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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMUt8KdDtTY

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There's red, chalky dust

oxidizing 

somewhere over

home plate. 

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People are cheering;

aluminum cans 

crack open;

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in the noise,

somebody's father 

says something about 

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tough love. 

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The pitcher spits,

bends forward;

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a ball makes a 

thwacking sound

as it embeds into 

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a glove. 

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The crowd roars.

Everybody rotates. 

The game begins again.

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