SWAMPSCOTT, Mass. – A high school football team’s ritual of sophomore players doing exercise drills naked while upper-class teammates gather in a circle shouting has jolted this quiet Boston suburb.

SALEM, Mass. – Chants of “MVP” embraced Tom Brady. Boos rained on Jim Grady when he opened with a question about “the elephant in the room.” Then everybody held their breath.

Center Fielder Walker McCleney has pulled off one of the rarest feats at any level of baseball: an inside-the-park grand slam home run.