Tour of Play Day #4
“Almost all creativity involves purposeful play.”
Abraham Maslow
The Daytona Tortugas were the very first MiLB team to reach out and extend a catch-playing invitation. I couldn’t believe it when I first read the ...
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Day #170
Tour of Play Day #3
“You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.”
Cal Ripken, Jr.
When the Royals traded Jon Jay to the Diamondbacks, I felt it was time to pass along the baseball mojo and give the autographed bat ...
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Day #169
Tour of Play Day #2
“It is a happy talent to know how to play.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama is the oldest professional baseball field in the United States. The construction of the concrete and steel stadium ...
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Day #168
Tour of Play Day #1
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”
— George Bernard Shaw
Sundays are for doubleheaders.
For Father’s Day, Kaylea and Sophie gave me a new Royals hat. The powder blue ...
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Day #167
From the age of 3, Pam was Mom’s best friend. Due to a farming accident, Pam’s dad had a wooden leg. One night, when Mom was spending the night with Pam, she went to the restroom. The wooden leg was hanging on the back of the bathroom door. ...
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