Hey Marian, I really enjoyed this story! It brought me back to my younger days living in a small town. Great sports writing too, but it felt like this was more than just about baseball.
I loved it! At first I thought it might be a personal essay, though the photo and subtitle should have given me a clue. It does have the feel of memoir, of course.
Thank you! Everything except the actual game is memoir, in a way - a pastiche of my hometown’s fall fair and the evening baseball games in the same park, the smell of the canning plant…I just added the character of Ohio, and the game that didn’t happen.
Hey Marian, I really enjoyed this story! It brought me back to my younger days living in a small town. Great sports writing too, but it felt like this was more than just about baseball.
Thank you so much. Yes, it was about a bit more than baseball...but I'm pleased to hear it described as 'great sports writing'. :)
I loved it! At first I thought it might be a personal essay, though the photo and subtitle should have given me a clue. It does have the feel of memoir, of course.
Thank you! Everything except the actual game is memoir, in a way - a pastiche of my hometown’s fall fair and the evening baseball games in the same park, the smell of the canning plant…I just added the character of Ohio, and the game that didn’t happen.