The Boys Of Winter

The Boys of WinterOpening Day: home; Fort Myers Sun Sox vs. Pompano Gold Coast Suns at Terry Park.It is two hours before our inaugural game in Florida's Senior Professional Baseball Association. I am watching Luis Tiant, who is grinning like a kid in his blue Gold Coast uniform, clearly enjoying his first opening day in seven years.But more than his mood is buoyant. Exchanging barbs with his teammates, Tiant duck-walks to the fence and begins to dispense his morning coffee through the chain link...