On Rodman's patio, two men in their late 20's sit shirtless, their ample white guts basting in the spring sun.

Sou Kouk, 47, sat shirtless and kneaded the stump of his left leg, unable to work.

A skinny boy who looked 14 sat shirtless beside him.

Bray sat shirtless between the open window and the door and let the cold air send shivers through his body.

A young man named Oscar sat shirtless on the bow, dangling his brown legs and drinking a root beer.

They next came upon a child, maybe all of nine, sitting shirtless on a hunk of concrete, and not an adult in sight.

Inside the hut, sitting cross-legged and shirtless, was the Douk.

He sat shirtless by his locker, a No. 24 chain around his neck.

"Now I know what to expect," Mike Piazza said the other day, sitting shirtless at his dressing stall in the middle of the clubhouse.

He poked at the back of another patient, one of eight who were sitting shirtless in the sun on a wooden bench.