Five years ago, my family was eating lunch at Qdoba with my parents after church when I met Joel. He was with his parents and siblings and grandparents. Since that meeting, we’ve played catch on multiple occasions and the connections ...
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Baseball
Of Mound Visits and Playing Catch
Internet Lesson #00001: You can’t believe everything you read.
To quote myself, which feels like a weird thing to do, I said this on January 8. “I don’t expect to find 365 catch-playing friends, but I’m willing to play catch with just ...
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Day #89
The purpose of a holiday, or holy-day, is to celebrate or remember an event or tradition. I have several memories linked to various holidays.
Groundhog Day marks the anniversary of Dad’s hole-in-one.
Thanksgiving is always around my ...
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Day #88
After 28 years of use, when the laces finally snapped on my George Brett glove, I tagged Wilson on Twitter and posted the picture. I didn’t actually expect to hear anything. In the past 88 days I’ve reached out to dozens of people via ...
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Day #87
Today’s catch-playing partner had to cancel due to work obligations.
I understood completely. Life happens. Work happens, too. I tried not to be overly worried as partners confirmed for both Thursday and Friday. Saturday’s still open. Not ...
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