The Tender Loin Author:Robert H. Hayes Theirs was never a relationship that inspired a happy ballad. Yet, in the final chorus, there was a sweet melody, no doubt prescribed by divine intervention, in the lives of Ray Carlisle and his youngest son, Kinzy. Like his father before him, Ray was an out-of-control visionary. It was his image he saw rounding the bases after a game-winning... more » home run. That bone crushing tackle during a football game? Yep, that was Ray Carlisle, too. And that game-winning jump shot at the buzzer? Might have looked like Gary or Timmy Carlisle, but in Rays minds eyeit was him. A superstar through his prep, college, and NFL career, Ray wanted the same notoriety for his sons. Gary and Timmy came to want that, too. A childhood ailment and bad eyesight, however, kept Kinzy from that stature. And Ray despised his third son because of that. When he contracted leukemia, however, doctors said Ray could not survive without a bone marrow transplant. Yet, unless the match was from somebody athletic, he insisted, I dont want it. He didnt want any blood transfusion either, if the donor was not an athlete, past or present. Then, lo and behold ....« less