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Cleat Chasers

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Sep 18, 2025
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I remember the first time I heard the term “cleat chaser.” It was 2014, two weeks into my Baseball in America Tour, down in Fort Myers, Florida. I had gone to a college baseball game and struck up a conversation with a few women in the stands who were following their team. One of them was surprisingly open about her relationship with one of the players.…

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