In those days, Major League Baseball issued a decree that a catch should take place in the entire baseball world. (This was the first catch that took place while Manfred was commissioner.) And everyone went to a baseball city with ball ...
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Catch 365
In 2018, Ethan played catch every day with a partner. You can find the book he wrote about it here.
Day #358
In the 2014 AL Wild Card Game, when the Royals were running crazy off of Jon Lester, I remember thinking that Lester could learn a thing or two from Alan. Alan had a fantastic pick-off move. I watched him work on it during practice and ...
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Day #357
On Day #8 of 2018, I played catch with Dad.
With only 8 catch-playing days remaining in 2018, I played catch with a father and son, both of whom were Royals fans.
“Nice hat,” they both said, commenting on my Royals stocking hat.
I first ...
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Day #356
Kirk grew up in KC, back when the Royals were notorious for racking up losses, and he would chase down autographs after games.
“My favorite players were Mike Sweeney, Alex Gordon, and a young Zack Greinke. His stuff was just filthy back ...
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Day #355
“You can do hard things.”
It’s the lesson Chris hoped his sons would learn as they hiked fourteeners and camped in the mountains of Colorado.
Chris is a Cardinals fan, an Ozzie fan, and wore a powder blue jacket for catch. But no ...
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