How great the feeling is to grip and throw the ball, hearing the “swack” as the ball hits the leather glove, or the thrill of connecting the ball with the bat, watching it fly to parts unknown into the outfield. Alfred, Lord Tennyson said, “In Spring a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of love.” They also turn to baseball, as portrayed in the 1949 movie starring Ray Milland “It Happens Every Spring.”

In the spring of 2018, a group of like-minded men got together with the common love of participating in this “young…