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a boy running for second base, rather than trying to tag him out, there was good-natured laughter and some shaking of heads among adults.
When a fervent batter threw his bat after hitting the ball, confidential instruction between him and the home plate umpire ensued.
When a catcher had to painstakingly adjust his knee pads, the whole field sat down to wait.
And when one team was winning something like 20-5, everybody still looked entertained.
This was Rappahannock Little League, and I was hooked again.
I stayed an hour and a half, using up my film after the first ten minutes. I came back the next game day, this time with two rolls of film. I couldn’t stop taking nietures; it was like eating peanuts.
I don’t want to be New York Giant anymore, I want to be a Rappahannock Little Leaguer.
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