The price of play
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Christ Chávez for Deseret Magazine It already felt late in the day for Auggie Valladares even though it was still midmorning. He sat at a tall table under dim lighting, up against the wall of an indoor batting cage in Las Cruces, New Mexico. In the next room, his daughter, Amaya, hurled heaters and change-ups into a catcher’s glove.
Pop . Pause. Pop .
From where he sat, he could hear it but couldn’t see it. He knew well enough what it looked like. Amaya, a left-hander with bangs cut just above her brows, was working hard.
Windmilling pitch after pitch to perfection. He rarely misses the chance to see her do it, even though sometimes he wonders why. Auggie Valladares and his family travel to a different city around the country nearly every weekend, so his daughter, Amaya, can compete in softball tournaments.
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