OPINION: DOUBLE EXPOSURE: Bringing to light the untold — and untrue — stories behind the pictures

Polaris and Siena relaxing

Lar gibbons, Polaris, left, and Siena hang out at the ABQ BioPark Zoo.

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Albuquerque Baseball Academy catcher Santiago Long misses the throw at home plate and allows D-BAT United’s Owen Skinner to score a run in the top of the seventh inning on Tuesday at the Connie Mack World Series in Farmington.

If this was a certain kind of grass field, he would be a “Catcher in the Rye!”

Todd Tibbals

Albuquerque

“And he’s safe! By the skin of his teeth!”

Elizabeth A. Saavedra

Los Lunas

“Home plate, here I come!”

Rosemary Weisent

Albuquerque

“Nice! I can take my time crawling to the base!”

Robert Wayne

Albuquerque

“Look, I caught the ball. No matter what the umpire says, he’s out.”

Joan Newman

Albuquerque

“Oh that’s why they call him Sandy!”

Nancy Arias

Albuquerque

“Dammit, Jim. I’m a catcher, not a basketball player.”

Lawrence Talahongva

Albuquerque

At this point, all the fans are just holding their breath.

Jo Gabaldon

Albuquerque

This will be a very close call. The home base empire better not make the wrong call.

Premetivo R. Gabaldon Jr.

Albuquerque

“Hey, no fair stepping on my head so you can jump higher!”

Michael Pacheco

Albuquerque

“My mitt just quit, coz that ‘Fly Ball’ just flew into a ‘No Fly Zone!’ ”

Yvonne Cox

Albuquerque

“I knew we shouldn’t have watched Happy Gilmore 2 before the game.”

Lenny Snow

Albuquerque

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