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Baseball through a screen: What I miss watching the postseason from afar

Related Topics: Dusty Baker, Afar

The computer is angled so dozens of strangers won’t have to look over my shoulder and into my bathroom. Also, the general mood of the dogs — three yellow labs — is a consideration, and whether this will go better with them in the room or hurling themselves against a closed door. There’s an airport nearby, so window open or closed? Food plates cleared from the coffee table, because that’s just untidy. Lights dimmed to soften the forehead glow that wasn’t there just a few years ago but now would melt a passing Cessna. But not so dimmed Dusty Baker thinks he’s getting a question from a guy hiding in a hamper.