Finding Family in The Winning Streak
by LLOYD PEDERSEN years ago, I read Lee Blessing's beautifully written play, The Winning Streak, about a father and son meeting for the first time. The character of the father " a grumpy, retired baseball umpire " was very different from anything I'd ever played before, and I knew I had to do it. The play, though couched in baseball, is not really about baseball; it is about the desire, the need in us all for fam…