Ethan Bryan

“I don’t get to put ‘play catch’ on my calendar very often*,” Stephen messaged me. That message was immediately followed by, “*ever.” I replied, “Until this year, I would have said the same thing.” We had scheduled to meet at Jenny ...
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Robyn is a Royals fan and the counselor at Jamie’s school. I’m grateful there are other Royals fans at Jamie's school because Stephanie the Principal’s office is covered in all things Cardinals. Stephanie the Principal and I have already ...
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The idea sparked at the Field of Dreams screening. A catch-playing road trip. Initially, I didn’t pay any attention to the idea. But it wouldn’t leave me alone. While the girls were at school, I’d find myself thinking of places I wanted ...
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I wanted to play catcher. I tried on the cool-looking equipment at baseball practice and didn’t contract lice, a definite perk of being bald. At some point that same year, I met Royals’ catcher John Wathan when he was signing autographs and ...
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"You enter the extraordinary by way of the ordinary." —Frederick Buechner I think the last time I played catch with a softball it was with the team from Drury when I was trying to learn how to hit a home run for Bombs for Bo. I played ...
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