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The Prairie Light ReviewVolume 13Number 2 Peak Through The Window Article 47Spring 5-1-1994Five Years Before Pete RoseGlen BrownCollege of DuPageFollow this and additional works at: https://dc.cod.edu/plrThis Selection is brought to you for free and open access by the College Publications at DigitalCommons@COD. It has been accepted for inclusion inThe Prairie Light Review by an authorized editor of DigitalCommons@COD. For more information, please contact orenick@cod.edu.Recommended CitationBrown, Glen (1994) "Five Years Before Pete Rose," The Prairie Light Review: Vol. 13 : No. 2 , Article 47.Available at: https://dc.cod.edu/plr/vol13/iss2/4745Five Years Before Pete RoseGlen BrownI bought a box of baseball cardsat Jessie's candy storeon Elizabeth Street for two dollars,forty packs frosted in glucoseand a yield of playerswe'd swap like big-leaguemanagers making trades.Sometimes two or three Ernie Bankscards turned up in one box,a bait for any Cubs addict in '58.I was the only White Sox fanon Elizabeth Street that year,a pariah who went to Wrigley Fieldcarrying a bag of peanut buttersandwiches for munching,baseball cards for autographsand gum for wagering with enemieson the game's outcome.We'd always arrive just in timefor batting practice: I'd cheerfor the challenger in town-Reds, Dodgers, Phillies,it didn't matter—amid jeers.I'd bet forty sticks of gumagainst the Cubs each game,come home overdosed on sugar,my jaws sore from chewing.1Brown: Five Years Before Pete RosePublished by DigitalCommons@COD, 1994

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