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Practice, Practice, Practice

If there is one activity I love more than photography, it is playing softball. I joined a 50 and over coed league and we practice Monday mornings at a nearby park. The athleticism and camaraderie are a wonderful start to the week.

As always, the activity begins around 9 a.m. with cars pulling into the parking lot, the bases being put out, and teammates stretching and warming up. On this day, like many others, the morning light stretched across the field and illuminated the peaks of the Angeles National Forest that overlooks the park. Some of us stretched out within shafts of sunlight for a few extra degrees of warmth. ...

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