by Jeff Fleischer
Another short fiction story newly published. In this case, it’s “Seams,” in the new issue of Underwood Press.
An excerpt:
“I ever tell you about the time I struck out Ted Williams?”
Lefty Clarkson had told me this story at least half a dozen times, but he never waited for an answer before continuing. Besides, when you’re a kid and a former baseball player talks to you, you don’t really care how many times he tells you the same thing. It was like being invited into a secret clubhouse. He had dozens of stories like it, each a tale of a minor league pitcher’s fleeting victory against one of the game’s greats.