Apple pie and flag-wavin'

I put the helmet back onto the shelf, slid the bat back into the tube and headed to the car. Climbed in, rolled down the windows, put on the sunglasses and turned on the ball game.

And hit the speed dial on my phone.

"Hello?"

"Hi. I just went to see 'Superman Returns.' When that was over, I headed to the batting cages. And I realized, as I walked back to my car, wearing my rolled-up jeans, a ponytail and Chuck Taylors, that my day has been so stereotypically All-American that it even makes me a little sick. And how are you?"