September 2021
Ethan,
I first read “A Year of Playing Catch” back in February and it so inspired me.
We have a few areas of common ground — playing catch with our fathers, a love of baseball, employment in a church setting, ...
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Books
Banana Ball…Maybe
On May 6, 2022, the Savannah Bananas will be traveling to Kansas City to play the Monarchs in an exhibition game of Banana Ball, a creative re-imagining of the game I have loved the entirety of my life.** The game will be a battle of ...
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The Quest For a Batting Average, Part Six – 2.0
This story starts with a book.
That book came about because my daughters challenged and encouraged me to see what would happen if I played catch every day for an entire year.
That year of playing catch gave me just enough confidence ...
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The Quest For a Batting Average, Part Five
Josh Engler is a right-handed pitcher for the Republic Locos who throws the ball from somewhere beyond third base. What that means is this: when I need to start my swing, the ball is still behind my back.
I put a decent swing on a first ...
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The Quest For a Batting Average, Part Four
All that really needs to be said is that the quest continues.
Immediately after striking out (swinging, at least) two more times — surely I’m the league leader in one of the few categories I don’t want to be the leader — I had thoughts ...
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