Safe at Home

I came across this fantastic article in yesterday's Washington Post about the hostages who returned from Iran twenty five years ago Friday. They were given many gifts upon their return to the United States including a lifetime pass to any major league or minor league baseball game. The article explores how baseball helped each of them "reconnect with America":

"It was a small thing really, barely bigger than a credit card, tucked unpretentiously in a small black case. For each of the 52 American hostages who bounded off the plane, free at last, the ticket stuffed inside the box was another of the trinkets that piled up around them. A modest reward for the cold, metal muzzle of a shotgun pressed against their faces..."

Read the Washington Post Article, "Safe at Home" by Less Carpenter