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From The House That Thurman Munson Built
So I give you a boy and a neighborhood of boys and a town of boys. I give you a suburbia of boys, and I give you boroughs of boys, a city following a team that is a circus.
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A stitched-together bunch of brawlers and hustlers, cussers and bullies, led by their captain, who, as Ron Guidry puts it, can make you laugh and then just as soon turn around and put a bullet through your chest.
I'm not sure how the news about Thurman Munson gets out-- maybe someone's older brother hears it on the radio or maybe someone's mother sees it on television.
A friend dons a Yankee uniform and disappears inside his house, watching the news behind drawn curtains with his father and brother. Another friend hears about it in the backseat on the way to football practice and puts on his helmet to blubber privately, behind his face mask.
Another simply won't come out of his bedroom.
For me, August 2, 1979, has been like other summer days: swim-team practice,