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what happened to Timmy.  Then one


       day, I happened to be at the high



       school to pick up one of my


       daughters when the district baseball


       championship game was about to


       start.  The team passed me, heading



       out to the field, when a tall blond boy


       stopped and looked back.  He turned


       and came trotting back to me.  He



       smiled.


               “Hey, Coach.  It’s good to see


       you.”


               I didn’t have any idea who he was



       or why he called me “Coach,” so I


       just said, “It’s good to see you, too.”



               The young man’s coach called.


       “Hey, Tim, you’re the starting pitcher


       today.  You better get warmed up.”
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