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I loooves free,” Ethan said.
“Don’t we all, man,” Mac said. He looked at me, rubbing his fingers together. “Until we make the majors, we’re poor.”
“Aren’t most college students?” I asked.
“Yep. So we have movies, free music, what else?”
“Library, free books,” I offered.
All the guys laughed really loudly, like that was the funniest thing they’d ever heard. But it was a good-natured laugh, not like they were making fun of me. Like maybe they thought I was really clever to offer free books.
“My kid sister has this book called Free Stuff,” Mac said. “She sends away for all this junk: stickers, posters, booklets. She just loves getting mail.”
“You guys must miss your families in the summer.”
“Miss ’em all the time.”
I didn’t ask why they didn’t go home for summer because I knew the answer: They loooves baseball.
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