Kittle the younger's article ( "Manila Rules") is this issue's Memoir, an essay about an after-graduation year off that commenced with loafing around home in Greenwich and wound up, somehow, with him being introduced in the center ring at the world cockfighting championships in Manila.

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And Mr. Bonds says on the Web site, my quest for a World Series ring continues.

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And in case you were wondering, yup, he was wearing a World Series ring.

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