we have an example of a team here in the 1880s in danbury connecticut. foster establishes the actual negro leagues, which is a professional league. there are a number of incarnations, a number of teams participated in that. but we have examples here from the indianapolis clowns, a program from one of their games, a signed baseball, a phenomenal pitcher who got his start and spent many years in the negro leagues. doesn't become a rookie until he's 42 and continues to pitch until he's 59 in the major leagues, actually. while that's going on, while africans are having to make their way with their own leagues, other brands of baseball are developing. what we have is an image of the world champions baseball team. indoor baseball was invented in 1887 in chicago. it was a way for teams to keep in shape in the off season, in the winter, but almost immediately indoor baseball moves outdoors. what characterizes indoor baseball is larger balls, smaller bats, smaller diamonds, and it is not until 1926 that indoor baseball adopts the name that most of us know the gam

, connecticut. and he's like hey, you're not going to write about that, are you, he's worried about his reputation and i said dad, are you joking, this stuff happen in a millionth years ago. you have nothing to worry about. you end up being the hero of the book. it's not like i intended that, but it seems clear to me that somehow you are the hero of this. it is just obvious. part of it is because of the funny story that involves them in the book and one of them is -- i always say that, what would drive me to drink about my parents, my mother is german from germany and my dad is greek in greece, they met in a english class where i live and it's true, at the same time that it is entitled the shuttle water, if you have an identity, you are the greek kid and that includes queens and whatever and i would be surrounded by people that were early greek, we spoke english at home some spoke greek at home. and a i thought like i was a fih outno of water and there was a t of dissonance and my parents would talk

not surprisingly, this past school year at westside middle school academy in danbury, connecticut was a bit different. the students only started coming to in-person classes in january. aneven then, it was part-time. and darragh, like every other educator in america, had to change the way he did things. social distance measures meant no lunch bunch meetings with the sixth graders, no drop-in visits to his office from the seventh graders, and the annual eighth grade trip was cancelled. for a counselor who was recently named "connecticut school counselor of the year," such restrictions were minor compared to other challenges. >> it was really hard as a counselor to read emotions through a mask. u know, it would have to kind of like see the kids, his eyes and like, "are you crying? are you happy?" "oh no, i'm glad." >> reporter: how much of a change did youee in the students between before the pandemic and now, wherever we are? i think there is a lot of fear. it's a lot of fear in some of the kids' eyes and, like, school's meant to be a safe place, a safe haven for them to feel comfortabl

ed in danbury, connecticut, you say this is not a mistake. good morning to you. caller: this is part of a general u.s. strategy to withdraw from the region. russia control syria. -- russia control syria. you already identified our withdrawal of military support for other countries in the region, so i think it is a general recognition that it is not so important as it once was, that oil is no longer what it was. i would think saudi arabia and the emirates might be a threat. host: richard in tennessee, you are unsure. tell us why. caller: well, i am a navy vet. i was in the navy during the first gulf war and i can tell you -- i am almost 60 years old now -- that if my son or daughter had been killed in afghanistan, i would be better because i would be questioning what for. the next point that i have is i blame poor leadership not only at the presidential level but in congress for not having a clear and decisive goal for our military. optically, it looks very bad for the united states right now to see what is happening in the evacuation. it looks just like vietnam.

ed in danbury, connecticut, you say this is not a mistake. good morning to you. caller: this is part of a general u.s. strategy to withdraw from the region. russia control syria. -- russia control syria. you already identified our withdrawal of military support for other countries in the region, so i think it is a general recognition that it is not so important as it once was, that oil is no longer what it was. i would think saudi arabia and the emirates might be a threat. host: richard in tennessee, you are unsure. tell us why. caller: well, i am a navy vet. i was in the navy during the first gulf war and i can tell you -- i am almost 60 years old now -- that if my son or daughter had been killed in afghanistan, i would be better because i would be questioning what for. the next point that i have is i blame poor leadership not only at the presidential level but in congress for not having a clear and decisive goal for our military. optically, it looks very bad for the united states right now to see what is happening in the evacuation. it looks just like vietnam.