A Progressive School Sees Progress on the Recreation Front

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I was on the mound, and had just retired the first Deerfield batter in the bottom of the fifth, when the Deerfield coach went ballistic. Time was called, and he came out to argue with the umpire that my "uniform" - a long, black-and-white nightshirt that hung loosely over my patched jeans - was interfering with his hitters' ability to see my pitches. That was a laugh. I didn't throw hard enough to dent bread, but here I was on Deerfield's perfectly manicured field, ahead big in a game that we'd win 10-3, surrounded by similarly clothed teammates (Chris, our first baseman, who'd keyed a rally by sprinting to first on a walk and stealing second on the play, like one of his heroes, Pete Rose, was wearing a multicolored satin disco shirt and yellow pinstriped pants) and the opponents were getting desperate. This was sports at The Putney School in the spring of 1979. A high school senior, I was the toast of the school for that week, having thrown the surprise complete-game win. The following week, I earned a second start, this time at home, and lost 10-0 to a no-hitter.

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