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  • All is right with the Baseball World: “Curses! Foiled Again!”

    10/20/2003 8:46:00 AM PDT · by VRWCmember · 10 replies · 197+ views
    Unpublished, submitted to Fort Worth Star Telegram | October 17, 2003 | Tim Michael
    I started playing baseball when I was 5 and organized baseball when I was 7. My very first round of “catch” resulted in a broken pinky finger and a sprained “ring man”. I quickly learned the purpose of the glove. Some thirty-six years later I have come full circle – injured and playing 2nd base (on a men’s softball team). Along the journey I have enjoyed minor successes such as: little league all-star, high school relief pitcher, starting short stop on a small semi-pro league team, and a two day try-out with the Major League Scouting Bureau in 1983. My...