tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post7041464708341076320..comments2024-02-17T03:35:22.796-05:00Comments on Innocents and Accidents, Hints and Allegations: Velvet Verbosity's 100 Word Challenge: "Now Warming Up..."8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00897636875216996092noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-91358087033172845472012-08-31T16:59:21.533-04:002012-08-31T16:59:21.533-04:00I love baseball stories, because so often, they to...I love baseball stories, because so often, they totally debunk all the romance around the sport and yet there's something... something... that still draws us to it. I'd love to know more about just why Cheese sticks around it, despite the aches and pains and lack of glamor. Very nice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-50962043607488693272012-08-30T22:55:44.423-04:002012-08-30T22:55:44.423-04:00being a pro-sports player always SOUNDS so glamoro...being a pro-sports player always SOUNDS so glamorous...but really, I think it is a horrible careerCarriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03472645003197467754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-82638064787564927732012-08-30T22:54:57.338-04:002012-08-30T22:54:57.338-04:00I thought the same thing :)I thought the same thing :)Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03472645003197467754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-39962951078189488662012-08-30T16:16:12.259-04:002012-08-30T16:16:12.259-04:00I liked it. I don't know if the last line — ba...I liked it. I don't know if the last line — basically stating the story's idea outright — is strictly necessary. I'd use those 9 words to show more of the contrast between the illusion and reality of his existence rather than comment on it. :-)Agincourtdbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00727155620856112847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-50870842210005310292012-08-30T15:39:28.568-04:002012-08-30T15:39:28.568-04:00Very nice. It must be tough to be out on the road...Very nice. It must be tough to be out on the road for that extended amount of time.<br /><br />DeanaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-76512263893928085492012-08-29T18:28:52.591-04:002012-08-29T18:28:52.591-04:00I'm so not in the sports mind set that when yo...I'm so not in the sports mind set that when you first used the word "pitched" I thought it was the form of the verb as in "to pitch a story". Good one.Velvet Verbosityhttp://www.velvetverbosity.comnoreply@blogger.com