If you follow football, the kid you have to see in this state is Massillon senior quarterback Justin Zwick. Listed at 6-6, his life has been a tall tale. Already the possessor of the all-time Ohio passing yardage record, Zwick is considered the biggest prize Ohio State has landed at quarterback since Art Schlichter, an assessment with which those who remember the recruiting of St. Ignatius' Joe Pickens in the late 1980s might disagree. Soon the crack of the bat, a sound that is programmed into the DNA of most Americans, began to echo through the nearly empty park as batting practice began. The Indians were going back to work by playing ball.
Players run off.
They don't walk off. It's not about tape-measure shots, either, although Barry Bonds' pursuit of 70 homers will be a big story again soon. The money spilled from the windows of most of the cars that were stopped near Byers Field. So many want to help in any way they can. They played a big high school football game in Parma last night when St. Ignatius beat Massillon, 40-26.