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Rick tries to calm Amy's tears. They had originally planned to go to college together, and going to Florida for practice would separate them for the first time since the seventh grade.

Rick and Amy, who picture themselves getting married in three years, take a final snapshot before Rick leaves for Florida.

Rick's family talks over the options with a scout from the Montreal Expos. Rick's fiance didn't support him signing with the Expos first. 'I like the idea of him playing college ball. But when the scout told us how much money major league players…

Rick watches the local news about his fifth-round selection in the amateur baseball draft.

Rick passes the hat at every game to get money for team uniforms and expenses. He is an all-state pitcher with a 94mph fastball that impressed the Montreal Expos enough to offer to cover his expenses for the next four years and to match the total…

Before deciding to sign a major league contract, Rick Clelland pitches his last high school ball game under the smoke stacks of the Weirton Steel Company where his father is a foreman.

As punishment Pearl is forced to wear a cardboard placard and cap branding her a liar. A week after this photo was taken, Pearl ran away and is believed to have resumed her life as a crack addict.

Pearl goes through a boot camp experience that she has grown to hate. Some of her duties include kitchen clean-up. (She is on the far right).

After they allow her back into the program, one of Pearl's peers finds a towel blackened by hair dye. Pearl says she isn't responsible and the group questions her for an hour until she is caught in a lie. The counselor jokes, 'You know the first…

Pearl knows the agency will give her clothes so all she takes is her favorite stuffed animal.