A DIY Little League Story (we'd all be canceled today)
by Mickey Z. / July 16th, 2021 Yours truly, at maybe age 6, in Long Island City High School schoolyard Growing up in a working-class, blue-collar neighborhood — long before there was an internet — often left kids like me to our own devices. We found myriad ways to amuse ourselves and also, to play sports. We were troublemakers, sure, but athletes above all. One time, however, it was my uncle who made the whole sports thing possible. That said, the story you’re about to read would be im possible in today’s world. My family was living on the fourth floor of a five-floor walk-up at the t...
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