Old Friends #1

"Ball, meet Grace. Grace, meet ball. Be nice to each other"

“Why fight for a flag, when you can buy one for a nickel?”
Ezra Pound

Once upon a time, a simple pitch shot was something to welcome, even relish. I had an innocent confidence, borne of hard work and a distinct lack of failure at that stage. But anyone who’s seen the sheer terror in my expression as I consider, for example, a bunker between my ball and t…