Lenny sits in front of his cubicle on a rickety folding chair. A huge smile comes across his sun tanned face as Ernie Banks walks into the clubhouse at Pearly Gates Field! After some whoops, hollers and back slapping Ernie scans the vast locker room. Banks squints and slowly moves in Len's direction. Above the locker next to Lenny the plaque says #14 Banks. Ernie grabs Lenny by the elbow and says "Looks like us Chicago guys are together". Len's mouth opens but nothing comes out. He looks feverishly in his glove for a baseball, but remembers that he flipped it to his dad. "Does anybody have a damn ball?" Lenny yells. Clemente comes over and hands the rookie a Spalding. "Ernie...would you sign this"? Banks says "Sure if you will too". Lenny thinks to himself that he's really gonna like this heaven place.
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