Hi Ethan,
I'm just a couple chapters into your book (loving it by the way!). Baseball was my first true love.
Though, I just started "A Year of Playing Catch," I feel the need to extend an invitation your way.
Before I entered ...
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My Why
The first year I tried out for the Grip’N’Rip Baseball League (GRBL), I was on the heels of completing the catch-playing year. Several of my catch partners had played in the GRBL in seasons past and I was greatly intrigued by their stories ...
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National Play Catch Week
National Play Catch Week started on Father’s Day.
In a 1997 Toyota Camry that has a couple of dents, a car that was built in the year Jamie and I married, a car that still doesn’t have a name, Jamie and I drove more than 1,500 miles ...
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The Short Version
In 2018, I played catch every single day. It was awesome.
Toward the end of Spring Training 2018, Wilson sent me a new glove. A 12.75” blonde, H-webbed beauty. That new glove was an incredible encouragement and affirmation of the journey ...
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Dad’s Glove
Dad bought his glove years before I took my first breath. He bought it so he could play on a beer-league slow-pitch softball team.
“I was transferred to Cape Girardeau, Missouri in May, 1969, where Charmin Paper Products was opening a ...
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