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baseballs on his pitching card and a peach colored animated face, no mustache. His long limbs, cartoonish even in real life, look real enough bending in ungainly angles on the screen. His stats list him as bats right, throws left, the most feared pitcher in the league with a blistering fastball and a wicked left hook. He can play the outfield, but he’s best on the mound. He likes to play the drums and listen to the Canadian band RUSH. I remember the load time on the old family computer, the t...

Photo by Ben White on Unsplash. Below is a list I have compiled—to the best of my ability—of what I have given up for Lent during each year of my life. Ages 0-8: [No data] Age 10: Backyard Baseball 2004 (my favorite computer game) Age 11: Juice Ages 13-17: Sweets and candy Ages 18-19: Drinking (though as far as my parents were concerned, sweets and candy) Age 20: Everything besides staying in the house and staring at Zoom Age 21: Sweets and candy It is to my perpetual embarrassment and sham...