Memoir by Stan Klein
growing up in a city with a marginally competitive baseball team prepares one for life.
finances are always a problem, a constant lack of supportive friends, and a lifetime of consistent doubt.
the team can never afford the ideal of standard stars, so they have rosters full of talented problem players or those with curious issues with daily living, along with the majority of eager faces with spotty talent, filled in with aged players hoping to qualify for a pension.
mostly people like the ones you will end up working with in your day-to-day existence.
the experience gives you keys to understanding and eventually finding a humorous acceptance of disappointment.
have your championships, give me more vern fullers, duke simms, and joe charboneaus. no wins just smiles at our own shortcomings.
Stan Klein is an artist, gallery director, and former Little League umpire.
Wait 5 minutes and we will hit another batter…maybe even lose another game! Is that 7 or 8 in a row now?
Twas ever thus, right?