Eephus

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Eephus

Jun 30 2026 | 00:03:27

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Show Notes

On a Sunday afternoon in a small New England town, sometime in the 1990s, two amateur baseball teams play one last game on a field that will soon have to make way for a new school. They are what you call “rec” teams, short for recreational, that play for fun and allow any local adult male to join who wants to be a part. The two teams in this game are Atlas Paint, in red, and The Riverdogs, in blue. The members range from young former college players to middle age and older: some good, some out of shape. It’s a…

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