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\"Pal<\/p>\n

I wake up every morning at 4:30 and the first thing I check is a newsletter, then the recap of the games of my favorite teams. I love baseball, and I\u02bbve loved it since before Field of Dreams<\/em>. I took a class in baseball called Play Ball! when I was in Little League, coached by the high school coach\/tv color man for University of Hawaii baseball (Pal Eldredge<\/a>). I also took a class, upstairs in Bishop Hall, in creative writing. I was young. Those classes are as much resposible for who I am today as any middling choice I seemed to make about what to major in. I can send you pictures of me draped in Cowboys parapenelia from 52 years ago. My love for sports is legit. I knew I could write about sports when I watched a Phillies game in 1992 and didn\u02bbt care about either team. I appreciated the pitcher\u02bbs nuances. The shortstop\u02bbs glide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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