June 10 th, 1992

                         
          A FADED KODACHROME PHOTO
                         
          Of the 9 best (11-year-old) buddies that ever lived. On a
          makeshift baseball diamond - a sandlot... circa 1962:
                         
          SCOTTY SMALLS, studious-looking; ALAN "YEAH-YEAH" McCLENNAN,
          little, hyper; HAMILTON "HAM" PORTER, tubby with a huge smile;
          KENNY