Ghost Child in a Country Field Never Saw It Coming

Baseball was made for kids. Grown-ups only screw it up. -Bob Lemon

Piper emerges from the dugout with the catcher’s gear on and walks out onto the field, uncertainty coming off like sidewalk vent steam. He is old school/ old times. Ancient tales. Severed heads and lakes of blood. His age is officially 7 but at times like these you become other ages, othe…