In temperatures touching triple-digits, standing in the only shade available, playing catch with Brent Gilstrap was an act of joy. A realtor with a brilliant beard and equally brilliant mind, Brent’s current vocation is the culmination of a ...
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The Catch-Playing Wedding Story
Kaylea, shortly after you got engaged, you said, “I want my wedding to be fun. Aaron and I joke around a lot, and we have a lot of fun. I don’t want us to feel like we’re taking ourselves too seriously. I really want to make the day the ...
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The Secret Magic of Playing Catch
Baseball is magic.
Like watching David Copperfield, it often leaves us wowed and wondering what in the world we just witnessed. Or, like watching the mesmerizing sleight-of-hand work of Shin Lim, we become speechless, the synapses in our ...
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Deep Magic
A year ago, I made a pitch to my friend Clif about being the commencement speaker when Sophie graduates from Missouri State. He laughed, of course, but the seed was planted. A couple of months later, he announced his plans to retire from ...
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The Rippey Ruckus IV
Early Friday morning, I’m leaving Greene County, Missouri and heading to Greene County, Iowa.
I’m going to Rippey, Iowa – population 220 and the home of Walt Anderson Field – to play baseball in the fourth iteration of the Rippey ...
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