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Esquire US
|October - November 2023
My softball shirt has been there for dozens of games and a near-bench-clearing braw-land it's still going strong
EVERY SUMMER IN NEW YORK, MEDIA BRANDS play one another in a softball league. Until the pandemic started in 2020, Esquire fielded a team. My first season was summer 2016. I played left field in the jersey you see here. I wore it with pride: Working at Esquire is a dream, and I felt like I had earned this thick piece of cotton.
This story is from the October - November 2023 edition of Esquire US.
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