The Fireballer

by Mark Stevens

The Cubby Bear is jammed.

This bar is great.

“I was dolls, dress-up, all of that. But when it came to baseball, it seemed like another thing I cared about. I didn’t think baseball was a boy thing. And don’t you love it that the Orioles have a female GM today? My dad treated me the same as he did my brothers when it came to that. He thought it was natural to take an interest.

Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too. —New York Yankees and Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra