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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Father-Son Connections Are in the Cards (NY Times)

From The New York Times:

By ADAM BUCKLEY COHEN
Published: June 15, 2008
"Cheering Section"

".....Fascination sprung from wanting to learn what these athletes had done to merit enshrinement as cardboard demigods. But it also seemed to come from another place, closer to home; if they inspected these relics of my childhood hard enough, maybe they would catch a glimpse of me. Not as their father, but as a boy who was once their age and might have been their friend...."


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/sports/baseball/15cheer.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=baseball+cards&st=nyt&oref=slogin

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