For Gerry,
athlete and scholar,
my first teacher in baseball
“Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.”
Deuteronomy 28:3

“Baseball is good for ya, little reuben.” – Cinquefoil,
in Chapter 18 of Michael  Chabon’s Summerland

My friend Shelley, a couples and family counselor, once told me about an experience he had [...]

written by Reuven Goldfarb