The Story of My Scars
I have a scar just below my lower lip. As a teenager I was playing leftfield tracking down a ground-ball that had found its way between our third baseman and shortstop when the ball took a bad hop and struck me just above my chin. Turns out my teeth went through my lower lip resulting in a trip in the ER for stitches. My left wrist has limited mobility. Sometimes I'll feel a sharp pain for no apparent reason. Almost forty years ago I was again playing leftfield and dove headlong for a fly ball heading toward the gap. I missed the ball and landed square on my left hand and jammed my wrist. It’s never been the same since. The middle finger on my right hand slightly but noticeably slants toward my ring finger. I was leading off second base when the pitcher whirled to pick me off and as I dove back I jammed my middle finger into the base. Another trip to the ER for X-rays. The finger was broken. The biggest scar on...