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...Kevin and I actually watch a bit of baseball but, due to circumstances soon to unfold, I will never be able to recall what occurs. I will remember a foul ball: It comes back directly above the netting, rebounds off the brick facing of the press box and is heading at the back of a little girl's head when her father deftly nonchalants it. He hands her the ball and she accepts it unassumingly. I catch the guy's eye and give an expression that says, "Nice play." He smiles and nods...
...batter or two or six later, there is another foul. A Spinner or a Yankee-I will never remember which, nor be inclined to research it-hits a long drive toward the left-field pole that fades over the short fence. I notice that this is where the children's play area is, and I say to Kevin, "They're taking shots at Caroline!" He laughs, as do I. I either say to him as a postscript thought, or think silently to myself, "They should have a net out there...
...take it off for ya!". In this instance, I turn and see a man's face very close to mine, an expression between urgency and fright upon it. I'm surprised above all else. "Come," he says. "It was your daughter that was hit with the foul...
...What foul? What's he talking about? What's he saying...
...Instincts kick in. Always be polite. Before gathering Kevin and our things, I poke my head in the radio booth to thank Chaz Scoggins for the tickets. "I've got to run," I say. "My daughter caught that foul." He probably doesn't know, yet, what I'm talking about. He probably thinks my daughter caught a baseball and, therefore, why am I leaving...