The letters come once a week, sometimes more, addressed by hand to 1 Royal Way. The name in the top left corner of the envelop has become familiar in the clubhouse. They are cherished, something like single-spaced trophies, sometimes posted in the training room for professional baseball players to read with amusement.

Some 200 of these letters have been sent. Two, written to the right audience at the right time, have been shared publicly by the ballplayer who received them.

05/17/18

D. Duffy

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