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“We got you,” tweeted Major League Baseball; the attached picture showed a kid holding a sign — “Skipping school... Shh! Don’t tell Principal Versluis” — outside Wrigley Field on Opening Day. And indeed, someone had covered fourth-grader Tucker Steckman’s face with the word “CENSORED.” But they needn’t have bothered: Pat Versluis was also at the Chicago, Ill., ballpark that day. “I saw him, and I was kind of ducking down,” said the 43-year-old principal. “I didn’t want him to see me either.” The two ended up taking a picture together. “He’s a great kid,” said Versluis. “He was student leader of the year. I thought the sign was hilarious.” (AC/Chicago Sun-Times) ...They’re both models of leadership, with all the integrity that makes Illinois politics famous.