Depressed.
Disconnected.
Alone.
I think those three words describe a significant portion of the adult male population of the United States.
And, whether it’s because of the biology of our brains or sociocultural influences, too ...
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Gripped and Ripped
Dear Grip'N'Rip Baseball League,
Thank you.
Thank you, Commissioner Tony Lewis, for creating an opportunity for this never-has-been to see fastballs that buzzed and sliders that buckled my knees. I still remember the words you spoke ...
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Libraries, Books, and Being a Neighbor
Matt took his son to the library. They went for the express purpose of looking for baseball books to read.
I’m certain that this trip to the library was like so many previous trips to the library. Picking books up, thumbing through them, ...
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Get Pickled and Catch 365
National Play Catch Week starts on Father’s Day – Sunday, June 18.
Since I’m the Official Catch Partner of the Portland Pickles, we’ll be holding a simple contest.
Here are the rules.
Sometime between Sunday, June 18, and Saturday, ...
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Music
The first sentence in one of my favorite unpublished stories that I’ve ever written is, “The secret to peace on earth is music.”
Music is not perfection.
Music is not performance.
Music is not objective.
Music is all of the ...
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