Thrill of the Grass

             This storey was very short and meaningful. Throughout the storey the protagonist expresses many emotions and feelings for the game of baseball and the actual stadium itself. He loved to go to the stadium and just recap all his old memories from when he used to play and watch the game. Many of his thoughts and feelings he kept to himself as he would dream of baseball starting up again. The strike ruined the stadium and left it abandon.
             Many parts of this storey the man looks back on when he used to watch and play baseball and he describes all the feelings and atmosphere that was around. He dreams back from when he was a child and pictures himself in the same stadium playing ball. "You've always struck me as a man who dreams... I think we have things in common. I think you might like to come with me. I could show you what I dream, paint you pictures, suggest what might happen." There he is asking his friend to come and dream with him back at the old stadium at night. He wants everyone to see what he can see and share his memories with many people. He later tells his friend to invite friends and his friends to invite their friends or family.
             Throughout the storey this man shows great leadership and care in what he does. It shows how much he loved the game of baseball. "Tomorrow night would be fine. But there will be an admission charge..." There he is telling his friend that he wants him to bring friends and family to the empty field again but there will be an admission charge. "A square of sod? Of the same grass?" All the man asks in exchange is a piece of grass that they can place in the field where the turf is. They take out a piece of turf and fill it in with grass each time, so eventually the field will be all grass once again.
             The man is very loyal to his friend and to the ballpark. He makes sure people bring a piece of grass each time to get in and take out
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