On January 4, 2018, I didn’t know what I was doing. On the date of my 21st wedding anniversary, my wife, Jamie, returned to school where she works as a teacher. I drove my daughters to their school and, during lunch, I planned to play catch ...
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The Catching Hope Tour
I recently received an unexpected and wonderful compliment on Twitter.
A couple weeks ago, I was a guest on Justin McGuire’s Baseball by the Book podcast.
The episode published on November 3, Election Day, a perfect day to talk about ...
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Championship Sunday
Tommy Lasorda, the brilliant former manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, once said, “The best possible thing in baseball is winning the World Series. The second best thing is losing the World Series.”
In the summer of 1991, I played in my ...
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Experts’ Roundtable
Only one day until GRBL Championship Sunday.
Before a roundtable conversation with three amazing baseball minds, a few words with the sweet-swinging Commissioner of the GRBL, Tony Lewis.
What's been the most rewarding part of this ...
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Meet the Ducks
Four-year GRBL veteran Brandon Freeman and rookie Clay Murphy gave us a glimpse into this season and life in the Ducks dugout.
“By far been my favorite year,” Brandon said.
Clay agreed. “It has been a blast and it won’t be my last. I ...
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