Hey, it's Anna Sale, host of Death, Sex, and Money, the show from Slate about the things we think about a lot and need to talk about more.

Many of us have something going on behind closed doors.

Like a listener, we called Elizabeth, who told us she's a hoarder.

I see mess beyond probably what most people think of when they think of mess.

We'll work through it all together on death sex and money.

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Thank you. Listen wherever you get podcasts. Snappers.

Sometimes when you go off to the old ball game,

you've got moves a little careful because baseball's got rules.

Then it's got rules.

The unwritten ones, right?

Like, do not step on the foul line. Don't say no hitter anywhere near a pitcher, and if your team is hot,

that's not wash them lucky draws, because baseball is a game of skill,

but it is also a game of luck.

And sooner or later, baseball will break your heart.

It has to, it must, it will.

But the folks who play it, they know the cost, they pay it anyway.

Today, producer Bo Walsh takes us into the miners, where one man pays his dues and then some, chasing that big league dream.

Snap Judgment.

On a Monday night in September of 2006, Brian Mazzone and his family were out to eat at a P.F. Chang's in Rochester, New York.

We were playing the Rochester Red Wings. I was in AAA with the Philadelphia Phillies, having a great year.

And randomly, my wife and kids were actually there.

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