[THE PITCH] Growing up, one of my dad’s favorite expressions was the compliment, “She always brings her lunch pail.” The phrase, with roots inAmerican football, tips its hat to the blue-collar workers who were so hard working that they barely took time for lunch. So, “On Any Given Sunday” right before I took the field, my dadwould nudge me, “You better bring your lunch pail!”
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