Editor's note: Today is the 100th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's birth. 42 From 90 by Christopher Stolle Jackie ran toward home his cleats stubborn his pants fashionably dirty his cap racing behind him the fans bewildered the pitcher stunned the catcher confused by such disregard for decorum the third base coach livid cursing, stomping, chasing after his charge the teammates swarming the coach retreating the manager fainting the umpire extending his arms to take flight with Jackie Bio: Christopher Stolle’s writing has appeared most recently in Tipton Poetry Journal, Flying Island, Edify Fiction, Contour, The New Southern Fugitives, The Gambler, Gravel, The Light Ekphrastic, Sheepshead Review, and Plath Poetry Project. He works as an acquisitions and development editor for Penguin Random House, and he lives in Richmond, Indiana.
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