[Ed. Note: First of an occasional series]
It would sound so silly, Pete Mackanin thought, but he knew this to be true like he knew that the sky was blue and water was wet and there were 108 double stitches on a baseball. It was all about the details. Because in his mind, during the horrible losses and ass-kickings, he remembers her long dark hair, he must – and those green eyes. It was his first summer away from home, his first season playing pro ball in Wytheville after getting drafted by the Senators, and she was troubled, her marriage wasn’t going well, but they were hosting young ballplayers anyway, or maybe that was the reason why.