'Through the magic of those 108 stitches, they will remember.' BillPlaschke writes:
plays at Angel Stadium, nowhere is the power of baseball in Los Angeles better illustrated than on the fourth floor of this mid-Wilshire office building.
According to their caretakers, it is the first time some of them have engaged in weeks. From talk of Little League to thoughts of autograph chases, delving deep into poignant childhood memories, there is something about the ancient sport that rustles the mind.”Baseball is a game of storytelling; it’s the heart and soul of the sport.
It starts with a baseball, but officially begins with a song. On this Friday, after Leonoudakis passes out baseballs from a plastic grocery bag — they’re remnants from his youth league coaching days — he pulls out a guitar and everyone stands up. Machinski is handed a photo by his wife Eva. It was from when he coached a youth league team in Bremerton, Wash., in the early ‘70s.There are two girls on the boys’ team, an odd sight for that era, and Machinski suddenly remembers why.As his health declined, Machinski has increasingly clung to his moments with this group. He constantly asks Eva about the date of the next session. One of his drawings from an art therapy session illustrated this longing.
Afterward he shouts, with the excitement of a kid hollering at his neighborhood buddies, “Let’s go play some ball!” “That swing is for how hard it is to do this, to be a caretaker and companion, to live this every day. This gets the stress out,” she says, clenching her teeth before regaining her smile. “We both need this.”
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