It is a shame we can’t get $3 million from the state to construct a baseball diamond. I mean, I think the reason kids are getting in the criminal justice system, getting pregnant, and dropping out in droves is because they have nice, official bases and nice Astroturf and sand fields with major-league lighting fixtures. In the Class-A/AA school district where I grew up, we made bases out of trees, bags, Frisbees, and such. Nobody got pregnant, nobody went to jail, and only one person dropped out to my knowledge. Lots of kids got merit scholarships. My three best friends went on to become doctors.