Matt took his son to the library. They went for the express purpose of looking for baseball books to read.
I’m certain that this trip to the library was like so many previous trips to the library. Picking books up, thumbing through them, ...
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Catch 365
In 2018, Ethan played catch every day with a partner. You can find the book he wrote about it here.


Get Pickled and Catch 365
National Play Catch Week starts on Father’s Day – Sunday, June 18.
Since I’m the Official Catch Partner of the Portland Pickles, we’ll be holding a simple contest.
Here are the rules.
Sometime between Sunday, June 18, and Saturday, ...
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Catching Dreams
One day, hopefully after another five decades of touring the nearest gas-emitting yellow dwarf star, I will play my last game of catch.
Most likely, I will not realize then that it is, in fact, the last time I will pick up a glove, the ...
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Mason Auer
Mason Auer graduated from the same high school I did.
I connected with the 5th round draft pick of the Tampa Bay Rays for a game of catch and interview. I will confess to being slightly intimidated ahead of time, knowing that Mason can ...
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A Celebration of Playing Catch
For the second consecutive January, I drove 450 miles north, across the Iowa border, almost all the way to South Dakota, all to celebrate a game of catch.
In 2022, I went as part of the Wanna Have a Catch? Opening Weekend ceremonies. ...
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