D Train

Baseball starts on the D train.

“We’re finally playing tonight,” says Jon from Highbridge. “It seems like it’s taken forever to get this thing started.”

Three days off have produce more stories than anyone could read, but Jon doggedly digs through a stack of fat newspapers as the D rumbles under Harlem.

“They all say the same thing,” Jon continues. “Wang is ready. Jeter is ready. A-Rod is ready. The Rocket is ready. Everyone is ready.”

“Are you ready?” someone asks.

Jon smiles.

“Yeah.”