To help kickoff National Play Catch Week, I played catch at CY Sports Center for 200 minutes.
And, for 200 minutes, while I played catch, Rance Burger told stories behind a mostly effective L-screen.
Thoroughly prepared with ...
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Books
National Play Catch Week – Marathon Game of Catch
It is official: A Year of Playing Catch is available for pre-order!
Robert Benson, author of The Game: One Man, Nine Innings & a Love Affair With Baseball, wrote this endorsement, “This book is a gem like baseball itself — everyday, ...
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New Book Release: A Year of Playing Catch
We don’t play enough—and our lives pay for it.
For one year, I played catch, crossing 10 states and 12,000 miles on a quest both quixotic and inspiring.
In A Year of Playing Catch, “ride along” as a passenger in the Bryan ...
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Quarantine Catch – Porky McDonald
In November and December of 2019, I dreamed of traveling and making new catch-playing friends leading up to and beyond the publication of A Year of Playing Catch in September. I had a notebook where I wrote down schedules of minor league ...
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On Reading
Three books are at the center of my earliest reading memories.
Goodnight Moon was the first book I “read,” having it read to me so many times I had the words memorized. “Goodnight nobody” still makes me laugh.
Richard Scarry’s Cars ...
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