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It’s not every day that you get a phone call from the bleachers at Wrigley Field. But that’s what happened to me today. The call came from my son’s baseball coach who was in the middle of an 11-day baseball tour with his 11-year old. About a month ago the coach told me about his plans and with each detail I became more and more envious. The nine games they were going to see. The trip to the real Field of Dreams. Eleven consecutive days with just father and son. Every detail was more perfect than the previous one. Their trip began nearly a week ago when they hopped in the car and headed east. One of the first stops was a minor league game in Cedar Rapids, at Perfect Game Field. Unfortunately Mother Nature didn’t cooperate, but everything else was… perfect. Well nearly perfect. Cedar Rapids pitcher Stephen Locke, the 681 st player selected in the 2009 draft, walked one hitter, but didn’t allow any hits to treat the coach and his son to history. There’s an old baseball saying that eve...