In the kitchen, Caydance made a large bowl of popcorn, opened a Canadian beer. It was the last of the Rocky Mountain Beer that Griff’s Father had brought from Calgary, but several bottles of Rocky Mountain Steeplejack Special remained in the refrigerator.
Griff was wearing a faded black jersey with a silver number and cut off sleeves. She sat down on the couch beside him. He leaned over and kissed her, put an arm around her shoulder.
"For many years, the thrill of suiting up was a part of my life. But now I will walk onto the field with a whistle, orange cones, and regulations about the number of two-a-day practices and one-a-day practices and the number of days when the players are partially suited up and what we cannot do on these days."
"I felt like that my first year of teaching, when instead of the pleasure of beginning new work in my studio, suddenly I was writing syllabi." While she was talking, on the radio, Mariners' pitcher Brian Holman walked McGuire; Dave Henderson hit into an inning-ending double play.