In the brief three-month summer window of June-July-August, from 1964 to 1967, we packed in countless hours of playing baseball on the neighborhood vacant lot just down the street. The value -- and the values -- we took away from that all-too-brief experience still resonate with me, and I hope with the kids who came from all around to play the only game we really loved, because baseball was in our DNA -- we were hard-wired to play it. We learned to compete fiercely and fairly, and we honed our baseball skills with endless repetition. Progress, in the form of two symmetrical ranch homes with attached garages, supplanted our field before we were ready to surrender it before the summer of 1968. NOTE: I updated this podcast because I wanted to add content that was not included in the initial version. For those of you who have already listened to this podcast, I encourage you to listen to this more detailed, comprehensive update. email: [email protected] Music: "Field Grass" by Sergei Pavkin