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Brent Blackey, 21 years old, lives in Pittsfield, a couple miles up the road from Epsom. A veteran of the construction business, he now pumps gas at Getty for those who can afford the relative luxury of a full-service filling station. Married to a manager at the McDonald's located just around the rotary, his immediate goals include buying a house and raising his six-month-old daughter. A car pulls up to the pumps, and Blackey curses under his breath. The view from behind the nozzle isn't pretty...
...band of anarchists from Pittsfield, Maine bemoaned the fact that you can't enter Canada if you've recently been convicted of driving drunk, After discovering that I was a Harvard student, a man in a straw hat revealed to me that he was the great -great nephew of the father and son responsible for creating the University's world-famous glass flowers collection...
...most will not. Nothing wrong with that; baseball is a feast best served alfresco. And the minor leagues dish it up in refreshingly affordable portions. The last time a grandstand seat in the major leagues cost $3.75, Willie Mays was still patrolling center field at the Polo Grounds. At Pittsfield's Wahconah Park, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, a $5 bill buys not only a hot dog but also a seat less than 40 ft. from home plate...
From that vantage point spectators can watch the wondrously gifted Jay Payton's attempt to match Ted Williams' feat of batting .400 for an entire season. Williams was the last major leaguer to do so, in 1941, finishing at .406. Payton has a .403 batting average as the Pittsfield Mets begin their pennant-stretch run. He's facing pitchers from the minors, sure -- but the lighting around the New York-Penn circuit is bush league too, giving the pitchers an edge. In addition, Payton and every other hitter at Wahconah has to deal with a delightful idiosyncrasy. In 1919 Wahconah...
...happily respond. They may even know their admirers' first names, since players live with local families during the summer. (Can you imagine Dwight Gooden living with you?) Fans at Wahconah this season get an added bonus -- an opportunity to chat with the member of the Presley family who, in Pittsfield at least, is the second best known after Elvis. That would be the King's third cousin Kirk, 18, a right-handed pitcher whose sizzling fastball usually sends opposing batters skulking back to Heartbreak Hotel...