bes named Chuck Nobody. Even if the batters can just get the bat on the ball, that's moral victory of a sort. And if they can't well, like the Burt Lancaster character in the magical Field of Dreams, at least they had their shot. vbcrlf
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