Oh, It's the Bob and Tom show.

Baseball is a noble sport.

Baseball is a noble sport.

Clean and clear in a way other sports are not. It is made up of statistics and

strategies and choices. It's a memory that all cherish for a lifetime. We've got these great seats down the right field line

Just at the edge of the outfield grass the Royals were playing the White Sox

It was a one-run game and suddenly my dad says let's take

off our shirts, hop the fence and beat the shit out of the first base coach.

Baseball is a game that unites fathers and sons, connects them with the past, and offers a glimpse of the future.

I remember the first game my dad took me to like it was yesterday the smell of the fresh cut grass

the taste of a hot dog and especially the crack of that guy skulls my dad slammed his head into the urinal during the seventh inning stretch.

Like all fathers, I wanted to create shared experiences with my son.

And you know what, when we were beating the

that coach is at us I felt like my old man was looking down from heaven

or wherever he is and smile we took our shirts off so that we'd be easier to spot at the bottom of the pile on

SportsCenter. That videotape is something my son will always have, along with his assault

conviction. Both will remind him of his dad while I'm in prison

that's what I think of now and I think of baseball. Baseball is punctuated with

rhythms and movement and more nut adjusting than at a gathering

of obsessive compulsive squirrels.

Most of all, it is about time and timelessness, speed and grace, and whipping baggies full of urine at the

Outfielders.

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