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Summary Of A Short Story: The Centerfielder's Tale

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It was that time of year; flowers blooming and pollen in the air. Spring to many, baseball season to few. The time had come for the games to begin. The next county was their destination, and their goal to win. To the team, their coach made clear, clever tales were needed to pass time on the trip. The best tale, coach proposed, would get a free meal from any stop on the road. There wasn’t one player who didn’t want food, but there were only a few who put forth their tales. Of those few was the captain of the team, the centerfielder who played on grass that was the greenest of green. There was also the catcher. He insisted on telling his clever tale, but the captain of the team took the lead. The captain told a tale that resembled
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