Nic’s fastball had more movement than I expected. I ended up dropping it a couple of times. He just smiled and kept on throwing. Nic had warned me ahead of time about his incredible pitching arm and that I needed to watch out for his ...
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Day #324
On Major League Baseball’s Players’ Weekend his jersey would read, “Mad Hatter.”
“I was given that nickname when I was a little kid, from some friends on the street. Just a reference to the old fairy tale.”
Mad Hatter has called me “Big ...
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Day #323
With the sun setting earlier and earlier, trips to CY Sports will probably increase in frequency.
At least over the next 40 days.
I checked in with Ryan and Chandler and Zach and Doug and Seth and Luke and watched one of the pitching ...
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Day #322
“When I was 9, I met Stan Musial. I met him again when I was 14. He attended a game I was pitching and told me, ‘You’re going to make it to the pros.’”
Dick pitched in high school at Republic, then pitched for four years at Southwest ...
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Day #321
My family volunteered to help deliver Thanksgiving groceries as part of Victory Mission’s program and successfully found the warehouse despite road closures for construction. More than 350 families received holiday food from VM, the ...
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