After The Fire - 2001 Pulitzer Prize: Play Ball

Alvaro and Shawn's ordeal has made them closer than ever. They are invited to attend a N.Y. Mets baseball game and they sit in the dugout as Mets manager Bobby Valentine makes a call to the bullpen. Alvaro, a huge Mets fan, later says he sat in the dugout and imagined climbing the steps and making his way to the plate to take a pitch.
Play Ball, July, 2000

Alvaro and Shawn's ordeal has made them closer than ever. They are invited to attend a N.Y. Mets baseball game and they sit in the dugout as Mets manager Bobby Valentine makes a call to the bullpen. Alvaro, a huge Mets fan, later says he sat in the dugout and imagined climbing the steps and making his way to the plate to take a pitch.