To the newcomer to the south, hearing that a coworker plans a weekend visit to 'mama and them's' … - Celia Rivenbark

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Baseball is a pretty sight and a nice experience, win or lose, particularly if it is watched in a nice park.

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To the newcomer to the south, hearing that a coworker plans a weekend visit to 'mama and them's' (the correct plural possessive, don'tchaknow), might make him think that mama has been left alone either throught an act of scoundreldom involving the town's resident hoochie-mama (an altogether different kind of mama) or Daddy's untimely demise.

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