Past Their Prime
May, 1979
The Pitcher telephoned me, which should inform you that he was a veteran athlete. Young baseball players do not waste change telephoning writers who are male.He was coming to town, the pitcher said, and he was going to start a baseball game in Yankee Stadium. There weren't many games left in his arm and I knew that he had (continued on page 274)Past Their Prime(continued from page 133) become afraid of the rest of his life. But mostly his fear was stoic, wreathed in resignation, like the fear of...
