“But baseball was different. Schwartz thought of it as Homeric — not a scrum but a series of isolated contests. Batter versus pitcher, fielder versus ball."
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9/13/12
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One single summer is never enough time to read all the books, take all the ferries, eat all the cherries or hike all the trails that I plan to do in May, when summer is just on the horizon.
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9/6/12
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Have you come across any of those mice with human brains?
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8/30/12
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We just returned from what I am now calling our Last Family Vacation House Rental.
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8/23/12
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When I first started writing this column back in the ’80s (gulp), I worked and wrote in a newspaper office.
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8/16/12
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As Facebook stock slides to an all-time low, I discover my shins have turned all black and blue — from where I’ve kicked myself silly.
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8/9/12
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Within three days last week, two 4-year-old boys were shot and killed in two separate incidents, one in the Bronx and one in Virginia.
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8/2/12
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Sometimes you just have to get off the grid. Deadlines loom, tension builds, phones keep ringing and, if you’re in an office, the stuff in the inbox keeps piling higher and higher.
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7/26/12
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In our national quest for healthier foods, I insist on one glorious exception.
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7/19/12
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If you’ve shelled out many thousands of dollars for sleep-away camp, you may not want to read any further.
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7/12/12
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