Mudville (2009)
Mudville
“Stur-gis has already finished a couple of bowls and is back on the couch, reading his book.
“Want to go play catch?” I ask him after breakfast. It looks like another gorgeous rainless day is in the making.
“Why not?” he says, setting the book down. So it's easier to get him off the couch than I thought.
We could throw the ball around in the patch of mud we call a yard, but we decide to walk down to the old ballpark instead, just to see how it's doing.
The ballpark is right downtown, so it's not... a bad walk. There's a little business district across the streets on the first base side and right field. A hard-hit homer to dead center would land on the steps of the town hall. To the left is the old high school, which hasn't been used in my lifetime but still has offices and stuff.
“Darn hot,” says Sturgis.
“Yes, it is,” I say, “and humid.”
The ballpark is a mess. You wouldn't even know it's a ballpark, except for the rotting bleachers and rusted-out backstop behind the plate, or at least where the plate used to be.MoreLess
“Want to go play catch?” I ask him after breakfast. It looks like another gorgeous rainless day is in the making.
“Why not?” he says, setting the book down. So it's easier to get him off the couch than I thought.
We could throw the ball around in the patch of mud we call a yard, but we decide to walk down to the old ballpark instead, just to see how it's doing.
The ballpark is right downtown, so it's not... a bad walk. There's a little business district across the streets on the first base side and right field. A hard-hit homer to dead center would land on the steps of the town hall. To the left is the old high school, which hasn't been used in my lifetime but still has offices and stuff.
“Darn hot,” says Sturgis.
“Yes, it is,” I say, “and humid.”
The ballpark is a mess. You wouldn't even know it's a ballpark, except for the rotting bleachers and rusted-out backstop behind the plate, or at least where the plate used to be.MoreLess
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