Word: boys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...example: "the reading of the sports section is a tribal rite of passage for men, indicating that they, too, will take their place among the armchair major leaguers and couch/potato homerun hitters." Being a boy who has no interest in sports, I found the tone of the piece simplistic and sexist in its generalizations about...
...remember those strikeouts you keep getting?" Robinson is telling his shortstop, Cal Ripken Jr. "You've got to even out your swing, like that boy over there...
Ripken watches the boy, chunky, with the remains of a chocolate bar smothered across his face, smash a baseball over the shortstop's head...
...Okay, I get it," Ripken says, mimicking the boy's stance and swing. "It feels good. Maybe I can set some pointers from that little fella after the game. Maybe, if I'm lucky, I can get his autograph." Ripken giggles at the thought. He practices his new-found swing again...
Robinson smiles. "Those kids on the field. If they win, it's fine. If they lose, oh boy, the horse manure hits the windmill...