Gold dust

Richard Riley Moncrief, a seventh-grader at St. Colmcille's, cares only about one thing in his life: baseball. From the hot summer days to the freezing Boston winters, Richard lives baseball, whether daydreaming in school or freezing his fingers off in February hitting frozen ice balls. Life is simple for Richard in his small, working-class neighborhood, and more importantly, he wants to keep it simple, but the racial tensions of 1974 Boston keep seeping in.