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Baseball for children

My Perfect Season

by Mark Edmundson,

Playing it safe in the Pee Wee League

A Mickey Mantle koan

by David James Duncan,

The obstinate grip of an autographed baseball

The drama of the inner adult

Drawn by J.A. Reid,

Bless this game

by Harper’s Staff,

Winding up

by Robert H. Zieger,

Winter's child plays the summer game

It’s only a game

by Shirley Jackson,

A budding politician

by Harper’s Staff,

Editor’s drawer

Drawn by R.B. (Ralph Briggs) Fuller,

Editor’s drawer

Drawn by R.B. (Ralph Briggs) Fuller,

A youthful wit

by Harper’s Staff,

Knew who was boss

by Harper’s Staff,

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