Shea: Thank You, and Goodbye
I’m back, sitting on the top step of the dugout, and I’m a bit more emotional than I thought I ever would be.
Fact is, I was quite lonely as a little kid. I didn’t have very many friends who I connected with. Who knows why? Divorce. Too shy. Whatever. In either case, baseball was a place I could go and be confident and comfortable, even when alone, in my back yard pretending to be the shortstop for the Mets. So, to be here now, alone, able to say goodbye, is something I will always remember and something I always be grateful for.
It’s like getting one last chance to look an old friend in the eye and say goodbye.
