Directions

It’s impossible to get lost in New York because someone will always tell you where to go.

“They think I’m gonna give up?” Javier shot across the 2 train. “I’m supposed to quit because some big month on the radio tells me to be realistic? Baseball is all about not being realistic and never giving up.

“A lot of people just don’t get it,” he continued. “Too much television, too much radio, too many video games and too much time in front of a computer have rotted their brains. Some suburban yuppie with a calculator is going to tell me how I’m supposed to feel about my team? That’ll be the day.”

Andy Pettitte takes the ball in Baltimore. The directions are simple. One game. One team. One win.