Batter Up – 3rd Base
A triple is the hardest hit to make in baseball; there are five times as many home runs hit as there are triples. That simple fact gave me, what, comfort? Anxiety? Calm reassurance? Because I knew I and my brother Paul knew what it meant to get to third base. As opposed to boxing and the Marquis of Queensbury rules, getting to third base meant going below the belt. First base with my brother had been a bit of a lark, a dare after I discovered him and our neighbor Brittany in her basement…on a couch…lying down. Kissing. I watched long enough to see that Brittany intended to keep Paul on first base. I was amused by his frustrated efforts to get to second and that evening threatened to inform on him to our mother. …