Fan Interference is a Stand-Up Double by Sabine and S. N. Kastle (PG-13)

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Fandom:  Sports Night
Pairing:  Casey/Dan
Author on LJ:  wearemany and sabine101
Author websites: the assorted stories of tiffany rawlins & s. n. kastle and you guys are just fucked, respectively
Why this must be read: 

How has this not been recommended before?  This story starts in the present day with some bullpen speculation about who's gay in the Major Leagues and jumps back to 1988.  Dan's a rookie sportswriter working on what sounds like a fabulous story about the waning days of a once-great team.  He's around the team, but not of the team, and there's a beauty to this section that has me almost liking baseball. (*)  I read this, and I can feel the rumbling of the bus underneath me, the scratch of the seats and I get thirsty thinking of the dust.  Go.  Read.

Fan Interference is a Stand-Up Double

* it reminds me of stephen king's "Head Down", a short non-fiction piece at the end of Nightmares and Dreamscapes about his son's Little League team.