Baseball

Ken was born with little choice but to love baseball. “I was named Kenton after Cardinal’s Gold Glove All-Star Ken Boyer.” He brought along his family to Doling Park — daughter, son-in-law, and a half-dozen grandchildren. Everyone was ...
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“I bet you’ve never played catch with someone who was formerly dead,” Ben said. The end of the school day and the beginning of my daughters’ after-school activities do not coordinate nicely with the MSU Baseball Bears schedule. As a ...
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I met GM Dan at the Hammons Field training facility today knowing that I’d need an indoor game of catch with the spring storms across the Ozarks. Most of the baseball world in Springfield knows I’m a Royals fan. As a symbolic peace offering ...
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After four re-schedules, I finally spoke at the Sunrise Rotary group this morning. Since I’d have to wake up before sunrise to be ready to speak by sunrise, I laid out my clothes last night so I could get dressed in the dark and not disturb ...
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“The name of the movement is also the inspiration. Seven billion ones. We get lost in the bigness of the world, the 7 billion people. As ones, as individuals, we lose sight of how important and special each of us are. This journey is chock ...
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