A tale of two coaches.
Coach Garner and Coach Lael.
More than five combined decades of coaching and baseball wisdom accrued through fungos and fastballs.
They both greeted me with comments that their arms were shot, then proceeded to ...
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Catch 365 and Advice for Graduates
Dear Class of 2018,
Wear comfortable, supportive shoes.
I’ve had knee surgery on my right leg and ankle surgery on my left. I’ve got no use for shoes that look “cool” but feel horrible. No one wants to go places with shoes that leave ...
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Day #136
Bob made the following post on Facebook:
“It wasn’t that long ago, really. And then multiple people commented, ‘Do you know Ethan?’”
And so began our conversation about finding a time to play catch which turned out to be this afternoon, ...
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What I Love About Baseball #002
I love the sound of a ball popping in the leather pocket.
It was the summer of 1989 when my sister competed at a dance contest in Texas. Our first night in town, Dad took me and another brother of a dancer to a game at The Ballpark in ...
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Day #135
“I don’t get to put ‘play catch’ on my calendar very often*,” Stephen messaged me. That message was immediately followed by, “*ever.”
I replied, “Until this year, I would have said the same thing.”
We had scheduled to meet at Jenny ...
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